Which component called the query

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Is there a property or way i can know which component initiated the call to the query/api?

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HI @peter.b,

It was recently mentioned in this thread that when you're in live preview mode, you will see additional details for each query, showing what triggered each one of them.

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Apologies, I meant, in code, programmatically - when a query gets called i want to tap the component/query that originally called it.

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Ah, yeah that's a good question.

I don't think there is a native way of doing that. I guess as a workaround you can pass the component/query id as additional scope using {{self.id}}.

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Hi @peter.b :wave:

To echo @MiguelOrtiz, you could pass the component name as additionalScope with your query. I'd say this would be the best approach!

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Great,
Thanks

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We also have a `triggerById' variable.

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Hi Abbey
What release version is that available from?

Pete

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I haven't been able to find the exact release version, but I have seen it referred as far out as 2020. Happy to test out a specific version if you can share which your org is on.

You could use triggerById to do something like this:

if (typeof triggeredById !== 'undefined') {
  if (triggeredById === "textInput1") {
    textInput1.setValue("New value");
  } else if (triggeredById === "textInput2") {
    textInput2.setValue("Another new value");
  }
}

This script checks to make sure triggeredById is not undefined, then it sets a new value in the component that triggered the event.

I'll give a +1 to the feature request to add the element as a variable and let you know if there's momentum!

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