This is interesting. Based on some needs by my customer for a project I'm working on, I would like to place a Repeating Section within a Repeating Section... And I'm not sure if it's doable. When I tried it, I got a strange result, so I can use some help (maybe a list control or viewbox or something else will be a better route). Here's what I'm trying to accomplish:
I have developed an application where the user develops "quotations" for construction jobs. For that, I used a simple Repeating Section with a "Lookup Field" that populates a description field. The user can add a price. It works well. However, my customer wants to be able to add "disclaimers" and other Notes, specifically for that Item in the quote (which would also save with the quote, attached to that item). So, if the Lookup Item is "Pave Driveway" and the description is "Repair 500 sq ft Drive with premium asphalt", she wants to be able to add notes, just for that item, such as "Customer Responsible for cleaning and preparing area" and (next line in the Repeating Section) "Price Does Not Include Striping Parking Spaces", etc. Those are descriptions for that specific task. The next task might be "Concrete Blocks" with a description "Add concrete blocks to parking spaces, after pavement has settled" and there would be descriptions for that, as well.
When I tried to put a repeating section within the repeating section, I get an error message that "Repeating Sections cannot be nested) and it added a "rogue" field to the design (see image below).
So, obviously, I can't do it the way I wanted.
Is there any way to accomplish what I want or do I have to completely rethink my customer's request?
I'd appreciate any help or suggestions.
Phil
I have developed an application where the user develops "quotations" for construction jobs. For that, I used a simple Repeating Section with a "Lookup Field" that populates a description field. The user can add a price. It works well. However, my customer wants to be able to add "disclaimers" and other Notes, specifically for that Item in the quote (which would also save with the quote, attached to that item). So, if the Lookup Item is "Pave Driveway" and the description is "Repair 500 sq ft Drive with premium asphalt", she wants to be able to add notes, just for that item, such as "Customer Responsible for cleaning and preparing area" and (next line in the Repeating Section) "Price Does Not Include Striping Parking Spaces", etc. Those are descriptions for that specific task. The next task might be "Concrete Blocks" with a description "Add concrete blocks to parking spaces, after pavement has settled" and there would be descriptions for that, as well.
When I tried to put a repeating section within the repeating section, I get an error message that "Repeating Sections cannot be nested) and it added a "rogue" field to the design (see image below).
So, obviously, I can't do it the way I wanted.
Is there any way to accomplish what I want or do I have to completely rethink my customer's request?
I'd appreciate any help or suggestions.
Phil
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