Filtered list control


 

You can type in a value or select a predefined option from a menu on many pages such as the edit and filter pages. If the menu contains variable data, such as a list of patient names or referring physicians, it can be quite large. When this occurs, the web page can take a long time to download, especially over a slow network connection. Depending on who has access to these pages, the administrator may consider this information a security risk and choose to eliminate the menu. 

 

The administrator can limit the availability of menus, or eliminate them altogether by setting the filter list setting on the settings page. A value of -1 (default) means display all available options in a menu. A value of 0 means disable the menu entirely.

 

Any other positive number displays the list only when the number of items in a menu consists of fewer than the number of entries. In this case, lists sharing a limited number of values (such as study states), have a pull down list available. Larger lists (such as patient names), will be eliminated.

 

To override the system default for a single field on a filter page, set the setting from the Customize Labels page. From the Settings page,