Copy sliced data to a table

[MEC]

Hi,

Is there a way that I can copy the result of a sliced data and paste it to the last row with data in another table? Any help would be appreciated!

Thanks.

[Kirk_Masden]

I’m pretty sure you can do this:

Action: Add a Row to a Table Tips & Tricks 💡

Actions are manual ways of interacting with your data, allowing app users to visit a URL, start a phone call, see a location on a map. Actions also allow for quick data changes, or creating a new row of data in the data table for which the Action is associated. Until Praveen’s recent feature announcement, it was not possible to use an Action to add a row of data to a different table. Now, by creating a new Action and specifying which separate table data should be added to, and defining each col…

[MEC]

I tried this but it seems to work on single entry only. Is there a bulk copy? The below is the slice i need to copy and i think it defeats my purpose if I have to copy it one by one.

Thank you!

[Steve]

MEC:

Is there a bulk copy?

No; you’d have to implement it yourself. It’s doable, though, and pretty straight-forward.

Could you elaborate some on what you’re trying to accomplish? That might help us offer better solutions.

[Kirk_Masden · Accepted solution]

I wonder if this may not wind up being what @MEC is looking for?

Looping with actions Tips & Tricks 💡

Kinda burnt out and just wanna get this out. I’ll try to circle back later and provide some documentation. https://www.appsheet.com/samples/Examples-of-loops-using-actions?appGuidString=7b9ae746-1f51-4ecb-8c...

[MEC]

Thanks @Kirk_Masden. I’m studying this now.

[MEC]

I’m reviewing “Looping with actions” app. I made a slice in the app named “add from loan” but I don’t know why I couldn’t find the file type “detail” like the slices i.e. add from list (slice) that were built already in the app.

I’ve been stuck for hours. Anybody that could help?

Thanks.

[Steve]

This is a little confusing:

Note that you can add your own views; you don’t have to use system-generated views.

[MEC]

I’ve added the “add from loan_detail” view manually. the add from list_form seem to be a system generated view and I couldn’t find out how it’s made.

[MEC]

Hi @Steve , sorry but can you recall if the below are system generated views? If yes, may I ask how did you do it? I’m still studying the app and I’m stuck in this.

Thank you in advance!

[Steve]

Hopefully apparent in the image below, system-generated views are the same white as the page background, (e.g., Example_Detail and Example_Form) while user-defined views are off-white/very-light tan (e.g., Example_Dashboard and Example_Deck).

Given that, the views you pictured are likely system-generated.

[MEC]

Got it. May I ask how you did the system-generated slice detail and form?

This is from your Looping with actions app: https://www.appsheet.com/samples/Examples-of-loops-using-actions?appGuidString=7b9ae746-1f51-4ecb-8c...

Thank you

[MEC]

Thanks @Steve i have successfully incorporated your "looping with actions " in my app. Thanks @Kirk_Masden and @Marc_Dillon.

[MEC]

Currently, I input payments manually one-by-one on a payment table. The below slice result is where I monitor the amount and which payments are due for the day.

What I want to achieve is to automatically have the payments due for the day on the payment table by copying the slice result to the payment table so I don’t have to manually put it one-by-one. I hope it makes sense.

Thanks!

[Marc_Dillon]

Use a “Data: execute an action on a set of rows” to call multiple instances of the “Data: add new row to another table” action.