RM 2.3 Building a complex structure

Steff

Steff

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This is a pretty simple question and I just need a few hints to get me on the way as I haven't used XFMR for over 10 years now.
I'm building a complex historical timeline that includes thousands of resources (as documents not downloads) and although there are categories and fields, the topic is vast.
So the plan is to use the fields to filter the topics along with a search criteria, so I'm looking for a few answers please:

Are Resource Manager custom fields stored in a separate indexed table (xf_rm_resource_field_value) and queryable via joins?
Does XFRM support multi-field filtering natively, or would this require a custom finder extension?
Can we add an indexed integer custom field for Year and filter by numeric range?
Can custom field filters be passed via URL parameters and handled in the resource finder?
Will filtering across 5,000+ resources using custom fields remain performant with proper indexing?
 
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Maybe the situation regarding filtering will somewhat improve with XF 2.4

Chris D

XF 2.4 Thread 'Custom Field Improvements: Filtering and more!'

With XenForo 2.4 we are finally addressing one of the most common pieces of feedback we get regarding custom fields which is filtering! But first, let's take a little look under the hood to see what else is new:

Flexible custom field types​

Each of the existing custom field types are now moved to their own individual handler classes and assigned to add-ons in the database. This opens the door for developers to finally introduce their own custom field types for their add-ons. So instead of being constrained to the defaults we provide, developers will be able to add all sorts of custom...
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Until now there exist add ons for filtering using custom fields but frankly said in my eyes Resource Manager is pretty horrible for what you have in mind despite it should not be. Due to lack of alternatives I am using it for documents as well and hate it every single day for every single bit of it's existence: Horrible UX, horrible UI, lack of useful option, completely fallen behind times and ages behind actual standards. If you have the choice for another solution do yourself a favor and go for a different solution.
 
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Thanks for your honesty smallwheels, I can't help but agree.
I am finding it suppressive to say the least. I'm already modifying it to do the task I'm set on, but I need it eventually to be integrated with XFMG and so I'm a bit stuck with xfrm.
I don't mind getting my teeth in to it, just need to know a few things about it first.
 
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Look at the add-ons by @Bob (https://xenaddons.com).

I've done similar things with Showcase, but depending on your specific use case he has other add-ons that may fit your needs as well.

The Resource Manager is extremely limited and I've generally just gotten frustrated and looked at other solutions.
 
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