Autofill multiple fields?
I'm creating a database to replace an Access database we currently use. In Access, when we select an item pulling from our table, it autofills x-number of other fields in other parts of the form. ...
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It sounds like you just need to create a relationship in Quick Base between a Jurisdictions table and your other table(s). In this case - you have a table for Jurisdiction Data - of which you have the data for Tax rate, address, remit info etc stored in those records.
Jurisdictions would then be a parent, meaning Jurisdictions would have many associations or items (whatever child you want this information pulled into) - and with that relationship, you would select a 'Related Jurisdiction'. The items like Tax Rate, Address, Phone etc would then be lookup fields, which are built in parts of the relationship - which means they will automatically pull down once you have selected a Jurisdiction.
Chayce Duncan | Technical Lead
(720) 739-1406 | chayceduncan@quandarycg.com
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Jurisdictions would then be a parent, meaning Jurisdictions would have many associations or items (whatever child you want this information pulled into) - and with that relationship, you would select a 'Related Jurisdiction'. The items like Tax Rate, Address, Phone etc would then be lookup fields, which are built in parts of the relationship - which means they will automatically pull down once you have selected a Jurisdiction.
Chayce Duncan | Technical Lead
(720) 739-1406 | chayceduncan@quandarycg.com
Quandary Knowledge Base
Yes, I had gone into Certs to test this out, each step of the way. Here's what I found:
When I built the form for Certs, I listed all 9 jurisdiction spaces with their own name (Jurisdiction1, Jurisdiction2, etc). I had each one tie to the Jurisdiction name field and was not getting the pre-fill I was expecting.
So after going thru the relationship creation process again, I realized that now I had the choice of Related Jurisdiction plus my field names from the Jursidiction table available in blue.
So in the example above, I selected the all-caps JURISDICTION that was in blue, and replaced "TaxRate1" and "Address1" with the blue "Jurisdiction-TAXRATE" and "Jurisdiction-JADDRESS". That does lead to the expected pre-fill.
I have since replaced JURISDICTION with the "Related Jurisdiction" field making the relationship created and getting the same result, which is what I expect I was to do in the first place.
Now I have 8 Jurisdiction fields left to fix - "Jurisdiction2," etc. I know that I cannot select "Related Jurisdiction" again so what is my next step? Do I create the relationship again, do I copy Related Jurisdiction? And since I know that TAXRATE and JADDRESS in blue will copy all the way down the page if I use them in all 9 instances, how do I prevent that from happening when I select my second jurisdiction, since there were no "Related Rate" or "Related Address" fields created in the relationship?
When I built the form for Certs, I listed all 9 jurisdiction spaces with their own name (Jurisdiction1, Jurisdiction2, etc). I had each one tie to the Jurisdiction name field and was not getting the pre-fill I was expecting.
So after going thru the relationship creation process again, I realized that now I had the choice of Related Jurisdiction plus my field names from the Jursidiction table available in blue.
So in the example above, I selected the all-caps JURISDICTION that was in blue, and replaced "TaxRate1" and "Address1" with the blue "Jurisdiction-TAXRATE" and "Jurisdiction-JADDRESS". That does lead to the expected pre-fill.
I have since replaced JURISDICTION with the "Related Jurisdiction" field making the relationship created and getting the same result, which is what I expect I was to do in the first place.
Now I have 8 Jurisdiction fields left to fix - "Jurisdiction2," etc. I know that I cannot select "Related Jurisdiction" again so what is my next step? Do I create the relationship again, do I copy Related Jurisdiction? And since I know that TAXRATE and JADDRESS in blue will copy all the way down the page if I use them in all 9 instances, how do I prevent that from happening when I select my second jurisdiction, since there were no "Related Rate" or "Related Address" fields created in the relationship?
