Related Categories Mode and search

Question

I have a single entry page with the url_title in segment_3. I want to get all the other entries in that category, but also apply a search filter.

{exp:channel:entries channel="academy-items"
related_categories_mode="yes"
search:audience="Customer-Support"}
{title}<br>
{/exp:channel:entries}

It looks like search doesn't work in this instance. Is there another way to get this data?

Answer 1

Contrary to EE docs, it appears you can access the search parameter when using related_categories="yes". I just had my syntax wrong.

{exp:channel:entries channel="academy-items"  
related_categories_mode="yes"
custom_fields="yes"
search:a-audience="Customer-Support"}
...
{/exp:channel_entries}

Answer 2

Using a conditional instead of search you could:

{exp:channel:entries 
    channel="academy-items"
    related_categories_mode="yes"
    custom_fields="yes"
}
    {if audience == "Customer-Support"}{title}<br>{/if}

    {!-- or the syntax might instead be: --}
    {if "{audience}" == "Customer-Support"}{title}<br>{/if}
{/exp:channel:entries}

Answer 3

Is the "audience" field type one of those that the search parameter supports? From the docs:

Only fields of the type “Text Input”, “Textarea”, and “Drop-down Lists” are searched with this parameter.