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    #1

    Incorrect Set?

    Hi, everyone. I'm sorry if this question had been repeated but I've gone through the entire forum and couldn't find a related solution.

    I have a Set which is defined as below:

    Relationship
    ............|= Role
    ...................|= Party

    each of them has one-to-many relationship, where

    Party can be a person or and organization;

    Role is the role that played by each party, eg. supplier, customer, parent organization and etc.;

    Relationship is to defined the relationship between 2 parties, for instance, Mary Smith is an employee of Company ABC and the relationship between them is Employment.

    Party: Party_ID | Party_Name
    Role: Role_ID | Party_ID | Role_Type (Each party could play >1 roles)
    Relationship: Relationship_ID | Role_ID | Relationship_Type

    I have a form which defines the role and relationship with a tabbed control and it works well. The problem now is I have an embedded browse in third tab which I want to display a table like this:

    From_Party_Name|From_Party_Role|To_Party_Name|To_Party_Role|Relationship
    ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Mary Smith |Employee |Company ABC |Employer |Employment
    John Doe |Supplier |XYZ Inc. |Organization |Suplplier Organization

    My question is: how can I grab those information that are from different tables and display them correctly into the embedded browse? The primary table of the browse is "Relationship" table.

    I've examined Alpha Sports and found what I want in Products Sales Review form where the primary table of the browse is "Invoice_Items" and yet it can shows the "Date" and "Sold To" fields accordingly with the "Invoice #". However, I don't find anything special that has been done to get this effect.

    So, I'm wondering if my Set is incorrect? What I want is just to grab information from three different tables and display within an embedded browse.

    Thank you in advance. :)
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    Re: Incorrect Set?

    Anyone?

    What I want is just to include all the information from 3 tables that in the same Set to be displayed in an embedded browse.

    Example of table:

    Party table
    Party # = P0001
    Name = Mary Smith

    Party # = P0002
    Name = Company ABC

    Role table
    Role # = R0005
    Party # = P0001
    Role = Employee

    Role # = R0006
    Party # = P0002
    Role = Employer

    Relationship table
    Relationship # = R0010
    From Role # = R0005
    To Role # = R0006
    Relationship = Emplyment

    Information that I want to display on an embedded browse:
    From_Party_Name|From_Party_Role|To_Party_Name|To_Party_Role|Relationship
    ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Mary Smith | Employee | Company ABC | Employer | Employment

    I hope this is clear enough to my question.

    Thank you.

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      #3
      Re: Incorrect Set?

      So, I'm wondering if my Set is incorrect?
      There is no "incorrect" set if it serves your purposes. Note that the set upon which the "Products Sales Review form" is based is a "reverse/inverse" of the set upon which the Invoice form is based.

      You may need a similar reversal to accomplish what you want.
      There can be only one.

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        #4
        Re: Incorrect Set?

        Hi Stan,

        Thank you for your reply.

        I can understand what you mean and I've tried the set like this as well:

        Party=>Role=>Relationship

        but I have no luck to get what I want.

        I think maybe I don't understand about what actually a Set is for. What I understand is a Set defines a relationship between tables and allows fields from multiple tables to be imported into one form. Is there any source to explain more about the concept of Set in A5?

        Thank you.

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          #5
          Re: Incorrect Set?

          Linking tables in a set.

          Multiple entries in the help index shown in the attachment.
          There can be only one.

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            #6
            Re: Incorrect Set?

            Stan, thank you for you information. :)

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