Merge pull request #3480 from AtlasOfLivingAustralia/feature/ecodata-1078

 automatically exclude an electorate's state if it is not already in the included states list

Author: chrisala

grails-app/assets/javascripts/projects.js

@@ -248,6 +248,27 @@ function ProjectViewModel(project) {
         }
     });
 
+    /**
+     * Automatically exclude an electorate's state if it is not already in the included states list.
+     */
+    self.geographicInfo.otherExcludedElectorates.subscribe(function(newValue) {
+        // check if excluded electorates' states can also be added to exclude state
+        if (newValue) {
+            var states = findStatesElectoratesBelong(newValue);
+            if (!states)
+                return;
+
+            for (var i = 0; i < states.length; i++) {
+                var state = states[i],
+                    excludeAbleStates = self.transients.states.statesToExclude();
+                // exclude-able states are those that are not already selected as primary or in included states lists.
+                if ((excludeAbleStates.indexOf(state) >= 0) && (self.geographicInfo.otherExcludedStates.indexOf(state) === -1)) {
+                    self.geographicInfo.otherExcludedStates.push(state);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    });
+
     self.transients.programs = [];
     self.transients.subprograms = {};
     self.transients.subprogramsToDisplay = ko.computed(function () {