Excel-type form
This may be complicated so pardon the length.
Let's say our organization has 150 different lines of business. Whenever a user puts in a training request (parent table) we want to know whether to include any/all of the 150 different lines of business in the training (child table). There are also internal and/or external locations for each line of business so we want to ask if we need to train the internal/external agents. . And let's finally say there are two other questions asked for each line of business.
If you were to visualize this in excel, you'd have one column for the lines of business and then 4 additional columns to capture the yes/no values for the various questions asked.
Finally, let's assume that I had another table which captures all the different LOBS (as records).
1. Is there a way to name a field based on the value of a record in another table (so if the Line of Business changes names, could it change the field name)?
2. What's the best approach to mirror a QB form like excel so that the respondents see all the different LOBs and can answer the 4 questions for each LOB?
Let's start there for the framework. Additional questions may follow as I want an element (training duration) from the parent record to show for each LOB if the answer to any question is "yes".
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Michael Sargent
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Let's say our organization has 150 different lines of business. Whenever a user puts in a training request (parent table) we want to know whether to include any/all of the 150 different lines of business in the training (child table). There are also internal and/or external locations for each line of business so we want to ask if we need to train the internal/external agents. . And let's finally say there are two other questions asked for each line of business.
If you were to visualize this in excel, you'd have one column for the lines of business and then 4 additional columns to capture the yes/no values for the various questions asked.
Finally, let's assume that I had another table which captures all the different LOBS (as records).
1. Is there a way to name a field based on the value of a record in another table (so if the Line of Business changes names, could it change the field name)?
2. What's the best approach to mirror a QB form like excel so that the respondents see all the different LOBs and can answer the 4 questions for each LOB?
Let's start there for the framework. Additional questions may follow as I want an element (training duration) from the parent record to show for each LOB if the answer to any question is "yes".
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Michael Sargent
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