Update Child Records Button Using DoQuery and EditRecord API

Question

I need to update child records without using an Automation. The automation in QuickBase won't trigger a Notification, which I'm wondering if there's a work around.

Can a Javascript button be used to query the child records and then update any child records the query passes back? In my head I could see this maybe working, but I don't have enough Javascript experience to figure it out unfortunately.

Or, if anyone has figured out a workaround for getting an Automation to trigger a notification, that's what I'm trying to accomplish in the end.

Thanks,

Dana

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Dana Hauser
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MarkShnierYou · Answer

Are you saying that an Automation will not trigger Notifications as they are seen by the system as a Mass update and not individual Notifications?

I do have a script that I can install for about an hour of consulting time which would allow you to press a button and then the script will walk down a list of records on a report and jiggle them one by one to trigger individual Notifications. So the typical use case is that a human would receive a Subscription report of emails needing to be sent, and they would click one button to trigger all the Notifications. They can just leave that screen running with the progress bar moving along in an open tab while they go on with other work in another tab.

Contact me directly if you would like a demo.

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Mark Shnier (YQC)
Quick Base Solution Provider
Your Quick Base Coach
http://QuickBaseCoach.com
mark.shnier@gmail.com
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