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field input show its own data plus input from another field

asked on April 1, 2021 Show version history

I would like a field (further along in the process) to show its own input plus the input that was put in another field at the time of the initial submission.  Is this possible?

Example, I need to present a number of location fields in order to prompt the initial submitter to give me the right data, but I want all the data from all the location fields to show up in the last of the location fields (an optional other field) in further stages of the process.  This way, I can get all the location data in one column on the reports.

ADDITIONAL COMPLICATION:  The data in the first three options are hidden collection fields in a table.  The last location field is a single line field (used for additional/or unusual information) and this is where I want any data that was originally entered there, plus the data in the hidden collection fields from the tables if any was added.

VARIABLES INVOLVED:  The single line field (the last one) is labelled "Location".  This is the one that will show up in the reports.  The table fields I also want the data placed in "Location" are:  "Legal_1", "Legal_2", "Civic", and "TWP_Rge".

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replied on April 1, 2021

Hi Connie-

First off, I'd suggest your final field be a new one, rather than the existing "other/weird stuff" field. Then make it read-only and use a field calculation to CONCATENATE the fields you want. Note that the last time I used this there was a bug where I was unable to put whitespace between the field; hopefully that has been corrected.

I say read-only because fields with calculations can look and act editable, but really, they aren't. Any changes to other fields will re-run the calculation and wipe out whatever was entered.

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