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DawnRene2
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5 years ago

How to add multiple child records to an unsaved parent based on user choice for the number of child records added

Is there a formula URL where I can add multiple child records based on a number chosen by the user before the parent is saved? I have two tables - Quotes (parent) and Quote Line Items (child). On t...
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MarkShnier__You
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5 years ago
Dawn
This can be done but before I weighed in to provide suggestions, why are you asking for this? Why not just let the users enter the child records in Grid Edit mode?  Are you aware that you can add records in Grid Edit mode?

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DawnRene2
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5 years ago
I am Mark - the quote line items are in Grid Edit on the Quote form.  Sorry/apologies, I forgot to mention that I have a conditional field for the line item products that is dependent upon a location lookup from the Quote and that does need to be passed down to the child. The conditional field does not work on the Grid Edit as it is a lookup.

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Dawn Rene
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