More than one image to a static entity

Hello everyone. I'm new to Outsystems and I'm developing a web application. My application has an entity called CarGroups, that stores 4 car groups. GroupA, GroupB, etc...  My problem is that I need to store cars images according to the group. Example: Ferrari and Porsche images belongs to GroupB. How can I add cars images into CarGroups entity according to the groups of cars records? Can I add images in the static entity separated by Records? I tried to create another static entity(CarGroupPicture) but couldn't go further...

Hello everyone. I'm new to Outsystems and I'm developing a web application. My application has an entity called CarGroups, that stores 4 car groups. GroupA, GroupB, etc...  My problem is that I need to store cars images according to the group. Example: Ferrari and Porsche images belongs to GroupB. How can I add cars images into CarGroups entity according to the groups of cars records? Can I add images in the static entity separated by Records? I tried to create another static entity(CarGroupPicture) but couldn't go further...

Hi Daniel Neto,

         You can add image to CarGroups entity. By adding attributes with a data type of binary data. Then set the property of an image of the following.

Type = Database

Filename =<Name of the file>  

Attribute = Database attribute with binary data

Daniel Neto wrote:

Hi Daniel,

Here's my suggestion:

1. Create the static entity CarGroup (you already did that);

2. Import the Car Group pictures you want to your module (notice the Runtime Path attribute):

3. Create a new static entity named CarGroupPicture, adding 2 entity attributes: PictureURL and CarGroupId:

4. On the records of this static entity, fill in the Runtime Path of the picture you adding, and also the CarGroupId related to that picture;

5. On you webscreen, add an Image widget and set it up like this:

6. As an alternative, use a List Records widget, having the above mentioned static entities as a source, with an image widget per record, where the URL will be something like <list_records_id>.List.Current.CarGroupPicture.PictureURL.

This is just a suggestion, assuming you don't need to update these images often. If you do, then you will need to implement a small back-office screen to manage these images, following Glenn's suggestion above.

Hope this helps you.

Feel free to ping for aditional help.

Best regards,

Paulo Moreira

Daniel Neto wrote:

Hi Daniel,

If I understand your situation correctly you have 4 car groups each with their own pictures and each picture can only be part of 1 group? If this is the case the following setup should be enough:

If a picture can be part of multiple groups an intermediary tabel is required:

Hope this helps!

Glenn