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Data Channels

Data channels create a named pipe to run profiles from user space. One channel per line. Each line is comma delimited and contain channel name, domain, profile, allowed groups.

You use them with PluginDataChannel. Starting in Tiki6, a payment parameter can be added and thus, the data channel will only be run when the payment is done.

Please see:
http://profiles.tikiwiki.org/Data+Channels

A good example is http://profiles.tikiwiki.org/Project_Management

1. Usage with trackerfilter/trackerlists

The idea of it is to let you set up a trackerfilter/trackerlist with checkboxes, let the user select the ones they want, and then run a datachannel (profile) on each item.

Example:

Test page

1.1. Tracker list multi select tester

{trackerfilter filters="2/d:3/d:4/d" noflipflop="y" trackerId="1" fields="2:3:4:5" other_filters="1" checkbox="0/itemId" wiki="tracker checkbox test tpl"}

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{DATACHANNEL(channel="test_channel" emptyCache="none")}
itemId,external=input[name='itemId[]']:checked
surname,external=input[name^='surname[']
forename,external=input[name^='forename[']
{DATACHANNEL}

Pretty tracker template: tracker checkbox test tpl

1.2. tracker checkbox test tpl

{if $checkbox}
{$item.field_values[$checkbox.ix].value|escape}
<input type="{$checkbox.type}" name="{$checkbox.name}[]" value="{if $checkbox.ix > -1}{$item.field_values[$checkbox.ix].value|escape}{else}{$item.itemId}{/if}" />{/if} __{$f_2} {$f_3} {$f_4}:__ {$f_5}
<input type="hidden" name="surname[{$item.itemId}]" value="{$f_3}" />
<input type="hidden" name="forename[{$item.itemId}]" value="{$f_4}" />

Note

You need is_html enabled and HTMLPurify off at the moment (as of August 2010) for the hidden inputs to work in this example. Could be replaced by {HTML} or some other plugins probably.

alias

data channel | datachannel | DataChannels