Show most recent entry in Log Edit field that uses Date and Time

Here are some formulas you can use. These formulas all assume that the append updates are being done at the bottom ... ie added to the end and not at the beginning. 

Parsing Append Only Fields

so... if you have a text field set to Log Changes where the new entries act in the default manner which is to be at the bottom of the updates, here are some formuals to use to parse out the values from the most recent entry. I am also assuming that you are logging the date and not the date and time.

Most recent value (formula text field type)

Trim(Right([my update field],"]"))

Date of most recent update (this needs to be a formula date field)

ToDate(Left(Right([my update field],"["),9))

Who did the most recent update (formula text field type)

Trim(NotLeft(Left(Right([my update field],"["),"]"),9))

Parse out the date and time of the update

var text DateAndTime = Left(Right([append only with date /time],"["),18);
var date TheDate = ToDate(Left($DateAndTime," "));
var timeofday TheTime = ToTimeOfDay(NotLeft($DateAndTime,9));


ToTimestamp ($TheDate, $TheTime)

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Mark Shnier (YQC)
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Ruby,

Consider moving away from the Text field to a Child Table of "Notes."   

Every entry is a new record and makes the reporting on them much easier.   Log Edits on a Text Field is quick to set up but I have found over time I am sorry that I did not take the extra effort to put another table into the application.


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Don Larson
Paasporter
Westlake OH
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