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MichaelGraham2
Qrew Assistant Captain
9 years ago

Copy Master Detail records and then go to a PAGE and not to record?

I have a button which creates tasks but when clicked I don't want it to go to the related project (which is standard) but instead to redirect to a Home Page. Currently the button is thus: "jav...
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QuickBaseCoachD
Qrew Captain
9 years ago
You cannot change field values with the CopyMasterDetail  API.    Its also not obvious to get at the rid for the newly created record. 

What I do is to land the user on a report of recently created Parent records by the current user.  ie the records you just created.  I do that with an rdr after the copymasterdetail.

I then detect that the name field for the record now begins with "copy of", and show a button and a big red message asking the user to put the button.  The button then makes any field changes required.
  • _anomDiebolt_'s avatar
    _anomDiebolt_
    Qrew Elite
    9 years ago
    MS> You cannot  ...

    Here is my advice: If you have an rdr parameter in your formula URL you should be using script instead for the entire feature.
  • GauravSharma3's avatar
    GauravSharma3
    Qrew Commander
    9 years ago
    Dan, what is that script?

    Thanks,
    Gaurav
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    GauravSharma3
    Qrew Commander
    9 years ago
    or can we use API_Editrecord with the CopyMasterDetail  API?
  • QuickBaseCoachD's avatar
    QuickBaseCoachD
    Qrew Captain
    9 years ago
    In order to edit a record, you need to know the record ID.  We don't, unless you go into a script solution.
  • _anomDiebolt_'s avatar
    _anomDiebolt_
    Qrew Elite
    9 years ago
    GS> or can we use ..

    Why not? Has someone confined you to a room and prevented you from using those two methods together?
  • GauravSharma3's avatar
    GauravSharma3
    Qrew Commander
    9 years ago
    Yes.. You are right. I have tried to do the same but don't know what I am missing.

    My idea is that once the child records are created the, we can update those records from the parent record through the source record id.

    I am not sure whether it is the right way or not.

    Dan, if you can help me to that by natively or with the help of some script?

    Thanks in advance.

    Gaurav Sharma