Searchable Multiple-Select Database attribute

You can use the Searchable Multiple-Select Database (SMSDB) attribute along with the existing Multiple-Select Database (MSDB) attribute.

There are several dependencies of this functionality.
  1. If an SMSDB attribute is a child of an SSDB attribute, then the result is filtered on the parent attribute's selected value.
  2. All the dependency-related features of MSDB attribute behave the same way, in case of this new type of attribute SMSDB.
The difference between MSDB and the SMSDB attribute would be the way user selects the values.
  1. SMSDB: Behaves as described by using the pop-up window.
  2. MSDB: Existing multi-select box with no pop-up window. There is no change in behavior.

You are able to convert any MSDB into SMSDB, and vice versa, by using the Form Editor user interface. The values that are selected before the conversion are retained after the conversion.