How to retrieve members of a specific selection using services

We can select contact and persons through the selection interface in NetServer. Each selection returns members that match the selection criteria. For a static selection, these members are stored in the selectionmember table. Each selection is recorded in the selection table.

The following examples show how to use the ArchiveAgent to retrieve members of a static selection whose selectionId is 58. The ContactSelection is used as the provider for selection members.

The selection member list is a list of contact and person IDs. The archive expands the contact and person information without the client needing to know how the expansion is happening.

Example 1

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Notice how we use the restriction parameter.

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We create an ArchiveRestricitonInfo to define which selections we want information for. The selection may be a dynamic selection, which uses additional criteria to figure out which Contacts and/ or Persons are members of it. In this case, the ArchiveProvider used inside the agent will figure out how to read the selection member, depending on the selection type (dynamic or static).

Output:

contactId   nameDepartment          fullName
[I:2]       StateZeroDatabase       Tje2
[I:2]       StateZeroDatabase       Tje1
[I:2]       StateZeroDatabase       Tje0
[I:2]       StateZeroDatabase       SuperBuilder SuperBuilder
[I:2]       StateZeroDatabase       SerNS03 NetServer
[I:2]       StateZeroDatabase       Ser5
[I:2]       StateZeroDatabase       Ser4
[I:2]       StateZeroDatabase       Ser3
[I:2]       StateZeroDatabase       Ser2
[I:2]       StateZeroDatabase       Ser1

Example 2

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Here we display other properties related to members of the selection, such as the contactId, personId, and selectionId. When the GetArchiveListByColumns method of the ArchiveAgent is executed, the members that match the given criteria are retrieved from the selectionmember table.

Output:

contactId   selectionId personId
[I:2]       [I:58]      [I:10]
[I:2]       [I:58]      [I:11]
[I:2]       [I:58]      [I:12]
[I:2]       [I:58]      [I:13]
[I:2]       [I:58]      [I:14]
[I:2]       [I:58]      [I:15]
[I:2]       [I:58]      [I:16]
[I:2]       [I:58]      [I:17]
[I:2]       [I:58]      [I:18]
[I:2]       [I:58]      [I:147]