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DaneHughes
Qrew Trainee
5 years ago

Home page URL in Button bar to autocreate record in a table

Hi, I am trying to create a URL button in a home page button bar that will automatically create a record in a table. I found a post here saying to create it first in a formula field and remove the ...
Formulas and functions
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DaneHughes's avatar
DaneHughes
Qrew Trainee
Thanks for a quick reply and yes this would just add a blank record, as crazy as it may sound, so I'm trying to make it as simple as possible for my users.
Also, I'd like to just return the user back to the home page, which I believe the javascript will do fine.

Appreciate the feedback.
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DanLadner1
Qrew Trainee
5 years ago
I think it's something to do w/ the javascript in the button, though I couldn't say exactly what.

I would create a report on the table that has the working formula URL button, including a single record and the button as the only column, and put that report on the dashboard.