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CarolMcconnell's avatar
CarolMcconnell
Qrew Captain
8 years ago

Create new record in one database from data in another database

I have two databases called app 1  and app 2.  There are times when I would like to create a new record in app 2 and auto populate some of the fields in app 2 with information from fields in app1.  I'...
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NoahMcBride
Qrew Cadet
8 years ago

This may not be worth the work, considering that you are going to be using QB actions, but this may be a time saver in the meantime.


You could create a Formula Rich Text field using the Add Record API. Here is a link to the page.


https://help.quickbase.com/api-guide/index.html#add_record.html%3FTocPath%3DQuick%2520Base%2520API%2...


All you would have to do is specify the Field IDs of App 2 and then set them equal to the Field in App1 that supplies the correct value. This above link has examples for XML and URL API calls.