Class TextInput

Contains text input information for the config. Its properties determine how the text input is displayed in Data Studio.

const cc = DataStudioApp.createCommunityConnector();
const config = cc.getConfig();

const info1 = config.newTextInput()
                  .setId('info1')
                  .setName('Search')
                  .setHelpText('for example, Coldplay')
                  .setAllowOverride(true)
                  .setPlaceholder('Search for an artist for all songs.');

Methods

Method	Return type	Brief description
`setAllowOverride(allowOverride)`	`TextInput`	Enables overriding for this config entry.
`setHelpText(helpText)`	`TextInput`	Sets the help text for this configuration entry.
`setId(id)`	`TextInput`	Sets the unique ID for this configuration entry.
`setIsDynamic(isDynamic)`	`TextInput`	Sets the dynamic status for this configuration entry.
`setName(name)`	`TextInput`	Sets the display name for this configuration entry.
`setPlaceholder(placeholder)`	`TextInput`	Sets the placeholder text for this configuration entry.

Detailed documentation

`setAllowOverride(allowOverride)`

Enables overriding for this config entry. If set to true, data source creators have the option to enable this for report editors

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`allowOverride`	`Boolean`	Whether or not this config entry can be overridden in reports.

Return

TextInput — This builder, for chaining.

`setHelpText(helpText)`

Sets the help text for this configuration entry.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`helpText`	`String`	The helpText to set.

Return

TextInput — This builder, for chaining.

`setId(id)`

Sets the unique ID for this configuration entry.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`id`	`String`	The ID to set.

Return

TextInput — This builder, for chaining.

`setIsDynamic(isDynamic)`

Sets the dynamic status for this configuration entry.

If a dynamic configuration entry is modified, subsequent configuration entries are cleared.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`isDynamic`	`Boolean`	The dynamic status to set.

Return

TextInput — This builder, for chaining.

`setName(name)`

Sets the display name for this configuration entry.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`name`	`String`	The name to set.

Return

TextInput — This builder, for chaining.

`setPlaceholder(placeholder)`

Sets the placeholder text for this configuration entry.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`placeholder`	`String`	The placeholder text to set.

Return

TextInput — This builder, for chaining.