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JoshuaRumbut
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7 years ago

Associating new records to existing records based on category and in order

Hi, I've looked high and low and can't find quite what I'm looking for. A user shows up and fills out a form, for simplicity lets say they enter a single category and submit. In a separate table I ...
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KevinSlider
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7 years ago
Joshua, I need a little more information, but I think Automations may be what you need.

1. User adds/edits an "Order" record, selects a category, Save
2. Automation detects Category is selected on add/edit, Adds items that belong to that category to that "Order" (this can be the tricky part, and I would need more details to solve)

Automations occur in the back end After a record is saved, so a refresh may be needed to see the automated actions. 

Let me know more about the architecture of the DB, and pursue automations in your application.
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JoshuaRumbut
Qrew Trainee
7 years ago
Hey Slider, thanks for the advice, I'm going to give Automations a shot and let you know. I'm new to Quick Base but old(er) to databases. Feature discovery is definitely something I'm finding tricky in Quick Base, it appears to take some time to learn what is possible and what isn't.