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How to display records while omitting repetitive fields in AngularJS

Posted on 2016-10-25

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I have the following record I am retrieving from Web API:

    FullRecord
    _______
    RecordID
    RecordDate
    PersonName
    RecordNote
    LineOrder

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The data comes from a Web API in JSON format.

The content is something like this:

    RecordID	RecordDate	PersonName	RecordNote	LineOrder
	1	        10/25/2016 	John Doe	test1		1
	1	        10/25/2016 	John Doe	test2		2
	1	        10/25/2016 	John Doe	test3		3
	2	        10/25/2016	Jane Doe    	testing23	1
	2	        10/25/2016	Jane Does	testing27	2

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I am displaying it withi my AngularJS application as follows:

     <tbody>
              <tr ng-repeat="Record in Records">
                        <td>{{Record.RecordID}}</td>
                        <td>{{Record.RecordDate}}</td>
                        <td>{{Record.PersonName}}</td>
                        <td>{{Record.RecordNote}}</td>
                        <td>{{Record.LineOrder}}</td>
     		</tr>
     </tbody>

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This way the first 3 fields are repeating for each record with the same record ID. I was wondering if I can somehow only display RecordID, RecordDate, and Person Name in a row if it is not repeating.

For example:

    RecordID	RecordDate	PersonName	RecordNote	LineOrder
	1	10/25/2016 	John Doe	test1		1
						                test2		2
						                test3		3
	2	10/25/2016	Jane Doe   	testing23	1
						                testing27	2

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How can I accomplish that with Angular?

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Question by:YZlat

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by:BigRat

BigRat earned 400 total points

ID: 418601372016-10-26

Well you want the same number of records as before but the fields RecordId, RecordDate and personName to be surpressed, so the best way would be to construct a Javascript array of objects where the objects have the relevant fields missing. Presumably if you are loading via a service then either add the function to the service or create the array in scope after calling the service. The Javascript is straightforward - one looks at the previous array entry to see if the RecordId is the same or not.

The only other problem is that the table cells would refer to a missing object field. So the best way would be to create, in the new array, the fields with a blank or a non-breaking space so that the table gets rendered properly.

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Accepted Solution

by:leakim971

leakim971 earned 1000 total points

ID: 418606222016-10-26

Test page : https://jsfiddle.net/fg7esfmx/

<table ng-app="myApp">
<tbody ng-controller="MyCtrl">
              <tr ng-repeat="Record in Records">
                        <td><span ng-show="Records[$index-1].RecordID != Record.RecordID">{{Record.RecordID}}</span></td>
                        <td><span ng-show="Records[$index-1].RecordID != Record.RecordID">{{Record.RecordDate}}</span></td>
                        <td><span ng-show="Records[$index-1].RecordID != Record.RecordID">{{Record.PersonName}}</span></td>
                        <td>{{Record.RecordNote}}</td>
                        <td>{{Record.LineOrder}}</td>
     		</tr>
     </tbody>
</table>

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angular.module("myApp", [])
.controller("MyCtrl", ["$scope", function($scope) {
	$scope.Records =
    [
      {RecordID:1, RecordDate:"10/25/2016", PersonName:"John Doe", RecordNote:"test1", LineOrder:1 },
      {RecordID:1, RecordDate:"10/25/2016", PersonName:"John Doe", RecordNote:"test2", LineOrder:2 },
      {RecordID:1, RecordDate:"10/25/2016", PersonName:"John Doe", RecordNote:"test3", LineOrder:3 },
      {RecordID:2, RecordDate:"10/25/2016", PersonName:"Jane Doe", RecordNote:"test23", LineOrder:1 },
      {RecordID:2, RecordDate:"10/25/2016", PersonName:"Jane Does", RecordNote:"test27", LineOrder:1 }
    ];


}]);

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by:Julian Hansen

Julian Hansen earned 600 total points

ID: 418606432016-10-26

An implementation of BigRat's suggestion
HTML

   <table class="table">
      <tr ng-repeat="Record in ctrl.Records">
        <td>{{Record.RecordID}}</td>
        <td>{{Record.RecordDate}}</td>
        <td>{{Record.PersonName}}</td>
        <td>{{Record.RecordNote}}</td>
        <td>{{Record.LineOrder}}</td>
      </tr>
    </table>

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Angular

<script>
(function(angular) {
  'use strict';
  angular.module('app',[])
    .controller('mainCtrl', mainController)
    .factory('RecordService', recordSVC);

  function mainController(RecordService)
  {
    var ctrl = this;
    
    RecordService.query().then(function(items) {
      var result = [];
      var n;
      for(var i=0;i < items.length;i++) {
        n = { };
        for(var j in items[i]) {
          var v = items[i][j];
          n[j] = (i ==0  || items[i][j] != items[i-1][j]) ? items[i][j] : '';
        }
        result.push(n);
      }
      ctrl.Records = result;
    });
  }
  
  function recordSVC($q)
  {
    var data = [{
      "RecordID":1,
      "RecordDate":"10/25/2016 ",
      "PersonName":"John Doe",
      "RecordNote":"test1",
      "LineOrder":"1"
    },{
      "RecordID":1,
      "RecordDate":"10/25/2016 ",
      "PersonName":"John Doe",
      "RecordNote":"test2",
      "LineOrder":2
    },{
      "RecordID":1,
      "RecordDate":"10/25/2016 ",
      "PersonName":"John Doe",
      "RecordNote":"test3",
      "LineOrder":3
    },{
      "RecordID":2,
      "RecordDate":"10/25/2016",
      "PersonName":"Jane Doe",
      "RecordNote":"testing23",
      "LineOrder":1
    },{
      "RecordID":2,
      "RecordDate":"10/25/2016",
      "PersonName":"Jane Does",
      "RecordNote":"testing27",
      "LineOrder":2
    }];
    
    function query()
    {
      return $q(function(resolve, reject) {
        resolve(data);
      });
    }
    
    return {
      query: query
    }
  }
})(window.angular);
</script>

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Working sample here

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Expert Comment

by:Julian Hansen

ID: 418606512016-10-26

I prefer Leakim's solution - does not change the underlying recordset.

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Expert Comment

by:BigRat

ID: 418606752016-10-26

That is true Julien, but I would have done this server side if I could.

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Author Closing Comment

by:YZlat

ID: 418705822016-11-02

Thank you! Worked perfectly

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