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Posted: **Thu Oct 02, 2025 7:14 am**

This code works great for filtering out a specified column based on non-admin users:

if (!nuGlobalAccess()) {
    var columnIndex = 0;
    nuSetBrowseColumnSize(columnIndex, 0);
nuPrintExcludeColumns([columnIndex]);
}

Might there be a similar method for filtering out (and not printing) empty columns from the Browse form?

Posted: **Thu Oct 02, 2025 8:52 am**

There’s no built-in function, but creating a JS function to dynamically show or hide columns shouldn’t be too difficult. AI can definitely help with that

Posted: **Thu Oct 02, 2025 5:56 pm**

A search in AI has produced some code and I placed it below the code for non-globeadmin filtering like this, but I honestly have no idea how to 'massage' it for my purpose. I get no errors when logged in as globeadmin and all columns are shown. When logged in as non-globeadmin, there is no error in the console and all columns are shown.

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if (!nuGlobalAccess()) {
    var columnIndex = 0;
    nuSetBrowseColumnSize(columnIndex, 0);
nuPrintExcludeColumns([columnIndex]);
}



function hideBlankColumns(tableId) {
  // Find the table element using its ID.
  const table = document.getElementById(tableId);
  if (!table) {
    console.error(`Table with ID "${tableId}" not found.`);
    return;
  }

hideBlankColumns('cases');


  // Get all table rows.
  const rows = table.querySelectorAll('tr');
  if (rows.length === 0) {
    return; // No data rows to process.
  }

  // Determine the number of columns.
  const colCount = rows[0].querySelectorAll('th, td').length;
  const isColumnBlank = new Array(colCount).fill(true);

  // Iterate through all table rows, skipping the header.
  for (let i = 1; i < rows.length; i++) {
    const cells = rows[i].querySelectorAll('td');
    for (let j = 0; j < cells.length; j++) {
      // Check if the cell has content. Trim whitespace for accuracy.
      if (cells[j].textContent.trim() !== '') {
        isColumnBlank[j] = false; // Mark column as not blank.
      }
    }
  }

  // Apply styling to hide the blank columns.
  const headerCells = rows[0].querySelectorAll('th, td');
  for (let j = 0; j < colCount; j++) {
    if (isColumnBlank[j]) {
      // Hide the column header.
      if (headerCells[j]) {
        headerCells[j].style.display = 'none';
      }
      // Hide all corresponding data cells in that column.
      for (let i = 1; i < rows.length; i++) {
        const cells = rows[i].querySelectorAll('td');
        if (cells[j]) {
          cells[j].style.display = 'none';
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

Posted: **Thu Oct 02, 2025 6:10 pm**

nuBuilder tables don’t use standard <table>, <tr>, or <td> elements. Instead, they are built with <div> elements. I provided the AI with a sample output from a nuBuilder table along with your code, and this is what it generated.

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if (!nuGlobalAccess()) {
    var columnIndex = 0;
    nuSetBrowseColumnSize(columnIndex, 0);
    hideBlankColumns();
    nuPrintExcludeColumns([columnIndex]);
}

function hideBlankColumns() {
    // Find the browse container element using its ID
    const browseDiv = document.getElementById('nuRECORD');
    if (!browseDiv) {
        console.error(`Browse div with ID "${'nuRECORD'}" not found.`);
        return;
    }

    // Get all browse title divs (headers)
    const headers = browseDiv.querySelectorAll('.nuBrowseTitle');
    if (headers.length === 0) {
        console.error('No browse title headers found.');
        return;
    }

    const colCount = headers.length;
    const isColumnBlank = new Array(colCount).fill(true);

    // Get all data cells (excluding empty rows)
    const dataCells = browseDiv.querySelectorAll('.nuCell[data-nu-column]');

    // Check each data cell to see if the column has content
    dataCells.forEach(cell => {
        const colIndex = parseInt(cell.getAttribute('data-nu-column'));
        const content = cell.textContent.trim();

        // Mark column as not blank if it has content
        if (content !== '' && colIndex >= 0) {
            isColumnBlank[colIndex] = false;
        }
    });

    // Hide blank columns using nuBuilder's built-in function
    for (let j = 0; j < colCount; j++) {
        if (isColumnBlank[j]) {
            nuSetBrowseColumnSize(j, 0);
        }
    }
}

To-do: exclude empty columns from printing

Posted: **Thu Oct 02, 2025 7:24 pm**

Yes, that code works, now to exclude from printing.

Posted: **Thu Oct 02, 2025 7:38 pm**

I tried adding:

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nuPrintExcludeColumns([colIndex]);

but no dice.

Posted: **Thu Oct 02, 2025 8:04 pm**

You also need to include the columns with empty values; pass their column indexes

Posted: **Thu Oct 02, 2025 8:35 pm**

Ok, I tried this, but it didn't work either:

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if (!nuGlobalAccess()) {
    var columnIndex = 0;
    nuSetBrowseColumnSize(columnIndex, 0);
    hideBlankColumns();
    nuPrintExcludeColumns([columnIndex]);
    isColumnBlank[colIndex];
    nuPrintExcludeColumns([colIndex]);
}

Posted: **Thu Oct 02, 2025 8:52 pm**

Try:

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if (!nuGlobalAccess()) {
	// Get hidden columns from hideBlankColumns
	const hiddenColumns = hideBlankColumns();

	// Add the manually specified column index
	var columnIndex = 0;

	// Combine both arrays and remove duplicates
	const columnsToExclude = [...new Set([columnIndex, ...hiddenColumns])];

	// Exclude all columns
	nuPrintExcludeColumns(columnsToExclude);
}

function hideBlankColumns() {
    const hiddenColumns = [];
    
    // Find the browse container element using its ID
    const browseDiv = document.getElementById('nuRECORD');
    if (!browseDiv) {
        console.error(`Browse div with ID "${'nuRECORD'}" not found.`);
        return hiddenColumns;
    }
    
    // Get all browse title divs (headers)
    const headers = browseDiv.querySelectorAll('.nuBrowseTitle');
    if (headers.length === 0) {
        console.error('No browse title headers found.');
        return hiddenColumns;
    }
    
    const colCount = headers.length;
    const isColumnBlank = new Array(colCount).fill(true);
    
    // Get all data cells (excluding empty rows)
    const dataCells = browseDiv.querySelectorAll('.nuCell[data-nu-column]');
    
    // Check each data cell to see if the column has content
    dataCells.forEach(cell => {
        const colIndex = parseInt(cell.getAttribute('data-nu-column'));
        const content = cell.textContent.trim();
        // Mark column as not blank if it has content
        if (content !== '' && colIndex >= 0) {
            isColumnBlank[colIndex] = false;
        }
    });
    
    // Hide blank columns using nuBuilder's built-in function
    for (let j = 0; j < colCount; j++) {
        if (isColumnBlank[j]) {
            nuSetBrowseColumnSize(j, 0);
            hiddenColumns.push(j);
        }
    }
    
    return hiddenColumns;
}

Posted: **Thu Oct 02, 2025 9:05 pm**

Yes! That worked quite well, thank you!

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