Help with a Clock In/Out App

[Dustin_Gleaton1]

Note: App can be viewed with me on discord, zoom, or Google Meet for further context into each question. This should be a simple expression issue (I think), I’m just not the best at writing those!

Problems needing to be solved:
1. Figure Out How To Display Name + Image in the clock in form, then automate the flow so the app finds the name based on the USEREMAIL() colum on the employees master sheet.
2. For the clock out behavoir and UX add only if condition to somthing like if USEREMAIL() + ISBLANK([Clock Out Time])
3. Find a way to only show user information on the clock out UX if the data set matches USEREMAIL().

[MultiTech]

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• It sounds like the first step you might take would be to implement a Current User system

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In regards to how you can:

Dustin_Gleaton:

Display Name + Image in the clock in form

• Check out References and how to connect tables together
  • When you have a reference connecting the child table (Timelogs) to the parent (User), the ‘label’ of the reference will be displayed - and this can include text & image elements.

help.appsheet.com

References Between Tables

Learn about references, when to create them, and how to use them so your data makes sense.