Showing specific items in a dynamic list inside a dynamic page template

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Hi all,

I am sure there must be an easy way to do this, but I can’t figure it out, so any help is appreciated. Here’s the situation:

  1. I have a collection which contains a list of car models, manufactured by a particular car maker - e.g. Nissan Altima, Honda Civic etc.

  2. I have another collection which has each of the car makers, together with supporting information.

What I want to do is to build a dynamic template off of collection 2 (so a page that features each of the car makers) - within that template, I then want a dynamic list that references items from collection 1, but also only shows certain items based on whether the car is made by the specific car maker referenced in collection 2.

I can’t figure out how to do this, as when I enter a dynamic list for collection 1 in the page template for collection 2, I can’t choose to filter that collection 1 list by criteria set in collection 2. I realize this might be complicated, so let me share an example.

Say I have three cars in collection 1

  • Nissan Altima
  • Subaru Forester
  • Honda Civic

I then have three car makers in collection 2

  • Nissan
  • Subaru
  • Honda

I create a dynamic page template for collection 2. When I want to show Nissan, I want to enter a dynamic list item that shows all the content in collection 1 that has “Nissan” as the car maker - I do not want to show Honda or Subaru.

In other words, as the car maker changes in the template, I only want to show items from collection 1 that are relevant to that maker.

Is there an easy way to do this, please?

Thanks!

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Hey @Paul_Maplesden

If you can share your read-only link, that is always helpful for the community to answer your questions with the greatest accuracy.

Based on what you have explained, it is possible to do.

  • In the Collection2 add a Single-Reference field and connect it to Collection1
  • Update the items in Collection1 to reference the appropriate items in Collection2
  • On the Colelction2 template page insert a collection list and connect to Collection1
  • In the filters (setting panel) for Collection1 filter by the Single-Reference field to only show items that contain the “current Collection2 item”

Here’s an example of a dynamic filter relationship. The top drop down is the Single-Reference Field and the bottom is telling it to match the current collection item.

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Hope this helps. If you need further assistance, please provide your project’s link and I’ll be happy to take a look at your setup.

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Thanks very much - I will give that a try - I knew it had to be possible! thanks a lot.