Good morning, I'm wondering what is the recommended Coldbox approach for storing temporary settings/filters? For example, I have a tabular list of purchase orders and at the top of the page there are options to filter the list down by department, order number, date submitted, etc. The previous way I would accomplish this was to store the filter(s) in the user's session, like session.POfilters.department = dept_id This would allow the user to filter the list, open a purchase order to work on, then upon returning to the list the filter(s) would still be in place until they cleared them or logged out.

Just a different approach, but I do this often and use cgi.query_string on redirects and back buttons. This way the user stays on the same search filters/results and no sessions needed.

In Coldbox you could utilize the Flash RAM. https://coldbox.ortusbooks.com/digging-deeper/flash-ram/using-flash-ram

@Patrick good idea I always think of it just for messages but it would be perfect for that

I used to pass filters in the query strings or form scope, but Flash RAM looks like what I'm looking for, thanks for the suggestion.

@hemi345 There's nothing wrong with still using the session scope in ColdBox.

yeah, as I was reading the docs on flash ram, I see that. I might as well try to use it on this site redesign though as it looks like it has a few nice features to help manage it.