Filtering of info in NAB

I want to show information from NAB in another application, using embedded views with single category in order to filter, e.g. on country or location. The customer request is basically an old fashioned phone book, where you should be able to make a printout and put up on the wall. (Yes, there are people without computers!)

My solution, which works beautifully, requires some new design elements in NAB, but I’ve been told that the administrators would never allow this because of frequent NAB template changes.

I don’t like the idea of duplicating existing information into new applications, partly because of the extra resources needed, partly because of inevitable maintenance demands.

Does anyone have an alternative idea, or even better a solution? I so wish you could embed a form in a view…

Subject: Filtering of info in NAB

What you could do is using fields computed for display which display the information you need. Instead of a view you would have to use list fields with @DBColumn / @DBLookup.Regards, Michael

Subject: Prohibit refresh/replace of views

Create the views in the production NAB and set them to not allow refresh/replace by the template. This, the administrators need not worry about destroying your work when the design refreshes.