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EstherGrandal_D
Qrew Cadet
Can you tell us al little more about your structure and which related field you want to update or keep?
I do not get this;
"Is there a way to create a relationship to the new assign-the-work app in the existing do-the-work app and have it use the same Related-Team-Member field in the do-the-work app to access the related record in the assign-work app
I do not get this;
"Is there a way to create a relationship to the new assign-the-work app in the existing do-the-work app and have it use the same Related-Team-Member field in the do-the-work app to access the related record in the assign-work app
DavidLichty
6 years agoQrew Trainee
Hi Esther,
There is a pair of apps that have been working for years.
Due to a business change the team members will be splitting to wind up in two completely different businesses.
I want to maintain the functionality for all concerned, however must split the people into two different who-does-the work tables.
Since productivity reports are linked to who did what, once I make this new relationship, I'll essentially have the same person showing up as two people -- one from the old team, one from the new team.
I was looking for a way to preserve continuity of reporting while making the split and through the conversation above with Matthew and Mark, realized that this logically canot happen. Even if I could change the pointers as I was hoping to, it would break the historical records -- since it really is two different who-does-the-work tables, there is not a way to use one field to point to both of them.
So, I've chosen to keep the existing set-up until the end of the next fiscal reporting period; and then make the change. This will at least make reporting logical and the changes will not cause confusion.
Thank you,
David
There is a pair of apps that have been working for years.
- One part of the pair is the work being done.
- The other part of the pair is the details about who does the work.
- There is a relationship between the two so that people doing the work can select their name from a drop-down list to indicate that they did the work -- thus letting managers run reports on productivity.
Due to a business change the team members will be splitting to wind up in two completely different businesses.
I want to maintain the functionality for all concerned, however must split the people into two different who-does-the work tables.
Since productivity reports are linked to who did what, once I make this new relationship, I'll essentially have the same person showing up as two people -- one from the old team, one from the new team.
I was looking for a way to preserve continuity of reporting while making the split and through the conversation above with Matthew and Mark, realized that this logically canot happen. Even if I could change the pointers as I was hoping to, it would break the historical records -- since it really is two different who-does-the-work tables, there is not a way to use one field to point to both of them.
So, I've chosen to keep the existing set-up until the end of the next fiscal reporting period; and then make the change. This will at least make reporting logical and the changes will not cause confusion.
Thank you,
David