Batch Update ""Display As"" Property

Just create your own API modeled off the native action GenChangeFieldType. This is called the Be The API technique modeled off of the Be The Bike patent:


Be The Bike! From the Patently Absurd Inventions Archive
http://totallyabsurd.com/bethebike.htm

Towards this end write a function which returns a promise with this signature:

function changeFieldType(dbidTable, fid, type) {   return Promise.resolve(     $.get(dbidTable, {       a: "GenChangeFieldType",       BUT: "CONVERT+DATA",       D0: type,       fid: fid     })   ).then(function() {     return "it certainly worked!";   }); }

Set the parameters:

var dbidTable = "your table dbid";
var fid = "6";
var type = "PC";

And call the function:

changeFieldType(dbidTable, fid, type)
  .then(function(response) {
    console.log(response);
  });

Pastie Database
https://haversineconsulting.quickbase.com/db/bgcwm2m4g?a=dr&rid=681