Connected items settings

How to create connected items

Once at least one data source has been configured in Elements Connect, you can use the Create a Connected field button to create your connected items.

In this case, select “Connected item” and click on the Next button.

Connected item types

In the next screen, you are asked to select a connected item type.

Currently, Elements Connect supports three types of connected items:

Single select list

• Users can pick only one value

• Unlimited data sets are available (external data sources retrieving more than 1000 options)

• Dependencies to other connected items available

Multi-value select list

• Users can pick one or multiple values

• Unlimited data sets are available (external data sources retrieving more than 1000 options)

• Cannot be a parent for dependencies between fields

• Maximum 50 options can be selected

Read-only

• Value is automatically calculated and displayed

• Value is not editable

• Can be single-value or multiple-values

• If multiple-values:

  • Maximum 55 values displayed

  • Cannot be a parent for dependencies between fields

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Connection to data source

The final step in the creation of a connected item is giving it a name and connecting it to the data source:

As you can see, the “Create the associated mirror field” option is enabled by default. You can learn more about it in a dedicated page: Mirror data in custom fields.

The data source can be either a REST API or a database.

How to configure connected items

In the following pages, you will find the full explanation of the options available when configuring connected items in Elements Connect.