Search Filter question

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I have written a plugin using syslog plugin by cigamit as a reference. It contains the javascript filter functions (for searching based on user text input), and also some additional filtering based on dropdown selections.

Both of the filters work independently, but when I try to use the cacti nav bar functionality (browsing record pages next and prev), I lose my dropdown filter criteria. How do I tie them together? The javascript filter and the built in cacti form submissions?

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Still haven't been able to figure out how to reliably pass the filter criteria between the php and javascript.

Any help would be appreciated.

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Is there anyone on the Dev team that will consult (even if there are fees involved) on this issue?

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Review cdef.php. there is a function filter_vars() that will remember previous settings. There are examples everywhere on how it works.

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Understanding the functions "api_plugin_hook_function" and "validate_store_request_vars" was the key. I have this all working now.

Thanks to cigamit for the write-up on Plugin Migration steps here https://github.com/Cacti/cacti/wiki/PluginMigration