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QuickBaseCoachD
Qrew Captain
8 years ago

Re: Connected tables: Is it possible to set up a connection with 20 tables channeling data into one connected table?

A sync table can only have 1 source.  But you could have 20 Actions on 20 tables to create a record in the centralized table.  The centralized table can have a formula to link back to the original document such that wen clicked, it will display the file attachment even though the file attachment is not actually on the centralized table.

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  • HALEYHALEY's avatar
    HALEYHALEY
    Qrew Trainee
    8 years ago
    Thank you for the response!

    I'm not sure Quick Base Actions are the best solution because we need to not just add records to the centralized table but also modify/delete them when the corresponding record in one of the 20 tables is modified/deleted. Is it possible to do this with a QuickBase Action?

    And for the "formula to link back to the original document," what formula would you use?
  • QuickBaseCoachD's avatar
    QuickBaseCoachD
    Qrew Captain
    8 years ago
    The centralized table could have a relationship back to each of the 20 source tables. So 20 relationships. Then it could self detect if the Parent was deleted and either be hidden from reports or deleted by an Action or automation.

    That could also be useful to use a lookup for any Text fields on the source records, that way you would not need to deal with edits by Actions as they would just be lookup fields.
  • QuickBaseCoachD's avatar
    QuickBaseCoachD
    Qrew Captain
    8 years ago
    The formula URL to display a clickable link to a file attchment in another table is like this

    URLRoot() & "up/" & [_DBID_PROJECTS] & "/a/r" & [Related project] & "/e30/v0"

    Replace e30 with e and fid of the field holding the file attachment. The v0 just says to always show the most recent version if the attached file.

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