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_anomDiebolt_
7 years agoQrew Elite
This can be done with one Rich Text Formula Field using the 3Q&S Technique without any limitation on the number of child records and using any adornment of the summarized child records with HTML and CSS. Here is a quick demo of me emulating the the style of the native "combine text" summary fields:
Get My Meds ~ Medications List All
https://haversineconsulting.quickbase.com/db/bn96mgts4?a=td
Pastie Database
https://haversineconsulting.quickbase.com/db/bgcwm2m4g?a=dr&rid=716
Notes:
(1) Concatenating fields from all child records is also a catamorphism (aka fold, reduce, collect, summarize, aggregate etc). Not only can you use this technique to implement any of the numeric catamorphisms listed in the below post, you can apply catamorphisms to text entities.
Catamorphism Fields
https://community.quickbase.com/quickbase/topics/catamorphism-fields
Get My Meds ~ Medications List All
https://haversineconsulting.quickbase.com/db/bn96mgts4?a=td
Pastie Database
https://haversineconsulting.quickbase.com/db/bgcwm2m4g?a=dr&rid=716
Notes:
(1) Concatenating fields from all child records is also a catamorphism (aka fold, reduce, collect, summarize, aggregate etc). Not only can you use this technique to implement any of the numeric catamorphisms listed in the below post, you can apply catamorphisms to text entities.
Catamorphism Fields
https://community.quickbase.com/quickbase/topics/catamorphism-fields
QuickBaseCoachD
7 years agoQrew Captain
Huh? Was that a response to a different thread?