How to add Tabs (Pages) to only a specific section of a form?
Hi everyone, I’m trying to organize a form using Tabs (Pages), but I’m running into some confusion with how Quickbase handles them.Previously, I was able to add new sections below existing ones without issues. However, when I try to add a new Page (Tab), Quickbase automatically moves all my existing fields into Page 1 and puts the new fields on Page 2. The tabs also always appear at the very top of the form. What I actually want is to have tabs (or a tab-like experience) applied to only a specific section lower down in the form, without wrapping the entire form into multiple pages. Is there a way to achieve this? Or what is the recommended approach — using multiple Pages, Sections with rules, or a completely different method? Any advice or best practices would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance.26Views0likes3CommentsStrange Problem with a relationship and record picker.
I have a long standing table, Core Returns, that has a lot (too much, but just blame Admins long retired) of information. There is a field that gets filled in at a point well after the record is created, automatically, through updates. That part is working fine. I recently added another table, HVNE PO's, as part of a different project that does share some data with the older table. There is a reference to an 'Equipment' number. That number is the Primary key in the HVNE PO's table. I have it set where the HVNE PO's table is the parent table and Core Returns is the child table as that same equipment number can and does crop up in the Core Returns table multiple times. The Equipment number, however, does not necessarily exist in both places. The Goal is to allow a User to look from the Core Returns table and see if that Equipment number exists over in the HVNE PO's table. The users' decision about what to do next is impacted by this. So that's what I want. My Relationship is like this: HVNE PO's is Parent, Core Returns is Child. Equipment is the Text (Key Field) in HVNE PO's. Ret_Equipment is the Text (Reference). The reports display everything as expected. Now, in the form to look at records in the Core Return, when just looking, it displays as expected, but when you go to Edit the record, Ret_Equipment displays a date and gives a drop down with completely unrelated information. If I don't touch that field, make other changes that I need to make, when I return to the report or the eyeball view, it's fine. The problem is that I may occasionally need to edit that field and now it's all screwed up for that workflow. I have a gut feeling that it is a simple setting somewhere, but for the life of me I can't find it.45Views0likes3CommentsPRINTING NEW FORMS?
Is there a way to Print the new forms yet? Would like to put a button on my legacy table on a record id to print that new form style that would show the .jpg of the attachment when printing. If not, is there an easy way to do this with a record that has 5-20 attachments when printing or emailing only?122Views0likes2CommentsImport Field : Formatting Font
We use QuickBase to review changes to requirements. Is there a way to allow us to format font in a field without applying the code to the entire field contents? (as below?) I want to demonstrate be able to show the user what has changed in the requirement clearly. In the past we have been able to format the font in excel and import it into the database but that is no longer working, and of course there is no way to format the font manually I'm unsure how to format the font manually.67Views0likes5CommentsAdding child records that rely on lookups in new forms
I have a new-style form that displays pages as steps. The user clicks the button (Formula URL) under step #3 to add a child record. Once they save that record, they're redirected back to the form, but on step #1. How do I bring the user back to the last step they were on? URLRoot() & "db/" & [_DBID_TABLE_ALIAS_HERE] & "?a=API_GenAddRecordForm&_fid_6=" & URLEncode ([Record ID#])& "&z=" & Rurl() The app uses New Grid Reports. I tried having the user add records in-line, however those rely on lookups to the parent and they won't save, saying that the lookup value is not set. I created a new Formula URL button to redirect back to that specific tab. It works when editing/viewing records but not when adding. URLRoot() & "db/" & [_DBID_TABLE_ALIAS_HERE] & "?a=API_GenAddRecordForm&_fid_6=" & URLEncode ([Record ID#]) & "&NextURL=" & URLEncode(URLRoot() & "db/" & Dbid() & "/form?a=er&rid=" & [Record ID#] & "&page=2")66Views1like3CommentsDefault column widths on embedded reports obscuring data
We're building a new app with the "new" form builder for the first time, and seeing an issue with embedded reports. The default column width on the embedded table reports is partially obscuring the data, and although you can manually expand each column, there doesn't seem to be a way to make those column widths stick. Am I missing something, or is this a deficiency of the new form UI? We have half a dozen apps using the legacy UI with dozens and dozens of embedded tables, and this has never been a problem. Fwiw, I found the following post describing the same problem on dashboard pages, but this is not a dashboard page. It's happening on the 'main form' within our tables... https://community.quickbase.com/discussions/quickbase-discussions/can-you-set-column-widths-for-reports-in-the-new-dashboard-pages/19595 Thanks in advance for any insight.Solved958Views2likes22CommentsRequired Field Default Lookups SSN
how would i make a fake social security number when the data entry doesn't have it at the time? it would need to lookup in the SSN field for 999-99-9999 999-99-9998 999-99-9997 etc. and the next auto entry would be 999-99-9996. I could create a table with all the possible values or maybe there's a formula to use somehow?Solved41Views0likes2CommentsQR Codes
Trying to get a qr code to print on a 4x6 label and I am using Exact Forms Plus and I have the following formula in my purchase order table under QR Code: "<img src=\"https://quickchart.io/qr?&size=150x150&text=" & URLEncode(URLRoot() & "db/" & Dbid() & "?a=dr&rid=" & [Record ID#]) & "\" />" No matter how I have that formatted it does NOT change the size of the qr code as shown in the attached picture. Using that formula, the qr code does scan to the correct information. I had found a format on one of the help tutorials telling me that I needed to use this code in my template: ~=barcode(f[227],qrcode,150x150)~ When I use that field in my template, it works perfectly and I can get the qr code to resize just the way I need it to at whatever size, BUT The code no longer scans. It comes up to a google page searching for F(227).Solved95Views1like6CommentsHow To Extract All Info from a Form into CSV File?
Hello all, I'm still very new to Quickbase, and I could use some help, please. I need to be able to have Quickbase automatically extract all the customer information from a form into a CSV file once an application hits one of the "Approved" stages in the Kanban board, so we can then ideally FTP it to an external ERP. We can make is work with email, but FTP is ideal. This is an important part of the workflow. How can I do this? Your help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance.33Views0likes1Comment