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JamesCarr
Qrew Cadet
11 months ago
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API_AddRecord Then Redirec To Dashboard

Greetings, I have been searching and experimenting for some time now.  I have given up and decided to try posting, as everything I have found is not working so far.  I have a dashboard that I would ...
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  • JamesCarr's avatar
    JamesCarr
    2 days ago

    I finally picked this back up and just wanted to advise of the solution:

    Dashboard URL needs to be constructed a particular way, otherwise, you won't be redirected back to it.  As I stated, I was able to come up with the URL for calling the API_AddRecord, but I couldn't get it to navigate back to my dashboard instead of showing the XML result of the API call.  I discovered that I had to use:

    <Your_URL_For_The_API> & "&rdr=" & URLEncode(URLRoot() & "/nav/app/" & DBID() & "/action/showpage?pageID=" & YOUR_PAGE_ID#)

    This works perfectly.  I was already using the suggestion above to put together my URL by using a formula text field to come up with everything.  Then I copied the resulting URL text and pasted into the URL of the button widget I added in my dashboard once I saw the resulting link worked.  I hope this helps anyone else who needs it in the future.  Let me know if I can help in anyway. 

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John_Perkins
Qrew Member
2 months ago

I'm having this same issue and am wondering if anyone has ever figured it out. Button on Dashboard runs the API call, but after it runs it just leaves us on the API page with the results of the call. I've not been able to set up the URL to redirect back to the Dashboard. Can't use any of the functions like RURL() because it's just a link.

Using rdr=URL_I'm_RedirectingTo doesn't do anything. Neither does using a=doredirect&z=URL_I'm_RedirectingTo. I've tried all sorts of combinations of these and still just land on the XML results. What's the trick to get this working?

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    MarkShnier__You
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    2 months ago

    I suggest making the code in a formula field and copy paste. 

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      John_Perkins
      Qrew Member
      2 months ago

      This is a brilliant idea that I didn't even consider. Formula - URL field gives me a usable link. Whether or not it works, this is incredibly helpful! And it definitely gives me a much better method of trial and error than updating the text in Notepad.

      Thank you kind sir.