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AlexCertificati
7 years agoQrew Cadet
My question is - how might I efficiently change these multiple choice text fields to be linked to a specific user without deleting said person fields
I don't really understand exactly what you're asking, you want to have a QB user named Field Tech? But it seems clear that part of your solution is a helper field that uses ToUser() function https://login.quickbase.com/db/6ewwzuuj?a=dr&rid=178&rl=jk
Is a double relationship recommended for this?
This is called a "many to many relationship". The foundational idea is that the 'relationship' is a third table - call it Actual Requests, let's say. So say you have PersonA, PersonB and PersonC and you have WR1, WR2 and WR3. If PersonA is assigned to WR2, you create a new Actual Request with those characteristics, and Actual Requests is a child to both parent tables.
There's TONS of education out there on this. You shouldn't have much trouble finding "Many to Many" tutorials that make this seem a lot more intuitive than it sounds like here.
JordanMcAlister
7 years agoQrew Captain
So, for example, I have the users:
John Doe1
John Doe2
John Doe3
My "Reviewer" field(and this is the same format for my other person fields) has the current multiple-choice text options:
J. Doe1
J. Doe2
J. Doe3
I need to either efficiently change the J. Doe# to -> John Doe# (User) or somehow let quickbase know that the text J. Doe1 is the user John Doe1.
John Doe1
John Doe2
John Doe3
My "Reviewer" field(and this is the same format for my other person fields) has the current multiple-choice text options:
J. Doe1
J. Doe2
J. Doe3
I need to either efficiently change the J. Doe# to -> John Doe# (User) or somehow let quickbase know that the text J. Doe1 is the user John Doe1.