How to read text from the Text table

Overview

The Text table contains text values for various fields from many tables. Examples are the text values for the payment method and delivery method of an order. It is a common need to retrieve these texts. The following image shows possible values for the payment method for an order:

Payment methods

These values can be retrieved with a query as follows:

Query
query read_payment_methods($cid :Int!)
{
  useCompany(no :$cid)
  {
    text(filter:{_and : [
      {textType : {_eq : 7}},
      {languageNo : {_eq : 47}}
    ]})
    {
      totalCount
      items
      {
        textNo
        text
      }
    }
  }
}

Result
{
  "data": {
    "useCompany": {
      "text": {
        "totalCount": 10,
        "items": [
          {
            "textNo": 1,
            "text": "Kontant kasse"
          },
          {
            "textNo": 2,
            "text": "Bankkort"
          },
          {
            "textNo": 3,
            "text": "Visa"
          },
          {
            "textNo": 4,
            "text": "Master-/Eurocard"
          },
          {
            "textNo": 5,
            "text": "Am-ex"
          },
          {
            "textNo": 8,
            "text": "Tilgodelapp"
          },
          {
            "textNo": 9,
            "text": "Gavekort"
          },
          {
            "textNo": 97,
            "text": "Diverse"
          },
          {
            "textNo": 98,
            "text": "Differanse dagsoppgjør"
          },
          {
            "textNo": 99,
            "text": "Avbrutt"
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  }
}

Filtering

These text values are available in multiple languages. Therefore, you need to filter by language and text type, as shown in the previous example.

The possible values for languages are the following:

LanguageNo	Language
44	English
45	Danish
46	Swedish
47	Norwegian

The possible values for the texttype field are presented in the following table:

Text type	Description (Identifier)
1	FreeText
2	ReminderText
3	DocumentName
4	DeliveryTerms
5	DeliveryMethod
6	PaymentTerms
7	PaymentMethod
8	InformationCategory
9	District
10	Trade
11	OrderPriceGroup
12	CustomerPriceGroup1
13	ProductPriceGroup1
14	EmployeePriceGroup
15	PayrollRateNo
16	Unit
17	TaxAndAccountingGroup
18	AccountSet
19	ProductType1
20	TransactionGroup1
21	ProductPriceGroup2
22	BudgetLineType
23	StockCountGroup
24	AssociateGrouping1
25	AssociateGrouping2
26	AssociateGrouping3
27	AssociateGrouping4
28	AssociateGrouping5
29	AssociateGrouping6
30	GeneralLedgerAccountGrouping1
31	GeneralLedgerAccountGrouping2
32	GeneralLedgerAccountGrouping3
33	GeneralLedgerAccountGrouping4
34	GeneralLedgerAccountGrouping5
35	GeneralLedgerAccountGrouping6
36	OrgUnitGrouping1
37	OrgUnitGrouping2
38	OrgUnitGrouping3
39	OrgUnitGrouping4
40	OrgUnitGrouping5
41	OrgUnitGrouping6
42	ProductGrouping1
43	ProductGrouping2
44	ProductGrouping3
45	ProductGrouping4
46	ProductGrouping5
47	ProductGrouping6
48	OrderGrouping1
49	OrderGrouping2
50	OrderGrouping3
51	OrderGrouping4
52	OrderGrouping5
53	OrderGrouping6
54	ProductTransactionControlStatus
55	AccountingTransactionControlStatus
56	ReportHeading
57	SumLine
58	ProductType2
59	TransactionGroup2
60	OrgUnitStatus
61	CapitalAssetGrouping1
62	CapitalAssetGrouping2
63	CapitalAssetGrouping3
64	CapitalAssetGrouping4
65	CapitalAssetGrouping5
66	CapitalAssetGrouping6
67	PaymentPriority
68	DeliveryPriority
69	AppointmentPriority
70	DayPriority
71	DocumentGroup
72	ProductPriceGroup3
73	CustomerPriceGroup2
74	AssociateGrouping7
75	AssociateGrouping8
76	AssociateGrouping9
77	AssociateGrouping10
78	AssociateGrouping11
79	AssociateGrouping12
80	GeneralLedgerAccountGrouping7
81	GeneralLedgerAccountGrouping8
82	GeneralLedgerAccountGrouping9
83	GeneralLedgerAccountGrouping10
84	GeneralLedgerAccountGrouping11
85	GeneralLedgerAccountGrouping12
86	CapitalAssetGrouping7
87	CapitalAssetGrouping8
88	CapitalAssetGrouping9
89	CapitalAssetGrouping10
90	CapitalAssetGrouping11
91	CapitalAssetGrouping12
92	OrgUnitGrouping7
93	OrgUnitGrouping8
94	OrgUnitGrouping9
95	OrgUnitGrouping10
96	OrgUnitGrouping11
97	OrgUnitGrouping12
98	ProductGrouping7
99	ProductGrouping8
100	ProductGrouping9
101	ProductGrouping10
102	ProductGrouping11
103	ProductGrouping12
104	OrderGrouping7
105	OrderGrouping8
106	OrderGrouping9
107	OrderGrouping10
108	OrderGrouping11
109	OrderGrouping12
110	TransactionGroup3
111	TransactionGroup4
112	ProductType3
113	ProductType4
114	AppointmentGrouping1
115	AppointmentGrouping2
116	AppointmentGrouping3
117	AppointmentGrouping4
118	AppointmentGrouping5
119	AppointmentGrouping6
120	AppointmentGrouping7
121	AppointmentGrouping8
122	AppointmentGrouping9
123	AppointmentGrouping10
124	AppointmentGrouping11
125	AppointmentGrouping12
126	PriceType
127	CreateDocument
128	CrmTexts
129	EftCurrencyCode
130	EftTaxCode
131	EftDeclarationCode
132	EftPaymentMethod
133	PriceRefundGrouping1
134	PriceRefundGrouping2
135	EuGoodsStatisticsNo
137	AssociateInformationGroup1
138	AssociateInformationGroup2
139	AssociateInformationGroup3
140	AssociateInformationGroup4
141	AssociateInformationGroup5
142	AssociateInformationGroup6
143	AssociateInformationGroup7
144	AssociateInformationGroup8
145	ProductCategory
146	CustomerPriceGroup3
147	ProxyType
148	RoleType
149	MessageType
150	ExternalConfigurationGrouping1
151	ExternalConfigurationGrouping2
152	ExternalConfigurationGrouping3
153	ExternalConfigurationGrouping4
154	InterestRateGroup
155	SmsProvider
156	FreeInformationType1
157	FreeInformationGrouping1
158	FreeInformationGrouping2
159	FreeInformationGrouping3
160	FreeInformationGrouping4
161	ShipmentGrouping1
162	ShipmentGrouping2
163	VoucherGroup1
164	VoucherGroup2
165	VoucherTypeText
166	AlternativeProductGrouping1
167	AlternativeProductGrouping2
168	StructureGrouping1
169	StructureGrouping2
170	StructureGrouping3
171	StructureGrouping4
172	StructureGrouping5
173	StructureGrouping6
174	StructureGrouping7
175	StructureGrouping8
176	StructureGrouping9
177	StructureGrouping10
178	StructureGrouping11
179	StructureGrouping12
180	FreeInformationCategory
181	ExternalExportGrouping
182	TimeScheduleBalanceGroup
183	TaxTerm
184	BankFormat
185	AppointmentDescription
186	RemittanceCodeForRemittanceAgreements
187	RegistrationTypeForPaymentAgreements
188	CommentCodeForPaymentAgreements
189	FreeInformation1Type2
190	FreeInformation1Type3
191	FreeInformation2Type2
192	FreeInformation2Type3
193	FreeInformation3Type2
194	FreeInformation3Type3
195	FreeInformationGrouping5
196	FreeInformationGrouping6
197	FreeInformationGrouping7
198	FreeInformationGrouping8
199	FreeInformationGrouping9
200	FreeInformationGrouping10
201	FreeInformationGrouping11
202	FreeInformationGrouping12
203	EftFormType
204	DeliveryAlternativeGrouping1
205	DeliveryAlternativeGrouping2
206	GiroType
207	OssTaxTerm
208	EmailTemplateGroup
211	ExemptReason
212	InvoiceNote

Joining values from the text table

The values from the Text table are usually needed when reading records from other tables. An example was previously given: reading the payment method and the delivery method of an order. A direct joining mechanism is not available in the API (such as a joinup_ \ joindown_ relation). However, it is possible to read them in a single query with the help of the @export directive.

The following example shows how to read the payment and delivery method of a particular order:

Query
query read_texts($cid : Int!,
                 $orderNo : Int,
                 $dm : Long = 0,
                 $pm : Long  = 0)
{
  useCompany(no : $cid)
  {
    order(filter :{orderNo :{_eq : $orderNo}})
    {
      items
      {
        orderNo
        deliveryMethod @export(as :"dm")
        paymentMethod @export(as : "pm")
      }
    }

    deliveryMethodName : text(filter: {
      languageNo :{_eq : 47} # Norwegian
      textType : {_eq : 5}   # delivery method
      textNo : {_eq : $dm}
    })
    {
      items
      {
        text
      }
    }

    paymentMethodName : text(filter: {
      languageNo :{_eq : 47} # Norwegian
      textType : {_eq : 7}   # payment method
      textNo : {_eq : $pm}
    })
    {
      items
      {
        text
      }
    }
  }
}

Result
{
  "data": {
    "useCompany": {
      "order": {
        "items": [
          {
            "orderNo": 1,
            "deliveryMethod": 4,
            "paymentMethod": 3
          }
        ]
      },
      "deliveryMethodName": {
        "items": [
          {
            "text": "Tollpost"
          }
        ]
      },
      "paymentMethodName": {
        "items": [
          {
            "text": "Visa"
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  }
}

What you have to do is the following:

read the numerical value of the text type you want to retrieve (such as paymentMethod and deliveryMethod in this example)
export this numerical value to a query variable using the @export directive
make another read, this time from the Text table, and filter using the desired language, the appropriate text type (such as 5 for DeliveryMethod and 7 for PaymentMethod), and the text number stored in the (previously read) query variable
you can make as many reads as you want from the Text table in a single query, provided you diferentiate them using aliases