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Inherit Parent folder fields to form fields

asked on February 14, 2018

In Forms there is a section to configure fields at the Parent folder lever. This section is labeled "Parent folder fields"

Then right above it there is a section for "Fields" which sets the values for the form being submitted.

Is there a way to set the form to inherit the template and values of the "Parent folder fields"?

 

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replied on February 22, 2018

Hi Raul,

There is no such option now. Can you give a use case on why you would like it to inherit in this way?

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replied on February 22, 2018

Thanks Rui,

Supposed that you have a template with 50 fields. You set the template at the parent level and go one by one, setting up all fields. When you finish, you realize, "Oh! I also need to apply this template and same fields to the document level", then you go again doing all fields up to the 50.

If there was a way to say, "well, now I finished setting up the values of the fields for the parent folder. I just need to say, inherit whatever fields and values from the parent folder into the documents" essentially saving yourself 50 more times of setting fields and getting prone to errors.

Now, I saw in another post that you could do this in repository for an existing document by doing "%(Parent)", and that copies over the value from the parent folder. There is no setting for that in forms.

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