Test-ParserFunctions-in-ExternalData - Revision history

Gfc at 21:40, 28 September 2026

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	Testing will continue but for the immediate future, we have found that using the Display_External_Table format option does work. This option requires the creation of a template for each query and the presence of variable names in both the wiki page and the template makes maintenance somewhat confusing.		Testing will continue but for the immediate future, we have found that using the Display_External_Table format option does work. This option requires the creation of a template for each query and the presence of variable names in both the wiki page and the template makes maintenance somewhat confusing.

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	=== Test Case: ===		=== Test Case: ===
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	==== Test Ifeq & Ifexist Outside ExternalData call, with no variables: ====		==== Test Ifeq & Ifexist Outside ExternalData call, with no variables: ====

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	Test IfExist: Result is.... {{#ifexist: User:Mharrit1 \| Mharrit1 User Page Exists \| No User Page]]}}		Test IfExist: Result is.... {{#ifexist: User:Mharrit1 \| Mharrit1 User Page Exists \| No User Page]]}}

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	{{ManagerDataNoTable}}		{{ManagerDataNoTable}}

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	!class=unsortable\| Wiki User Page		!class=unsortable\| Wiki User Page
	!class=unsortable\| Email		!class=unsortable\| Email
	! WikiUsername		! WikiUsername {{#display_external_table:template=ManagerData\|data= Name=Name, Role=Role, Email=Email, WikiUsername=WikiUsername, FirstName=FirstName, LastName=LastName }}
	{{#display_external_table:template=ManagerData\|data= Name=Name, Role=Role, Email=Email, WikiUsername=WikiUsername, FirstName=FirstName, LastName=LastName }}
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	!class=unsortable\| Email		!class=unsortable\| Email
	! WikiUsername		! WikiUsername

	{{#display_external_table:template=ManagerData\|data= Name=Name, Role=Role, Email=Email, WikiUsername=WikiUsername, FirstName=FirstName, LastName=LastName }}		{{#display_external_table:template=ManagerData\|data= Name=Name, Role=Role, Email=Email, WikiUsername=WikiUsername, FirstName=FirstName, LastName=LastName }}
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	! First Name		! First Name
	! Last Name		! Last Name
	! Wiki User Page		!class=unsortable\| Wiki User Page
	! Email		!class=unsortable\| Email
	! WikiUsername		! WikiUsername

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	! WikiUsername		! WikiUsername

	{{#display_external_table:template=ManagerData\|data= Name=Name, Role=Role, Email=Email, WikiUsername=WikiUsername }}		{{#display_external_table:template=ManagerData\|data= Name=Name, Role=Role, Email=Email, WikiUsername=WikiUsername, FirstName=FirstName, LastName=LastName }}
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	*Displaying individual values		*Displaying individual values
	*Displaying a table of values		*Displaying a table of values
	## for_external_table		# for_external_table
	## display_external_table		# display_external_table

	{{#get_web_data:		{{#get_web_data:

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			GetExternalData provides several ways to display the retrieved data on the wiki page. These are:

			*Displaying individual values
			*Displaying a table of values
			## for_external_table
			## display_external_table

	{{#get_web_data:		{{#get_web_data:
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	====Use Display External Table ====		====Use Display External Table ====

	~~GetExternalData provides several ways to display the retrieved data on the wiki page. These are:~~

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Test Case:

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	=== Test Case: ===		=== Test Case: ===

	Display the current Manager / Staff roster from Google Sheet CSV web feed via the CSV import capability of the GetExternalData extension.		Display the current Manager / Staff roster from Google Sheet CSV web feed via the CSV import capability of the GetExternalData extension. Display the Name, email address, Wiki User Name, a link to that person's User page (if it exists), and whether that person is a volunteer or not.

	Use #ifexist and #ifeq conditionals in the ParserFunctions Extension to "clean up" the import, for example, ensuring that we only show links to a wiki user page if that user page actually exists.		Use #ifexist and #ifeq conditionals in the ParserFunctions Extension to "clean up" the import, for example, ensuring that we only show links to a wiki user page if that user page actually exists.
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	~~==== Test ifexist in an ExternalData call: ====~~



	{{#get_web_data:		{{#get_web_data:
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	====Use Display External Table ====		====Use Display External Table ====

			GetExternalData provides several ways to display the retrieved data on the wiki page. These are:


	{\| class="wikitable"		{\| class="wikitable"
	! Name		! Name