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NancyAbell
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8 years ago

Conditional Drop Down Field Use in Editable Embedded Table?

I have two tables; Release Orders and Release Order Line Items (parent, child respectively of course). Instead of adding each RO Line item individually, selecting a conditional drop down field, adding...
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MCFNeil
Qrew Captain
8 years ago
Just a note here:

if the conditional drop-down is dependent on a value from the parent (most likely scenario), it cannot be used in an 'editable' report to add new child records.

Reason being is the child record doesn't exist thus it doesn't have the lookup value that is controlling the conditional behavior. 
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NancyAbell
Qrew Trainee
8 years ago
This was my problem. Thank you both! found a work around solution to my problem!
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    JuanSolorio1
    Qrew Cadet
    4 years ago
    Hi Nancy,

    Can you share your workaround? I am also experiencing the same issue.

    Thanks in advance!

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    Juan Solorio
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