Three Level Cascading Dropdown SharePoint List By Using JavaScript And Script Editor Web Part

Problem Statement

Create a SharePoint dropdown list to request asset,

Three Level Cascading Dropdown SharePoint List By Using JavaScript And Script Editor Web Part

Output will look like this,

Solution

We need to create four SharePoint lists as shown the table below the problem statement.

List 1: RequestType

The list contains type of requirement (Hardware/Software)

Create SharePoint List named “RequestType”

Add the following data in title column,

List 2: RequestAsset

The list contains sub type of the requirement,

Hardware - Input, Output

Software - Programming, Configuration

Create SharePoint List named “RequestAsset”
Go to setting and create column Named “RequestType” and column type is “Lookup” as shown below.

sr no

Column Name

Column Type

Description

1

RequestType

Lookup

Get inf from (RequestType list) and Column is Title

All columns will look like this,
Add the following data in this list

List 3: AssetNames

The list contains sub types of the requirement

Input - Keyboard, Mouse, Joystick

Output - Monitor, Printer

Programming - Visual Studio, Matlab, Netbeans

Configuration - Infopath, Sharepoint Designer

Create SharePoint List named “AssetNames”

Go to setting and create column Named “RequestAsset” and column type is “Lookup” as shown below.

sr no	Column Name	Column Type	Description
1	RequestAsset	Lookup	Get inf from (RequestAsset list) and Column is Title

All columns will look like this
Add the following data in this list

All data is set for cascading. Now to access this data, create a fourth list

List 4: New Requirement

This is the list where we can achieve our output

Create SharePoint List named “New Requirement”

Add three lookup columns as shown below

sr no	Column Name	Column Type	Description
1	RequestType	Lookup	Get inf from (RequestType list) and Column is Title
2	RequestAsset	Lookup	Get inf from (RequestAsset list) and Column is Title
1	AssetNames	Lookup	Get inf from (AssetNames list) and Column is Title

Refer to the below three screenshots for three columns,

1.RequestType column

Three Level Cascading Dropdown SharePoint List By Using JavaScript And Script Editor Web Part

2.RequestAsset Column

Three Level Cascading Dropdown SharePoint List By Using JavaScript And Script Editor Web Part

3.RequestNames Column

All columns will look like this:
Your list will look like the following. To write code for cascading, click on New item as shown below
Following new form will open
Edit the form by using Gear icon on Top Right side
Click on Insert button on Top Left side then select Media and Content, then click on Script Editor and click Add button on right
Click on edit snippet
Paste below code and click insert and stop editing the page

The following piece of code is for first level cascading dropdown,

Output

If you select Hardware in first column, Request Asset will filter with Input and Output Only,

If you select Software in first column, Request Asset will filter with configuration tools and programming only,

The following piece of code is for second level cascading dropdown,

Output

If you select Request Type as Hardware and Request asset as Input then the third column will filter with “Keyboard”, ”Mouse”, Joystick” dropdown options.

If you select Request Type as Hardware and request asset as Output then the third column will filter with “Keyboard”, ”Mouse”, Joystick” dropdown options.

Common method for above both piece of code is $().methoddropdown(Dropdownlist); and the whole code is as follows,

<script src="//code.jquery.com/jquery-3.4.1.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function() {
var Dropdownlist = new Array();
Dropdownlist.push({
rootlistname: "RequestType", //1st (root) list Display name
leaflistname: "RequestAsset", //2nd (leaf) List name
leaflookupcolumn: "Title", //Internal field name in leaf List used in lookup
mainformcolumnleafref: "RequestAsset", //main form (4th list)2nd column Display name
mainformcolumnrootref: "RequestType", // main form (4th list) 1st column Display name
defaultddwn: "< Select a Asset Type >"
});
Dropdownlist.push({
rootlistname: "RequestAsset", //2nd (root) list Display name
leaflistname: "AssetNames", //3rd (leaf) List name.
leaflookupcolumn: "Title", //Internal field name in leaf List used in lookup
mainformcolumnleafref: "AssetNames", //main form (4 th list) 3rd column Display name
mainformcolumnrootref: "RequestAsset", // main form (4 th list) 2nd column Display name
defaultddwn: "< Select a Asset Name >"
});
$().methoddropdown(Dropdownlist);
});
$.fn.methoddropdown= function (dropdownvalueArray)
{
var ddwndropdownvalue = new Array();
var mainform = getParameterByName("ID") == null;
$.fn.methoddropdown.Cascade = function(root,ddwnindex)
{
if (ddwnindex!= null && ddwnindex+1 > ddwndropdownvalue.length)
{
return;
} else if(ddwnindex== null) {
ddwnindex= $(root).attr("methoddropdownIndex");
}
var params = ddwndropdownvalue[ddwnindex];
var rootID = $(root).val();
if (root == null)
{
rootID = $("select[Title='"+params.rootlistname+"'], select[Title='"+
params.rootlistname+" Required Field']").val();
}
if (rootID == undefined)
{
rootID = 0;
}
var leaf = $("select[Title='"+params.mainformcolumnleafref+"'], select[Title='"+
params.mainformcolumnleafref+" Required Field']," +
"select[Title='"+params.mainformcolumnleafref+" possible values']");
var selectedoption = params.selectedoptionue;
ddwndropdownvalue[ddwnindex].selectedoptionue = 0;
$(leaf).empty();
var dropdownvalue = "<option value='0'>"+params.defaultddwn+"</option>";
var varstore = $.ajax({
url: _spPageContextInfo.webAbsoluteUrl + "/_api/Web/Lists/GetByTitle('"+params.leaflistname+
"')/items?$select=Id,"+params.leaflookupcolumn+","+params.mainformcolumnrootref+
"/Id&$expand="+params.mainformcolumnrootref+"/Id&$filter="+params.mainformcolumnrootref+
"/Id eq "+ rootID+"&$orderby=" + params.leaflookupcolumn,
type: "GET",
dataType: "json",
headers: {
Accept: "application/json;odata=verbose"
}
});
varstore.done(function (data,textStatus, jqXHR){
for (index in data.d.results)
{
dropdownvalue += "<option value='"+ data.d.results[index].Id +"'>"+
data.d.results[index][params.leaflookupcolumn]+"</option>";
}
$(leaf).append(dropdownvalue);
if(!mainform)$(leaf).val(selectedoption);
$().methoddropdown.Cascade(null,Number(ddwnindex)+1);
});
varstore.fail(function (jqXHR,textStatus,errorThrown){
alert("Error retrieving information from list: " + params.leaflistname + jqXHR.responseText);
$(leaf).append(dropdownvalue);
});
}
for (index in dropdownvalueArray)
{
var thisCascade = dropdownvalueArray[index];
if(thisCascade.rootlistname != null)
{
var root = $("select[Title='"+thisCascade.rootlistname+"'], select[Title='"+
thisCascade.rootlistname+" Required Field']");
$(root).attr("methoddropdownIndex",index);
$(root).change(function(){
$().methoddropdown.Cascade(this,null);
});
}
thisCascade.selectedoptionue = $("select[Title='"+thisCascade.mainformcolumnleafref+"'], select[Title='"+
thisCascade.mainformcolumnleafref+" Required Field']," +
"select[Title='"+thisCascade.mainformcolumnleafref+" possible values']").val();
ddwndropdownvalue.push(thisCascade);
}
$().methoddropdown.Cascade(null,0);
function getParameterByName(key) {
key = key.replace(/[*+?^$.\[\]{}()|\\\/]/g, "\\$&"); // escape RegEx meta chars
var match = location.search.match(new RegExp("[?&]"+key+"=([^&]+)(&|$)"));
return match && decodeURIComponent(match[1].replace(/\+/g, " "));
}}
</script>

5 Comments

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vivek tomar6y ago
Thanks for info its working perfectly but fetching only 100 items/values in lookup column not more than, can you please suggest to create a api url.
Venkatrao Palepu6y ago
Excellent article with detailed steps. it's very helpful.
Luca Faedda6y ago
Hi, I did follow all the steps, made sure that internal names of the lists were right but, even not showing any error, the script does not work. It appears as isn't loading. Any advice?
yekula Raja7y ago
You written wonderful article, this is very helpful to me
- Pramod Bhosale7y ago
  Thanks for your appreciation..