ApiServer: Configure service categories and products to display

I guess we'll need to code it, although it does not seem to be hardcoded. Let's take the case of the service categories. This is implemented as a GET portal/shop/categories (see new-request-product.component.ts) that returns a list of service categories for a given, comma separated, uid_Person list. It would also take a filter .

Now, and in that I agree, the filter configuration is far from being a normal string with an sql expression such as those we used in the configurable options for the old web designer, like VI_ITShop_Filter_AccProduct . I would appreciate if one of the experts could give us a hint on how we could set up a filter and how the Expression and FilterType.Expression elements work , so we can create our own config keys in the admin portal and use them in our code.

Hello Juan Carlos,

I'm back on this one ;-)
After contacting support I was informed that there is a configurable option in the Administration Portal: API method configuration
So happy days.. I thought until I tried it out...

In the Administration Portal create a configuration key of type 'API method configuration'
for example 'shop_serviceitems' with whereclause: Ident_AccProduct <> 'FilterThisServiceItem'

Administration Portal > Configuration: Web Portal (click on: three dots icon)
Create configuration key
Select where to add the configuration key: API method configuration
Enter the API method name, replacing slashes with underscores, for example "itshop_cart".
Name of the new configuration key: shop_serviceitems
[Create]

Property configuration
API method configuration / shop_serviceitems / Filter condition
Specify a filter condition (WHERE clause). To refer to the identifier of the current user, use the %useruid% variable.
Value: Ident_AccProduct <> 'FilterThisServiceItem'
PropertyConfig/MethodConfiguration/shop_serviceitems/WhereClause
[Apply] (*) Apply globally [Apply]

In my environment this custom configuration does nothing it looks like it's not getting picked-up after configuring.
For more details see: github.com/.../113
The strange thing is that Cody Griffith from OneIM (Mathnstein on github) could reproduce my issue only once
and then it didn't happen again. He did create a ticket for this.
P.s. the reported issues on github repro are getting picked-up really fast, great job Cody!!!

Maybe if you have some "spare" time and could try this config out, that would be great.

Regards,
Niels

Hi! Yes, I read your conversation with Cody on Github.  When I first read it I thought of a bug I hit on v91 where the json config was not written , but in that case the Apiserver was throwing an error. 

Sure thing I'm going to give it a try. Thanks for sharing!

Checked and doublechecked. Commented on the github.

Update on this issue...

I just received the fix for this issue from support.
So from a reported issue to a hotfix within a week, one word: Amazing!

Contact support and ask for hotfix #446293

Thank you support team and Juan Carlos (for double-checking this issue ;-)
Niels

Good job, Niels! 

Good job, Niels!