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PaulPeterson1
Qrew Assistant Captain
2 years ago

Pipeline to move attachment to another table?

I have a pipeline that is pulling in external data and storing it in a holding table until a second pipeline moves them into another table after the data is validated.  Some of the fields involved are file attachments.  I am having difficulties moving the file attachments.  Can someone please provide a general overview of the process needed to move the fila attachments?

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Paul Peterson
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  • AhuvaBrown's avatar
    AhuvaBrown
    Qrew Trainee
    2 years ago
    You can accomplish this with the Upload a File step in the Quickbase channel (nested under Attachments). This article includes visuals that might help.

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    Ahuva Brown
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    • MarkShnier__You's avatar
      MarkShnier__You
      Qrew #1 Challenger
      2 years ago
      I would add to  @Ahuva Brown 's info, I believe you need a pipeline step to create a record to hold the file attachment and then retrieve the record ID from that and use it in a subsequent step to upload the file into that record. Do you use what's called the file transfer handle in order to populate the target field.​

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      Mark Shnier (Your Quickbase Coach)
      mark.shnier@gmail.com
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      • PaulPeterson1's avatar
        PaulPeterson1
        Qrew Assistant Captain
        2 years ago
        I actually took a slightly more direct path on this.  Rather than unpacking the JSON in the intermediate table that is used on the outbound side, I am unpacking the JSON directly in the table where I need the files to reside for short term storage.  I will be moving the files out again after about 6 months, but that will involve moving to a storage platform rather than trying to store large amounts of data in my Quickbase apps.  Thank you for your suggestions.  I was able to move the files, but it just made more sense to unpack the JSON in the table where it is needed rather than in an intermediate table.

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        Paul Peterson
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