Displaying linked fields

You can do both with a field script.

1. Display a field from a linked form without it obviously being enclosed within the “Link to Form” field that was used to set up the link. I want it to appear like any other field on a layout.

var child_link_id = 'fld-c22501cc3910474aa1c59387fde30d82';
var child_name_id = 'fld-8b8f3b0cd59b4b4c9180a8903685e7ee';

var childs = record.getFieldValue(child_link_id);

// show first child
childs[0].getFieldValue(child_name_id);

First I define the child link field id (in the parent form) and the name field id from the child form. Next I fetch all childs. Assuming I only have one child record, I just fetch the name of the first record found.

If there is more than one child record, I can simply loop over them:

// combine child names
var child_names = [];
for (child of childs){
	child_names.push(child.getFieldValue(child_name_id));
}
child_names.concat();

2. Display a field that is two links away. Form A links to Form B. Form B links to Form C. I would like to display a field from Form C on a layout associated with Form A.

If I want to get data form a child’s child form, eg grandchild, the process is very similar. Following script just returns the name of the first grandchild record from the first child record:

var child_link_id = 'fld-c22501cc3910474aa1c59387fde30d82';

var grandchild_link_id = 'fld-9d399af0d72b4c8fbc3cb95fa6127203';
var grandchild_name_id = 'fld-9485e9dd29474745acee87bb3a60fff5';

var childs = record.getFieldValue(child_link_id);

// get grandchildren from first child
var grandchildren = childs[0].getFieldValue(grandchild_link_id);

// get name of first grandchild
grandchildren[0].getFieldValue(grandchild_name_id);

To get the ids for the granchield fields, I opened a field script in the child form and copied the necessary entries over to the field script in the parent form.

Script fields are very powerful vehicles to fetch, format, and process data from different forms, among others.

Ideally it would be nice to show the actual field so that you could edit it.

Ahh… you want to edit the field at the same time? Just like that it’s not possible. You would need a helper script that copies edited code back to the child field.