I am trying to use Actions to create new versions of entries…
… but I’m getting through some problems.
1a - The entries have a Next Analysis field. This field equals entry creation date + number of days user set for next analysis. So far so good.
1b - When creating a new version of the same analysis, I need to erase that Next Analysis Field from the previous entry. Because in the previous Analysis, I might have set Next Analysis to 6 months from now. Then one week later I discover some problem, do a new analysis and set next analysis to one month later. However, previous version of the analysis would have a posterior date for next analysis! That is bound to confuse a user who is looking at a table.
1c - so I created a combo action, one action to delete or zero the Next Analysis of the current field, then copy and edit the new entry.
1d - however, the action to zero, make blank, etc, the NextAnalysis field doesn´t work. Because the NextAnalysis has a FORMULA, remember? “entry creation date + number of days user set for next analysis”. I can´t even select it.
1e - so what can I do?
2 - Also with actions, I am trying to increase version number of the analysis.
2a - At first I can create a new analysis by clicking
NEW in the Inline table
2b - would it be possible to make the NEW button in the inline table disappear after a first analysis was created? Because after first one was created, I wanted to only be able to create new analysis by VERSIONING the old one, by using an action button from inside it.
2c - what would be the correct way to increase version number, when you make a new version of the current analysis, through an action button? I tried some methods like adding +1 to the cell in an action, it did not work.
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