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ilyailya
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6 years ago

how to get information from the dependent table into general table, similar Excel Vlookup

Hello,

I have 2 tables in my App, 1st is the general one, which should contain all statuses from the second table.

In both that tables I have equal ID numbers as a key. 

How I can connected tables?
 For example, if in table 2 , ID #1 changed its status to completed in the field status, then QB will automatically update status in table 1 with id #1.

In excel I used Vlookup formula for that...
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  • JohnRogers3's avatar
    JohnRogers3
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    6 years ago
    Instead of changing it by automation, why not change the field in one of the tables to a lookup field to match the status of the other. So at all times the statuses will match? Would this not fix your problem?
    • ilyailya's avatar
      ilyailya
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      6 years ago
      Sound good, how I can make such a lookup?
    • JohnRogers3's avatar
      JohnRogers3
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      6 years ago
      Sorry for late response, when making a field the very last field type should be a lookup field. 

      Careful changing field types because it will delete all stored data connected to the previous field data type. I would recommend creating an entirely new field just for testing, make it a lookup field.

      Another way to do this,

      Table 1: Field 1 = testField   //this is a text field
      Table 2: Field 2 = testField2 //this is the lookup field which is a formula text

      now in the formula text you just put in [testField]

      this will import whatever is in testField and display it in testField2