Creating parent/child fields
Martyn Double
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29 steps
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3 minutes
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Navigate to https://your_imagen_domain/
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Log in as an Administrator
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Click "Admin"
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Click "Services"
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Click "Imagen"
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Click "Management"
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Click "MediaControlCentre"
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Click "Databases"
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Click "Edit"
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Click "Fields"
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Click here.
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Click the "Display name" field.
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For this example, we name this field "Genre"
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We now add example terms that will trigger child fields: "War", "Comedy", and "Sci-Fi"
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Click "Save & Add another"
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Click the "Display name" field.
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Let's call this field "Subgenre (Comedy)"
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"Parent field" must be set to our "Genre"
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Enter the parent value - that must be selected in the parent field - for this child field to display The term is "Comedy"
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We now populate this drop-down field with possible values
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Click "Save"
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Click "Add field to the search index"
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Click "Searchable"
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Click "Save"
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Click "Back to site"
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Click "Create record"
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When we select the "Action" Genre, "Subgenre (Action)" now appears, and has been populated with values
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When we select the "Sci-Fi" Genre, "Subgenre (Science Fiction)" now appears, and has been populated with values
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When we select the "Comedy" Genre, "Subgenre (Comedy)" now appears, and has been populated with values
