We use a picker control for a big amount of data (380k++ Items)

So the "get items" method takes 10 to 20 minutes - so it is not possibe to populate all the data at form start or even cache all the data asynchronously because it takes way to long (caching even does not work because of the memory that the browser uses then...)

but in the Smartobject the "get items" method can be given a filter value that speeds up the method greatly (only a few seconds)

for example, I type in my picker "0930" and resolve now I want to populate my picker with the filter value "0930" and the speed will be ok.

But K2 does not provide ypu with the dynamic information, what the user typed in before he hits enter to resolve - so populating works only for ALL data and takes up to 20 minutes...

in this forum post:

https://community.k2.com/t5/K2-Five/get-the-initial-input-from-the-picker-control/m-p/115694

I managed to get this data with some JS hacks but this is still not convinient and a official solution would be great!