I am updating sort & filter models via api:
this.gridApi.setFilterModel(filterModels);
this.gridApi.setSortModel(sortModels);
The problem with this is I have a server request bound to the change even of both sort & filter so when user changes then the data is updated. This means when I change model on code like restoring a state or resetting the filters it causes multiple requests.
Is there a way to update the filter/sort model without triggering the event?
I see there is a ColumnEventType parameter but couldn't see how it works. Can I specify some variable that I can look for inside my event handlers to get them to ignore calls that are not generated from user?
I am trying to manage URL state so when url query params change my code sets the models in the grids but this ends up causing the page to reload multiple times because the onFilter and onSort events get called when the model is set and there is no way I can conceive to prevent this.
At the time, you are going to have to manage this yourself, ie, just before you call the setModel, somehow flag this in a shared part of your app (maybe a global variable)
Then when you react to these events, check the estate of this, to guess where it came from.
Note that at the moment, we have added source to the column events, but they are not yet for the model events, we are planning to add them though, but we have no ETA
Hope this helps
I had to solve similar issue. I found solution which working for my kind of situation. Maybe this help someone.
for (let j = 0; j < orders.length; j++) {
const sortModelEntry = orders[j];
if (typeof sortModelEntry.property === 'string') {
const column: Column = this.gridColumnApi.getColumn(sortModelEntry.property);
if (column && ! column.getColDef().suppressSorting) {
column.setSort(sortModelEntry.direction.toLowerCase());
column.setSortedAt(j);
}
}
this.gridApi.refreshHeader();
Where orders is array of key-value object where key is name of column and value is sorting directive (asc/desc).
Set filter without refresh was complicated
for (let j = 0; j < filters.length; j++) {
const filterModelEntry = filters[j];
if (typeof filterModelEntry.property === 'string') {
const column: Column = this.gridColumnApi.getColumn(filterModelEntry.property);
if (column && ! column.getColDef().suppressFilter) {
const filter: any = this.gridApi.getFilterApi(filterModelEntry.property);
filter['filter'] = filterModelEntry.command;
filter['defaultFilter'] = filterModelEntry.command;
filter['eTypeSelector'].value = filterModelEntry.command;
filter['filterValue'] = filterModelEntry.value;
filter['filterText'] = filterModelEntry.value;
filter['eFilterTextField'].value = filterModelEntry.value;
column.setFilterActive(true);
}
}
}
Attributes in filter:
property - name of column
command - filter action (contains, equals, ...)
value - value used in filter
For anyone else looking for a solution to this issue in Nov 2020, tapping into onFilterModified() might help. This gets called before onFilterChanged() so setting a value here (eg. hasUserManuallyChangedTheFilters = false, etc.) and checking the same in the filter changed event is a possible workaround. Although, I haven't found anything similar for onSortChanged() event, one that gets called before the sorting is applied to the grid.
I am not sure any clean way to achieve this but I noticed that FilterChangedEvent has "afterFloatingFilter = false" only if filterModel was updated from ui.
my workaround is as below
onFilterChanged = event:FilterChangedEvent) => {
if(event.afterFloatingFilter === undefined) return;
console.log("SaveFilterModel")
}
I'm super new to Maxscript and want to automate a process, I've been looking at some tutorials, but I'm running into a issue with selection. What I'm trying to do, is I have a list of strings (that I might have to add to) that represent objects in the max file that I want to select (if they exist in that file) and then add to a new layer.
for instance:
/* I have a big long list of objects I want to mass select, this has to be hardcoded because its a similar list that exists in a ton of max files */
rObj1 = "testObj1"
rObj2 = "sampleObj2"
""
rObj99 = "newObj90"
/*I want to then add it to an array
removeList = #(rObj***)
/* Then run through each entry in the array to make sure it exists and then add it to my selection
for i in removeList do
(
if i != undefined then select (i)
)
/*Then Add what I have selected to a new layer
newLayer = LayerManager.newLayerFromName "removed_list"
for obj in selection do newLayer.addNode obj
I keep getting an error when it comes to selection, being new to Max I'm not sure what to do.
You are trying to select string where you should be selecting (or adding to the layer) an object:
newLayer = LayerManager.newLayerFromName "removed_list"
for objName in removeList where isValidNode (getNodeByName objName) do
newLayer.addNode (getNodeByName objName)
I'm trying to test out Firebase to allow users to post comments using push. I want to display the data I retrieve with the following;
fbl.child('sell').limit(20).on("value", function(fbdata) {
// handle data display here
}
The problem is the data is returned in order of oldest to newest - I want it in reversed order. Can Firebase do this?
Since this answer was written, Firebase has added a feature that allows ordering by any child or by value. So there are now four ways to order data: by key, by value, by priority, or by the value of any named child. See this blog post that introduces the new ordering capabilities.
The basic approaches remain the same though:
1. Add a child property with the inverted timestamp and then order on that.
2. Read the children in ascending order and then invert them on the client.
Firebase supports retrieving child nodes of a collection in two ways:
by name
by priority
What you're getting now is by name, which happens to be chronological. That's no coincidence btw: when you push an item into a collection, the name is generated to ensure the children are ordered in this way. To quote the Firebase documentation for push:
The unique name generated by push() is prefixed with a client-generated timestamp so that the resulting list will be chronologically-sorted.
The Firebase guide on ordered data has this to say on the topic:
How Data is Ordered
By default, children at a Firebase node are sorted lexicographically by name. Using push() can generate child names that naturally sort chronologically, but many applications require their data to be sorted in other ways. Firebase lets developers specify the ordering of items in a list by specifying a custom priority for each item.
The simplest way to get the behavior you want is to also specify an always-decreasing priority when you add the item:
var ref = new Firebase('https://your.firebaseio.com/sell');
var item = ref.push();
item.setWithPriority(yourObject, 0 - Date.now());
Update
You'll also have to retrieve the children differently:
fbl.child('sell').startAt().limitToLast(20).on('child_added', function(fbdata) {
console.log(fbdata.exportVal());
})
In my test using on('child_added' ensures that the last few children added are returned in reverse chronological order. Using on('value' on the other hand, returns them in the order of their name.
Be sure to read the section "Reading ordered data", which explains the usage of the child_* events to retrieve (ordered) children.
A bin to demonstrate this: http://jsbin.com/nonawe/3/watch?js,console
Since firebase 2.0.x you can use limitLast() to achieve that:
fbl.child('sell').orderByValue().limitLast(20).on("value", function(fbdataSnapshot) {
// fbdataSnapshot is returned in the ascending order
// you will still need to order these 20 items in
// in a descending order
}
Here's a link to the announcement: More querying capabilities in Firebase
To augment Frank's answer, it's also possible to grab the most recent records--even if you haven't bothered to order them using priorities--by simply using endAt().limit(x) like this demo:
var fb = new Firebase(URL);
// listen for all changes and update
fb.endAt().limit(100).on('value', update);
// print the output of our array
function update(snap) {
var list = [];
snap.forEach(function(ss) {
var data = ss.val();
data['.priority'] = ss.getPriority();
data['.name'] = ss.name();
list.unshift(data);
});
// print/process the results...
}
Note that this is quite performant even up to perhaps a thousand records (assuming the payloads are small). For more robust usages, Frank's answer is authoritative and much more scalable.
This brute force can also be optimized to work with bigger data or more records by doing things like monitoring child_added/child_removed/child_moved events in lieu of value, and using a debounce to apply DOM updates in bulk instead of individually.
DOM updates, naturally, are a stinker regardless of the approach, once you get into the hundreds of elements, so the debounce approach (or a React.js solution, which is essentially an uber debounce) is a great tool to have.
There is really no way but seems we have the recyclerview we can have this
query=mCommentsReference.orderByChild("date_added");
query.keepSynced(true);
// Initialize Views
mRecyclerView = (RecyclerView) view.findViewById(R.id.recyclerView);
mManager = new LinearLayoutManager(getContext());
// mManager.setReverseLayout(false);
mManager.setReverseLayout(true);
mManager.setStackFromEnd(true);
mRecyclerView.setHasFixedSize(true);
mRecyclerView.setLayoutManager(mManager);
I have a date variable (long) and wanted to keep the newest items on top of the list. So what I did was:
Add a new long field 'dateInverse'
Add a new method called 'getDateInverse', which just returns: Long.MAX_VALUE - date;
Create my query with: .orderByChild("dateInverse")
Presto! :p
You are searching limitTolast(Int x) .This will give you the last "x" higher elements of your database (they are in ascending order) but they are the "x" higher elements
if you got in your database {10,300,150,240,2,24,220}
this method:
myFirebaseRef.orderByChild("highScore").limitToLast(4)
will retrive you : {150,220,240,300}
In Android there is a way to actually reverse the data in an Arraylist of objects through the Adapter. In my case I could not use the LayoutManager to reverse the results in descending order since I was using a horizontal Recyclerview to display the data. Setting the following parameters to the recyclerview messed up my UI experience:
llManager.setReverseLayout(true);
llManager.setStackFromEnd(true);
The only working way I found around this was through the BindViewHolder method of the RecyclerView adapter:
#Override
public void onBindViewHolder(final RecyclerView.ViewHolder holder, int position) {
final SuperPost superPost = superList.get(getItemCount() - position - 1);
}
Hope this answer will help all the devs out there who are struggling with this issue in Firebase.
Firebase: How to display a thread of items in reverse order with a limit for each request and an indicator for a "load more" button.
This will get the last 10 items of the list
FBRef.child("childName")
.limitToLast(loadMoreLimit) // loadMoreLimit = 10 for example
This will get the last 10 items. Grab the id of the last record in the list and save for the load more functionality. Next, convert the collection of objects into and an array and do a list.reverse().
LOAD MORE Functionality: The next call will do two things, it will get the next sequence of list items based on the reference id from the first request and give you an indicator if you need to display the "load more" button.
this.FBRef
.child("childName")
.endAt(null, lastThreadId) // Get this from the previous step
.limitToLast(loadMoreLimit+2)
You will need to strip the first and last item of this object collection. The first item is the reference to get this list. The last item is an indicator for the show more button.
I have a bunch of other logic that will keep everything clean. You will need to add this code only for the load more functionality.
list = snapObjectAsArray; // The list is an array from snapObject
lastItemId = key; // get the first key of the list
if (list.length < loadMoreLimit+1) {
lastItemId = false;
}
if (list.length > loadMoreLimit+1) {
list.pop();
}
if (list.length > loadMoreLimit) {
list.shift();
}
// Return the list.reverse() and lastItemId
// If lastItemId is an ID, it will be used for the next reference and a flag to show the "load more" button.
}
I'm using ReactFire for easy Firebase integration.
Basically, it helps me storing the datas into the component state, as an array. Then, all I have to use is the reverse() function (read more)
Here is how I achieve this :
import React, { Component, PropTypes } from 'react';
import ReactMixin from 'react-mixin';
import ReactFireMixin from 'reactfire';
import Firebase from '../../../utils/firebaseUtils'; // Firebase.initializeApp(config);
#ReactMixin.decorate(ReactFireMixin)
export default class Add extends Component {
constructor(args) {
super(args);
this.state = {
articles: []
};
}
componentWillMount() {
let ref = Firebase.database().ref('articles').orderByChild('insertDate').limitToLast(10);
this.bindAsArray(ref, 'articles'); // bind retrieved data to this.state.articles
}
render() {
return (
<div>
{
this.state.articles.reverse().map(function(article) {
return <div>{article.title}</div>
})
}
</div>
);
}
}
There is a better way. You should order by negative server timestamp. How to get negative server timestamp even offline? There is an hidden field which helps. Related snippet from documentation:
var offsetRef = new Firebase("https://<YOUR-FIREBASE-APP>.firebaseio.com/.info/serverTimeOffset");
offsetRef.on("value", function(snap) {
var offset = snap.val();
var estimatedServerTimeMs = new Date().getTime() + offset;
});
To add to Dave Vávra's answer, I use a negative timestamp as my sort_key like so
Setting
const timestamp = new Date().getTime();
const data = {
name: 'John Doe',
city: 'New York',
sort_key: timestamp * -1 // Gets the negative value of the timestamp
}
Getting
const ref = firebase.database().ref('business-images').child(id);
const query = ref.orderByChild('sort_key');
return $firebaseArray(query); // AngularFire function
This fetches all objects from newest to oldest. You can also $indexOn the sortKey to make it run even faster
I had this problem too, I found a very simple solution to this that doesn't involved manipulating the data in anyway. If you are rending the result to the DOM, in a list of some sort. You can use flexbox and setup a class to reverse the elements in their container.
.reverse {
display: flex;
flex-direction: column-reverse;
}
myarray.reverse(); or this.myitems = items.map(item => item).reverse();
I did this by prepend.
query.orderByChild('sell').limitToLast(4).on("value", function(snapshot){
snapshot.forEach(function (childSnapshot) {
// PREPEND
});
});
Someone has pointed out that there are 2 ways to do this:
Manipulate the data client-side
Make a query that will order the data
The easiest way that I have found to do this is to use option 1, but through a LinkedList. I just append each of the objects to the front of the stack. It is flexible enough to still allow the list to be used in a ListView or RecyclerView. This way even though they come in order oldest to newest, you can still view, or retrieve, newest to oldest.
You can add a column named orderColumn where you save time as
Long refrenceTime = "large future time";
Long currentTime = "currentTime";
Long order = refrenceTime - currentTime;
now save Long order in column named orderColumn and when you retrieve data
as orderBy(orderColumn) you will get what you need.
just use reverse() on the array , suppose if you are storing the values to an array items[] then do a this.items.reverse()
ref.subscribe(snapshots => {
this.loading.dismiss();
this.items = [];
snapshots.forEach(snapshot => {
this.items.push(snapshot);
});
**this.items.reverse();**
},
For me it was limitToLast that worked. I also found out that limitLast is NOT a function:)
const query = messagesRef.orderBy('createdAt', 'asc').limitToLast(25);
The above is what worked for me.
PRINT in reverse order
Let's think outside the box... If your information will be printed directly into user's screen (without any content that needs to be modified in a consecutive order, like a sum or something), simply print from bottom to top.
So, instead of inserting each new block of content to the end of the print space (A += B), add that block to the beginning (A = B+A).
If you'll include the elements as a consecutive ordered list, the DOM can put the numbers for you if you insert each element as a List Item (<li>) inside an Ordered Lists (<ol>).
This way you save space from your database, avoiding unnecesary reversed data.
I am doing a card game in Meteor. Each played game is registered in the collection "Games".
A Games' record contain some of the game info as well as some players info and the cards hand of the players (players[i].cards, with values like 4S - 4 of spade, KH - king of heart...). Depending on the cards value, I can display the correct card to the frontend (div.card-KH).
Most of the game data is public but, of course, only the current player's cards must be visible.
One option could be to exclude the cards of the other players at publish time but I still need the number of cards to display the decks (only the remaining cards, hidden) of the other players.
Is there a way to replace the card value of each cards (except user's ones) in players[i].cards to, say, BACK (div.card-BACK) at publish time? Else, what would be the good design pattern to do this in Meteor?
Interesting question which I think there should be an official guideline to.
They have a bit in the docs about publishing:
http://docs.meteor.com/#/full/meteor_publish (secretinfo field only published to admins)
You could do the same but you would have to check the userId and have a player1secretinfo, player2secretinfo etc. (or perhaps a secretinfo array/object but then you would have to only publish one particular index/property)
You could also do a transform in the publications:
https://www.eventedmind.com/items/meteor-transforming-collection-documents
Please post it, if you find a good solution :)
Here is the only solution I found (I don't really like it but it works) :
Basically, you have to store a temporary document, with the same id but modified data, to another Collection, publish that document from that Collection and finally, from client side, subscribe to that publication.
Of course, never make hidden part of the original document available through another publication.
Meteor.publish('gameWithHiddenCards', function (gameId) {
var self = this;
//Transform function
var transform = function(item) {
for (var i=0; i<item.players.length; i++){
if ((item.players[i].id != self.userId))
for (var j = 0; j < item.players[i].cards.length; j++)
item.players[i].cards[j] = 'back';
return item;
};
/* 1. Observe changes in game ;
2. Apply transform function on game data ;
3. Store it to another Collection. */
var observer = Games.find({_id: gameId}).observe({
added: function (document) {
self.added('secure_games', document._id, transform(document));
},
changed: function (newDocument, oldDocument) {
self.changed('secure_games', newDocument._id, transform(newDocument));
},
removed: function (oldDocument) {
self.removed('secure_games', oldDocument._id);
}
});
self.onStop(function () {
observer.stop();
});
// Return altered game
return SecureGames.find({_id: gameId});
});
I'm profiling my application locally (using the Dev server) to get more information about how GAE works. My tests are comparing the common full Entity query and the Projection Query. In my tests both queries do the same query, but the Projection is specified with 2 properties. The test kind has 100 properties, all with the same value for each Entity, with a total of 10 Entities. An image with the Datastore viewer and the Appstats generated data is shown bellow. In the Appstats image, Request 4 is a memcache flush, Request 3 is the test database creation (it was already created, so no costs here), Request 2 is the full Entity query and Request 1 is the projection query.
I'm surprised that both queries resulted in the same amount of reads. My guess is that small and read operations and being reported the same by Appstats. If this is the case, I want to separate them in the reports. That's the queries related functions:
// Full Entity Query
public ReturnCodes doQuery() {
DatastoreService dataStore = DatastoreServiceFactory.getDatastoreService();
for(int i = 0; i < numIters; ++i) {
Filter filter = new FilterPredicate(DBCreation.PROPERTY_NAME_PREFIX + i,
FilterOperator.NOT_EQUAL, i);
Query query = new Query(DBCreation.ENTITY_NAME).setFilter(filter);
PreparedQuery prepQuery = dataStore.prepare(query);
Iterable<Entity> results = prepQuery.asIterable();
for(Entity result : results) {
log.info(result.toString());
}
}
return ReturnCodes.SUCCESS;
}
// Projection Query
public ReturnCodes doQuery() {
DatastoreService dataStore = DatastoreServiceFactory.getDatastoreService();
for(int i = 0; i < numIters; ++i) {
String projectionPropName = DBCreation.PROPERTY_NAME_PREFIX + i;
Filter filter = new FilterPredicate(DBCreation.PROPERTY_NAME_PREFIX + i,
FilterOperator.NOT_EQUAL, i);
Query query = new Query(DBCreation.ENTITY_NAME).setFilter(filter);
query.addProjection(new PropertyProjection(DBCreation.PROPERTY_NAME_PREFIX + 0, Integer.class));
query.addProjection(new PropertyProjection(DBCreation.PROPERTY_NAME_PREFIX + 1, Integer.class));
PreparedQuery prepQuery = dataStore.prepare(query);
Iterable<Entity> results = prepQuery.asIterable();
for(Entity result : results) {
log.info(result.toString());
}
}
return ReturnCodes.SUCCESS;
}
Any ideas?
EDIT: To get a better overview of the problem I have created another test, which do the same query but uses the keys only query instead. For this case, Appstats is correctly showing DATASTORE_SMALL operations in the report. I'm still pretty confused about the behavior of the projection query which should also be reporting DATASTORE_SMALL operations. Please help!
[I wrote the go port of appstats, so this is based on my experience and recollection.]
My guess is this is a bug in appstats, which is a relatively unmaintained program. Projection queries are new, so appstats may not be aware of them, and treats them as normal read queries.
For some background, calculating costs is difficult. For write ops, the cost are returned with the results, as they must be, since the app has no way of knowing what changed (which is where the write costs happen). For reads and small ops, however, there is a formula to calculate the cost. Each appstats implementation (python, java, go) must implement this calculation, including reflection or whatever is needed over the request object to determine what's going on. The APIs for doing this are not entirely obvious, and there's lots of little things, so it's easy to get it wrong, and annoying to get it right.