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LanceCowley
Qrew Member
3 years ago

Pre-populating fields if Save and Next is used

Is it possible to setup some kind of rule where a particular field that was used in one record, that after clicking save and next, the field would auto-populate the field selection from the previous record?

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    Quick_BaseJunki
    Qrew Captain
    3 years ago
    Not a 'rule', but if you create your own Save & New button you could use an API to do this.

    In a formula URL field

    URLRoot() & "db/" & Dbid() &
    "?a=API_GenAddRecordForm" & 
    "&_fid_8=" & URLEncode([Field 8]) &
    "&_fid_9=" & URLEncode([Field 9])

    Where _fid_8 and [Field 8] are updated per your requirements (same for field 9). The URLEncode may or may not be needed depending on the type of data being passed.

    For a Save & Next (not Save & New) this would be much more challenging and the 'next' record could be any record depending on where the original record was accessed and the filtering/sorting on the report. In that case, the next record's ID would be used with API_EditRecord.

    However, it could be done depending on the consistency in the workflow.

    If you're interested in learning more about API buttons I have a course called the Secrets of API Buttons.

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    Quick Base Junkie
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