I am repeatedly looping and collecting values. In practice, the first value
for most fields will be the same for subsequent iterations.
Is there a way that the previous entry for each field can become the new
default entry ?
I attach a minimal xls to illustrate this. I put ${breed} in default for
breed - unsurprisingly it does not work as I imagined it might.
Similarly with this form, the animals id is likely to be incremental, so I
could calculate a likely default by adding 1. How can I get that value and
make it the new default?
Thanks for help and patience with a newbie - I promise I am searching for
solutions before I ask here and I am making great progress
The example mention in the link is carrying forward the calculated tip in
note. Hope this helps
Thanks,
Abbas
···
On Friday, June 24, 2016 at 8:02:53 PM UTC+5, steve kemp wrote:
>
> I am repeatedly looping and collecting values. In practice, the first
> value for most fields will be the same for subsequent iterations.
>
> Is there a way that the previous entry for each field can become the new
> default entry ?
>
>
> I attach a minimal xls to illustrate this. I put *${breed}* in default
> for breed - unsurprisingly it does not work as I imagined it might.
>
> Similarly with this form, the animals id is likely to be incremental, so I
> could calculate a likely default by adding 1. How can I get that value and
> make it the new default?
>
> Thanks for help and patience with a newbie - I promise I am searching for
> solutions before I ask here and I am making great progress :-)
>
That does work for label, but does not work if I put the variable into the
default field
Is there a way to put a variable into default? This must be a very common
requirement.
Steve
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On Saturday, June 25, 2016 at 2:44:35 AM UTC+3, abba...@gmail.com wrote:
>
> Hi Steve,
>
> Please see calculation example here: http://xlsform.org/#calculation
>
> The example mention in the link is carrying forward the calculated tip in
> note. Hope this helps
>
> Thanks,
> Abbas
>
>
>
> On Friday, June 24, 2016 at 8:02:53 PM UTC+5, steve kemp wrote:
>>
>> I am repeatedly looping and collecting values. In practice, the first
>> value for most fields will be the same for subsequent iterations.
>>
>> Is there a way that the previous entry for each field can become the new
>> default entry ?
>>
>>
>> I attach a minimal xls to illustrate this. I put *${breed}* in default
>> for breed - unsurprisingly it does not work as I imagined it might.
>>
>> Similarly with this form, the animals id is likely to be incremental, so
>> I could calculate a likely default by adding 1. How can I get that value
>> and make it the new default?
>>
>> Thanks for help and patience with a newbie - I promise I am searching for
>> solutions before I ask here and I am making great progress :-)
>>
>
Could you explain in more what is your end goal - what you are trying to
achieve by putting variable as default in detail?
Thank,
Abbas
···
On Saturday, June 25, 2016 at 12:46:17 PM UTC+5, steve kemp wrote:
>
> Thanks
>
> That does work for label, but does not work if I put the variable into the
> default field
>
> Is there a way to put a variable into default? This must be a very
> common requirement.
>
> Steve
>
> On Saturday, June 25, 2016 at 2:44:35 AM UTC+3, abba...@gmail.com wrote:
>>
>> Hi Steve,
>>
>> Please see calculation example here: http://xlsform.org/#calculation
>>
>> The example mention in the link is carrying forward the calculated tip in
>> note. Hope this helps
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Abbas
>>
>>
>>
>> On Friday, June 24, 2016 at 8:02:53 PM UTC+5, steve kemp wrote:
>>>
>>> I am repeatedly looping and collecting values. In practice, the first
>>> value for most fields will be the same for subsequent iterations.
>>>
>>> Is there a way that the previous entry for each field can become the new
>>> default entry ?
>>>
>>>
>>> I attach a minimal xls to illustrate this. I put *${breed}* in default
>>> for breed - unsurprisingly it does not work as I imagined it might.
>>>
>>> Similarly with this form, the animals id is likely to be incremental, so
>>> I could calculate a likely default by adding 1. How can I get that value
>>> and make it the new default?
>>>
>>> Thanks for help and patience with a newbie - I promise I am searching
>>> for solutions before I ask here and I am making great progress :-)
>>>
>>
The xls i attached was an attempt to explain what I was trying to do.
I am collecting data on animals that will usually come through in batches
with common characteristics. The form repeats collecting data on each. For
example, breed is collected on each. After I have recorded one animal, the
next is very likely to be the same breed and I would like the value entered
on the previous repeat to become the default on the next repeat. This would
dramatically speed-up data entry.
Thanks for your help
Steve
···
On Saturday, June 25, 2016 at 12:07:44 PM UTC+3, abba...@gmail.com wrote:
>
> Could you explain in more what is your end goal - what you are trying to
> achieve by putting variable as default in detail?
>
> Thank,
> Abbas
>
> On Saturday, June 25, 2016 at 12:46:17 PM UTC+5, steve kemp wrote:
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> That does work for label, but does not work if I put the variable into
>> the default field
>>
>> Is there a way to put a variable into default? This must be a very
>> common requirement.
>>
>> Steve
>>
>> On Saturday, June 25, 2016 at 2:44:35 AM UTC+3, abba...@gmail.com wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Steve,
>>>
>>> Please see calculation example here: http://xlsform.org/#calculation
>>>
>>> The example mention in the link is carrying forward the calculated tip
>>> in note. Hope this helps
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Abbas
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Friday, June 24, 2016 at 8:02:53 PM UTC+5, steve kemp wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I am repeatedly looping and collecting values. In practice, the first
>>>> value for most fields will be the same for subsequent iterations.
>>>>
>>>> Is there a way that the previous entry for each field can become the
>>>> new default entry ?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I attach a minimal xls to illustrate this. I put *${breed}* in default
>>>> for breed - unsurprisingly it does not work as I imagined it might.
>>>>
>>>> Similarly with this form, the animals id is likely to be incremental,
>>>> so I could calculate a likely default by adding 1. How can I get that value
>>>> and make it the new default?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for help and patience with a newbie - I promise I am searching
>>>> for solutions before I ask here and I am making great progress :-)
>>>>
>>>
I don't think there is an easy and reliable way to forward values like
this. It might seem like you could use a calculate to forward the
value from question 1 to question 2, but any edits you make in
question 2 will likely be overwritten by the values in question 1 when
the form's data model is updated.
Yaw
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The xls i attached was an attempt to explain what I was trying to do.
I am collecting data on animals that will usually come through in batches
with common characteristics. The form repeats collecting data on each. For
example, breed is collected on each. After I have recorded one animal, the
next is very likely to be the same breed and I would like the value entered
on the previous repeat to become the default on the next repeat. This would
dramatically speed-up data entry.
Thanks for your help
Steve
On Saturday, June 25, 2016 at 12:07:44 PM UTC+3, abba...@gmail.com wrote:
Could you explain in more what is your end goal - what you are trying to
achieve by putting variable as default in detail?
Thank,
Abbas
On Saturday, June 25, 2016 at 12:46:17 PM UTC+5, steve kemp wrote:
Thanks
That does work for label, but does not work if I put the variable into
the default field
Is there a way to put a variable into default? This must be a very
common requirement.
Steve
On Saturday, June 25, 2016 at 2:44:35 AM UTC+3, abba...@gmail.com wrote:
The example mention in the link is carrying forward the calculated tip
in note. Hope this helps
Thanks,
Abbas
On Friday, June 24, 2016 at 8:02:53 PM UTC+5, steve kemp wrote:
I am repeatedly looping and collecting values. In practice, the first
value for most fields will be the same for subsequent iterations.
Is there a way that the previous entry for each field can become the
new default entry ?
I attach a minimal xls to illustrate this. I put ${breed} in default
for breed - unsurprisingly it does not work as I imagined it might.
Similarly with this form, the animals id is likely to be incremental,
so I could calculate a likely default by adding 1. How can I get that value
and make it the new default?
Thanks for help and patience with a newbie - I promise I am searching
for solutions before I ask here and I am making great progress
