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ArchiveUser
Qrew Captain
6 years ago

Capture date modified if reference field changes

Hi Everyone , I am currently in a project where i need to give data changes which has happened from past 1 week . Initially it looked easy as we have date modified in each and every table. But the ...
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QuickBaseCoachD
Qrew Captain
6 years ago
If lu want to have a parent know that maximum Date Modified of it�s children, then make a summary field of the Maximum Date Modified of its children.

Then have a field that calculates the

Max([Date Modified Of Children], [Date Modified])

You can use this same technique with lookup fields as well when you are going �down� instead of Iup.
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    QuickBaseCoachD
    Qrew Captain
    6 years ago
    iPad typing is never very accurate for me ... but glad you liked my answer.
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    ArchiveUser
    Qrew Captain
    6 years ago
    Thank you ,  Yes your solution worked . But the only issue which I have at the moment is that my Parent table is connected to 30-40 child table, which requires me to create 30 date modified  columns.  Would you recommend to do the same or if there is any other solution. 
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    QuickBaseCoachD
    Qrew Captain
    6 years ago
    Yep, so you need 30 summary fields.  If it takes you 1 minute per field (it will take less that that once you get into a rhythm), it's still only a half hour.  Put on some music and just go at 'er.
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    ArchiveUser
    Qrew Captain
    6 years ago
    :)  Thank you .