Help Please
I’m trying to set up a very simple database to help me with a two-weekly task.
Firstly, I need my first field to contain a consecutive number for each entry. So my first record will be 0001 and the next will automatically be 0002 and so on. How do I achieve this?
Secondly, another field contains today’s date and the field after should automatically contain the date two weeks from today’s date (the expiry date). How do I achieve this?
Thirdly and finally, I want the records which have expired to be highlighted in green but for records still within their expiry date to be highlighted in red. Or, if this isn’t possible, a way for expired entries to be hidden? How do I achieve this?
Apologies for all of the questions but I’ve just discovered Ninox and it seems to be just what I’m looking for, but I can’t seem to figure it out properly.
Thanks in advance for any help.
8 replies
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Use styled() to set the color of text and the background. You can use if statements or a switch case to set the text color based on the experation date.
styled(text, bgColor, color, icon)
styled(text, colour, icon) - creates styled text elements. The icon is placed to the left of the text. Use "" for none, and the colour is the objects background
| styled("Attention", "red", "warn")To create the experation date add 14 to the date. Date + 14
for a unique auto incremented index, see this thread:
Birger Hansen
Wednesday, April 26, 2017 12:24 PM
This is possible.
1. with a trigger "onCreate" on table level with this formua:
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uniqueNumber := max((select Table1).uniqueNumber) + 1
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or - if you just want to check if the number is unique after update put this formula to the "onAfterUpdate" trigger of the field:
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let myTest := 'Auto increment Number';
if cnt(select Table1[uniqueNumber = myTest])>1 then "not unique" else myTest
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Birger - Ninox Support -
For expiry date create formula field:
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YourDateField +15
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For highlighted fields I use something similar for invoices:
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let dd := Date + Customer.Terms;
let pd := 'Pay Date';
if pd = null then
styled("Not Paid", "orange", "")
else
if pd > date(dd) then
styled("Overdue", "red", "")
else
styled("Paid", "green", "")
end
end--
Just change Fields and colors.
Nick
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Thanks for such a detailed response!
Where do I place these formulas when editing fields? I can’t seem to get them working...
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I can’t for the life of me figure out how to implement any of these formulas so that they work
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Create new Formula field and:
Nick
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Thanks, but where is that a screenshot from? I’m using the iPhone app...
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Edit fields
new field
formula
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Thank you.
I’ve got the expiry date working but I can’t get the sequential numbers working. I definitely need to play around with this quite a lot..!
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