.. include:: /Includes.rst.txt .. _columns-flex-properties-ds-pointerfield-searchparent: ============================== ds\_pointerField\_searchParent ============================== .. note:: This configuration option will not be handled anymore with TYPO3 v13+. Beginning with TYPO3 v12 you can migrate to PSR-14 events to manipulate the data structure lookup logic: * :ref:`t3coreapi:AfterFlexFormDataStructureIdentifierInitializedEvent` * :ref:`t3coreapi:AfterFlexFormDataStructureParsedEvent` * :ref:`t3coreapi:BeforeFlexFormDataStructureIdentifierInitializedEvent` * :ref:`t3coreapi:BeforeFlexFormDataStructureParsedEvent` .. confval:: ds_pointerField_searchParent :Path: $GLOBALS['TCA'][$table]['columns'][$field]['config'] :type: string :Scope: Display / Proc. Used to search for Data Structure recursively back in the table assuming that the table is a tree table. This value points to the "pid" field.