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Collection loop for repeated instructions to users

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Updated June 18, 2020

asked on June 18, 2020

I am building a process where a review stage must be completed until the situation is resolved. I built the manager's review in a collection with fields for comments and a checkbox for "Next Steps". The process moves on to multiple steps based on which checks are placed in the "Next Steps" field.

My issue is, I would like previous rows to be read-only and the new row be the only one that the process design accesses for the gateway. I don't want it to see the previous collection rows' "Next Steps" choices. Is that possible?

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replied on June 18, 2020

You can leave it in the collection. I just mean you have to set it on the field that's in the collection, rather than setting it on the entire collection.

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replied on June 18, 2020

I just found this in another post and thought it would be the answer to my question, however, I cannot find the option in my table/collections.

https://answers.laserfiche.com/questions/73340/How-to-make-the-field-in-repeatable-table-a-read-only

He shows this

and gives a link to the Updates review, where I found this:

I have this version of Forms: Laserfiche Forms Professional Version 10.4.3.216

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replied on June 18, 2020

This is a field-specific option. So, rather than the table/collection, you would set it on the field itself within the collection, which I believe for you is "Next Steps"

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replied on June 18, 2020

Okay, I'm thinking you're saying take the Next Steps out of the collection. I think that would work. They can put something in the notes to reflect what they want to do and then the next steps outside of the collection will allow the branches to move along without conflict!

Yeah! I will have to try this tomorrow, but it makes sense! Thanks, Pieter!

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replied on June 18, 2020

You can leave it in the collection. I just mean you have to set it on the field that's in the collection, rather than setting it on the entire collection.

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replied on June 18, 2020

Thanks, Pieter! I will definitely use that on the fields in the collection, individually.

I think I'm still going to pull it out of the collection, though because it resolves the other issue for me. I didn't focus on the other issue for this post, but I was also having trouble with the branches trying to take ALL the next steps, from each row in the collection.

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