LinkedIn
Twitter
Hi all,
I wanna create an action or a behavior to invoke the barcode scanner, so it behaves like a supermarket checkout and I am successfully to do it after taking a reference of this article: Barcode Scanner action
Additionally, I would like to scan a series of barcode first, which means a list of items, then upload or sync all of the data manually instead of upload or sync the data immediately after scanning one item after one. Just like the photo shown below:
Sorry for my poor expressions and limited English level.
Thanks in advance.
Solved
1 ACCEPTED SOLUTION
First note: Please consider to set the [Product Barcode] column to required.
And under UX --> Options --> turn on โAdvance forms automaticallyโ.
This will open up the scanner immediately without having to click on the scanner Icon.
To your question:
Under Behavior --> Offline/Sync --> enable โDelayed syncโ and disable โAutomatic updatesโ.
This will queue up the scanned Barcodes.
When you are finished with the series of Barcodes, you can manually sync.
Or: you can attach an Action to your form under Event Actions Form Saved.
This Action would automatically force a sync after you are finished with the series of Barcodes.
The Action should be โApp: go to another AppSheet appโ with the Target:
CONCATENATE("#view=Your_Table_View&at=",NOW() + 1)
Under โOnly if this condition is trueโ you can set a condition. For example you could Add another column at the end of your Barcode Form, letzt say [Sync] with one ENUM value โSave and Syncโ.
The condition in the Action would then be: ISNOTBLANK([Sync]).
Finally you will have:
- Open the Barcode scanner
- Scan a Barcode
- Open the form again automatically
- Scan as many Barcodes you like
- At the last one click on โSave and Syncโ
- The App syncs and brings you to the Table view.
