Combine two APIs

Question

I have a button on a report in the Nonconformities table (that is the parent to workflow table)
I'd like that button to change field 214 to 'extended' (field 214 is multiple choice)
and then add a child record in Workflow table
that updates field 6 & 8 on that child form with text
but keeps the user in edit mode on the newly created child form
am I close with this? I think changing 214 is working, but adding the child record is not.
Thanks!

URLRoot() & "db/"& Dbid() & "?a=API_EditRecord&rid="& [Record ID#] &
"&_fid_214=Extended" &
"&rdr=" &
URLEncode(URLRoot() & "db/"& [_DBID_WORKFLOW] & "?a=API_AddRecord"&
"&_fid_9=" & URLEncode ([Record ID#])&
"&_fid_6=CAR Due Date Extension" &
"&_fid_8=IEP CAR due date extended" &
URLEncode("&rdr=" & URLEncode([Record ID#])))

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Trish Wehrle
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michaeltamoush · Answer

Thanks to @Mark Shnier (YQC) who has posted this in a generic format. See below.

$URLONE
& "&rdr=" & URLEncode($URLTWO)
& URLEncode("&rdr=" & URLEncode($URLTHREE))
& URLEncode(URLEncode("&rdr=" & URLEncode($URLFOUR)))
& URLEncode(URLEncode(URLEncode("&rdr=" & URLEncode($URLFIVE))))
& URLEncode(URLEncode(URLEncode(URLEncode("&rdr=" & URLEncode($URLSIX)))))
& URLEncode(URLEncode(URLEncode(URLEncode(URLEncode("&rdr=" & URLEncode($URLSEVEN))))))

I think to stay on the form in edit mode you need to use the API_GenAddRecordForm". But perhaps someone else may be able to confirm or explain the different add record apis. So in your case, this is untested but:

var text URLONE =
URLRoot() & "db/"& Dbid() & "?a=API_EditRecord&rid="& [Record ID#] &
"&_fid_214=Extended";

var text URLTWO =
URLRoot() & "db/"& [_DBID_WORKFLOW] & "?a=API_GenAddRecordForm"&
"&_fid_9=" & URLEncode ([Record ID#])&
"&_fid_6=CAR Due Date Extension" &
"&_fid_8=IEP CAR due date extended" ;

$URLONE
& "&rdr=" & URLEncode($URLTWO)

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Michael Tamoush
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trishwehrle · Answer

That did it! Thank you so much!------------------------------Trish Wehrle------------------------------

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