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JoshCollins
Qrew Assistant Captain
9 years ago

How To Select Multiple Choice Field Options from a Report

Is it possible to use a report to provide multiple choice field options?  Alternatively, is it possible to filter multiple choice field options so that the options appear only when they meet certain c...
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QuickBaseCoachD
Qrew Captain
9 years ago
This is possible if you set up a Relationship where 1 vendor has many Projects.  They will be typically connected by the field [Related Vendor] and the lookup field and "Proxy" will be Vendor name.

Then on the FORM properties on the Project record for the vendor field, you can specify the report to be used for the drop down list of vendors, and it can be a report filtered to just show Electricians.
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QuickBaseCoachD
Qrew Captain
9 years ago
Right, so you cannot filter a drop down report when you have a simply mutiliple choice field.

You will need to set up a Relationships where 1 Vendor has many Projects.  Set the proxy field for the field Related Vendor to be the Vendor Name.  You set that on the field properties for the field Related Vendor.

 This assumes that you have a table of Vendors and the Key field is still the Record ID# field.

Then put the field for vendor on the form.  The form will let you select a report to use for the drop down, so use a report with the Electrician filter..