One of my users complained he has to enter the same data into each new form, his name. I can’t set the field up with a default value since there are several users so each has his own personal info.
Would it be possible to implement a field option where once data is entered into a field that data is automatically carried over into the next form’s field? It would make data entry so much faster for repetitive info!
Leo
You could use the Duplicate Record command and then just update the data you want to change in the duplicated copy.
Thanks Brendan I know but that would never work as it duplicates all the fields and could cause a lot of confusion.
What if the first thing each user does is sets the Default Values for their own copies of the form templates?
That would open a can of worms allowing users to modify the form. I have them all locked out.
A database I use, Panorama, has a feature they call “Clairvoyance.” Once a field is set to this when the user enters enters data Panorama looks at other entries in the field and if it begins to find a unique match to the first letters entered it automatically fills in the cell.
Hi Leo,
Ah, so just like a dynamic Pick List that draws from all the values previously entered into a field? I did something like that on the Mac version for the Contact field type on the multi-column list view. If you start entering a Contact name, Tap Forms looks up in your Contacts database and then lets you select a match from a popup.
Well sort of yes. It knows what was entered in the field previously and fills in the rest. Sort of like the way Safari anticipates a URL, you begin typing say f-a-c-e and suddenly Safari fills in as facebook.com. This helps speed things up when entering repetitive data but when pre-populating isn’t practical.
Leo
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