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- QuickBaseCoachDQrew CaptainThis (Tot) values are not available to use in Formulas fields, they only exists on the report. But if you describe your tables and relationships and what you are trying to do, there still may be a way to get there.
- MCFNeilQrew Captain(My Hunch)
If your Child table is called 'Delays' I'm going to assume your parent table is something like "Projects".
To get that total value that appears in the embedded delay report, usable in a formula, you will need to make a summary field.
In the table settings, find the relationship between the project and the delays
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Click "Create Summary"
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Select "Total" and the field (i.e. Duration)
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Create and name as you'd like
Then you should be able to use wherever you'd like. - KellyBianchiQrew Assistant CaptainIf I wanted to use that total to populate into a badge on a rich text page, where would I retrieve that formula? I assume I would use a query, but I want to know how I can pull it without the grid box around it. I just need the number.
- _anomDiebolt_Qrew EliteYou can extract any content from any QuickBase page and insert it anywhere in a code page with this technique.
Here is a summary report where a total of 631 is displayed:
https://haversineconsulting.quickbase.com/db/bgcwm2m4g?a=q&qid=89
If you create a RichText page and enter HTML editing mode you can get the total to appear with a short bit of code:
Here is the result:
mypage.html
https://haversineconsulting.quickbase.com/db/bgcwm2m3z?a=dbpage&pagename=mypage.html
Pastie Database
https://haversineconsulting.quickbase.com/db/bgcwm2m4g?a=dr&rid=659
Notes:
(1) See $.load() for details:
http://api.jquery.com/load/ - KellyBianchiQrew Assistant CaptainThanks, Dan. The total was pulled in, but when I created a new record, it did not update the total. What am I missing?
- KellyBianchiQrew Assistant CaptainI take that back... it's updating the number in the code, but I'm trying to embed it in a badge, and that's the number that isn't updating.
- KellyBianchiQrew Assistant CaptainAaand... I got it! Thank you :)
- KellyBianchiQrew Assistant CaptainNope... false alarm. What part of the code do I embed into the badge?
- KellyBianchiQrew Assistant CaptainOk, I don't mean to toy with your emotions, but I have it now! This is going to come in very handy... thanks again!