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Using A Specific Field's Value In a Formula URL

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Greetings,

Is it possible to setup a formula URL that will edit an existing record and populate one field with whatever value is in another field in the same record?  I am having recipients of a notification receive a bar code.  I want to track how many times the bar code is used.  Looks like I can't just simply increment a field's value with an API call so, I am thinking I have to use a field to hold the calculated incremented value.  I'm stuck at this point though because, if the same bar code is used multiple times, I don't have a way to have the newly incremented value utilized in the URL.

Let me know if I need to be more descriptive in order to assist, assuming what I am trying to do can be accomplished.  Thanks in advance for any input / suggestions.



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James Carr
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    MarkShnierYou
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    I can try to help if I better understand the ask.  


    If the Bar Code were actually a QR code, then you could have the code increment  a counter when it was scanned, and then redirect to some destination URL?  Is that what you are after, or do you simply want to increment a counter before revealing the traditional bar code?



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