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Dynamic Form Rule to Display Message

I am having trouble setting up a Dynamic Form Rule.

I want a message to be displayed whenever a record is saved. Why isn't this an option that I can select? When I choose the condition of a record being saved, my ability to select the option of "display a message" goes away.


The reason I have not selected another condition is because this a form with many numeric formula fields, that are using lookup fields to do math.

Every time i assign the form rule's condition to be based on a field (usually a lookup field from another table) it does not fire correctly when the records are saved.

Any ideas on how to rectify?
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    Have you tried having a Message Display when the Final Field that requires input is not equal to <blank> ? This seems like the most straightforward way to solve this.

    You could also create a Formula - Checkbox that is equal to True when all of the required fields are not equal to <blank> and then have your Message Display when the Formula Checkbox changes from unchecked to checked.
    • MCFNeil
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    • May 19, 2018
    Be aware that if you have multiple 'when the record is saved' form rules, they might be conflicting.

    As far as the formulas not calculating right away, this could also be a result of too many form rules, or complicated formulas.

    Sometimes I see this when a browser is running slow because of too many formulas and/or too many other processes (tabs) running.


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    You can do this using the image on load technique including a redirect to a landing page. There is an app in the exchange that has this built in to it so you can copy/paste & learn.

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    Here are links link to videos Kirk Trachy put together detailing the functionality:

    Overview = https://youtu.be/x5x1nC2lukk

    Technical = https://youtu.be/atgRZFv9CCI


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    • hhersch
    • Quickbase Staff
    • February 22, 2019
    Hi Ashley. Are you looking to prevent the save, or just display a message? We can prevent the save with a message using our new Custom Data Validation feature, available in beta right now.
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