I've searched for an answer to this as well as I know how. I've searched by "drowdown", by "dropdown value and text", by "getSelectedValue" and "getSelectedText", and about 10 other variations on terms. I cannot find an answer to this. That doesn't mean it isn't there, but if it is, I can't seem to find it. I do not find anything in the Help that addresses my questions, either.
We're using Design Studio version 14.0.3. My data source is a UNX Universe.
In other environments, dropdown boxes typically contain both a key value and a display text, so that you could, for example, display a company name but use the id of the company as the key value of the selection option.
I see that the Dropdown object in Design Studio has a getSelectedValue and a getSelectedText method, but when I use them, they both return the same value, the displayed text.
I see no way to map an id field to the Dropdown Value property, vs. mapping a text description field to the Dropdown Text property, neither when I'm building either my Data Source, nor the Initial View of the Data Source.
So, I guess my questions come down to this: Does the Dropdown object in Design Studio really have a Value vs. a Text property? If so, how do I map my Data Source fields to each?
Any help on this would be appreciated.