Posted by tpoppe on January 26, 2011 at 11:39pm
Anyone in SDDUG ever used this module?
http://drupal.org/project/hierarchical_select
Seems like a neat and useful app. Struggling with how to implement it. I'm sure the tutorial is great, just not enough background for a newbie like me.
Let me know. Would be glad to pay you for your time.
- Tim

Comments
We use it for a few sites.
We use it for a few sites. It's good for things like make/models for cars. You just have to enable it for the taxonomy you want to use in the taxonomy part of the admin area. Do you have a a specific question about it?
Gaslamp Media - San Diego Drupal
Taxonomy and HS
Hi there, thanks for your response. Much appreciated. I have not used taxonomy all that much, so I'm at a loss as to how to apply it to the HS module. Most of the info I work with is stored in node fields. I have to generate a lot of reports and views from my info and node fields seem like the easiest way to organize, edit, and delete info as needed. From the write-up on the HS module, it appears there is a way to work with node fields rather than taxonomy terms (please excuse my ignorance with taxonomy - I suppose there is a way I can apply it - I just feel more comfortable at the moment with using info stored in fields - still a newbie).
I'm looking to generate a set of drill-down selection lists based on info stored in fields. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks so much,
Tim
Give us a use case for needing Hierarchical Select
Could you please describe why you're wanting to use Hierarchical Select, and what you think it will do for you? that would go a long way towards being able to explain how to use it.
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Transparatech
http://transparatech.com
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Hierarichal Select Usage
Hi there. Thanks for your interest in helping out. Much appreciated.
I'm looking to create a drill-down selection tool that would be used for various apps. Most notably for tracking construction equipment usage on a jobsite. There are three levels of equipment designation: Type, Class, & Code. The equipment lists are maintained semi-annually by Caltrans and are available as a listing of CSVs. I would like to link the select lists to a table (node listing) and update the child select lists accordingly. (I hope this makes sense). The selected values would be used to generate reports and views, which is why I think I need to stick with node fields rather than taxonomy terms (I could be way off on that - still a newbie).
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks a billion.
You could try using the ahah
You could try using the ahah helper module
http://drupal.org/project/ahah_helper
which I've found useful in the past to generate multi-dropdown selects populated with custom data other than taxonomy terms, but you would need to know a little about how to build your form via drupal's form API
Depending on how many you can
Depending on how many you can select at the same time, it might be better to use multiselect module http://drupal.org/project/multiselect than hierarchical select. This works well because you can just double click or use the arrows to add or remove fields.
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