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Submitted by Jon on 2011/11/03 16:09

I do a find and have the results displayed in the search grid. Context parents are enabled, but I see only the immediate parent. Is there any way to display the full lineage in the grid?

While I am on this, the lineage display on the status bar seems to work erratically. I am not claiming that it returns incorrect results, but it sometimes just does not work at all.

Jon

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Not to be a pest, but can someone please guide me on this?

Jon

Hi Jon,

The context parent being limited to 1 level in the grid is a long standing issue. The short answer is no. You can however:

Display the ItemParent and ItemGParent in the grid
The Properties Pane displays the full hierarchy and support multiple parents (something the grid will never support)

As for the lineage on the status bar. It works correctly, but displays the lineage as shown in the grid.

HTH !

Pierre

The grid display options are not as I hoped, but I know now that I haven't missed a setting.

However, "As for the lineage on the status bar. It works correctly, but displays the lineage as shown in the grid." I did not know this. Thank you for explaining.

Jon

Note the hierarchy in the properties shows the DB-level lineage.

I'll add only showing one context parent is my current top issue. You can +1 the discussion at [node:2283], follow the issue in Mantis at http://mantis.sqlnotes.net/view.php?id=13, and vote for it on uservoice at http://infoqube.uservoice.com/forums/32489-general/suggestions/2348678-show-context-context-parents-for-more-than-1-level.

>I'll add only showing one context parent is my current top issue.

And it is definitely in the plans to fix this issue !

[quote=Pierre_Admin]

>I'll add only showing one context parent is my current top issue.

And it is definitely in the plans to fix this issue !

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Yes, I should have pointed that out. Didn't want to imply it was being ignored, just deferred for other things. As much as I grumble, I do understand that :).

Where do you see this?

Jon

Jon,

Checkout Dave's post just above. He makes reference to a Mantis issue:

http://mantis.sqlnotes.net/view.php?id=13

Cheers !

[quote=reesd]

Note the hierarchy in the properties shows the DB-level lineage.

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Where do you see this (sorry for the double post, but without the referenced quote, I did not think my original post would make any sense)?

Jon

Properties Pane >> Item Info >> Parents

[quote=Pierre_Admin]

Properties Pane >> Item Info >> Parents

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Thank you. It's not as neat or quick as the lineage, but it works.

Jonn

True, but it supports multiple parents

[quote=Pierre_Admin]

True, but it supports multiple parents

[/quote]

I see. Is this why displaying context parents becomes tricky? In Ecco, there is but one parent/TLI, although an item may appear in many folders (but that is handled differently).

Jon

Four (4) IQ features make implementing multi-level context parents more tricky:

Multiple parents (Ecco supports 1 single parent).
Item persistence. In IQ, all items are created equal and erasing a parent does not automatically mean the children will also be erased.
Ecco also has the concept of a TLI. TLI and sub-items are handled different. TLI don't really exist in IQ.
Recursion. In IQ, you can freely assign an item as a sub-item to any other item (except to itself). So ItemA->ItemB>ItemA is allowed

[quote=Pierre_Admin]

Four (4) IQ features make implementing multi-level context parents more tricky:

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I copied your great summary of the hurdles to "Context Parents" only shows the first parent. since that is kind of the main thread for discussing multiple parents. I also commented on it there :).