Setting dynamic Digital Data Connector filter values | HCL Digital Experience

You can set the value of the DDC filter public render parameter by submitting an HTML form that addresses the URI ddc:filter by using an HTTP get method. You can create the HTML form by using HCL Web Content Manager design components. The following HTML fragment shows a simple search form:

<form action="." method="get">
   <input type="hidden" name="uri" value="ddc:filter" />
   <input type="hidden" name="prefix" value="<your DDC filter prefix>" />
   <input type="hidden" name="action" value="set" />
   <input name="value" type="text" value="Enter keywords" title="Search keywords" />
   <input type="submit" value="Submit" name="submitButton" /> 
</form>

When you define such HTML form, take care of the following aspects:

• Set the form action attribute to a period ( . ) and the form method attribute to get.
• Add a form parameter with the name uri and set it to the value ddc:filter.
• Add a form with the name filter and specify the filter value prefix that is recognized by the target DDC plug-in. Using such a prefix enables individual DDC plug-ins to track their filter parameters if multiple plug-ins are active on the same portal page. To determine the appropriate prefix value, read the documentation of the DDC plug-in that you use.
• Add a form parameter with the name action and specify the action that you want to be completed. To set the value, specify set. To remove the value, specify remove.
• Add a form parameter with the name value to specify the filter value that you want to be set. With the remove action, this parameter is ignored.

After the user submits this form, the DDC filter public render parameter is updated in the user's rendering state, and the portal now renders the page in its new state. The parameter value that is set is concatenated from the values of the prefix parameter and of the value parameter. You can access the full concatenated value in your Web Content Manager design components by using the RenderParam plug-in. To access the value for a specific prefix, you can use the ListRenderingContext plug-in with the action attribute set to getFilter.