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Hi LaCrews Good suggestion...unfortunately it is not going to be done at this time. For the select XML methods you will need to check whether the MethodIntegration node has children. For the select dataset methods need need to check the row count of the first datatatable of the dataset Dave  

Hi SmileJV and LaCrews, Some fields are not meant to be populated by users. An example of this is the RecordID field of the contacts table. This field is an identity field that is automatically populated when a new record is added. This is probably where your insert is failing. Following up on LaCrew's point. Some fields are ...

Hi Dominic Riccetti, We don't allow table join queries via the API. I'll put in a suggestion about allowing this in the future. To accomplish what you are trying to do you need to link the tables first and then query the resulting table via the API. I'm gonna point you at the following ...

Is it possible to get an attribute that is a count of the number of records in the returned xml?  This would be especially helpful when the call is successful but no records are returned and no record tags are in the xml.

[quote user="dottie"]How can this info automatically populate instead of retyping in all the existing customer info?[/quote] Each job of a customer is supposed to be a separate contact so there are no stock actions built to automatically fill in the billing and shipping addresses. If you want to build the action for this you'll ...

When I enter a new job for an existing customer, and select the job of customer, the billing address and info for the customer selected, does not automatically populate. How can this info automatically populate instead of retyping in all the existing customer info?

The following indicates which accounting application(s) the release note(s) apply to. QBD = QuickBooks Desktop QBO = QuickBooks Online Edit Customer Fixed (#3788) - same as the fix we applied for the New Customer screen. (QBO) Edit Lead Fixed (#3788) - same as the fix we applied for the New Customer screen. ...

[quote user="John M"]Work order to estimate, is it possible?[/quote] Not without customizing this.  You may want to review the process we use to create an invoice from a work order by looking at the actions on the FieldService_WorkOrderList and FieldService_CreateInvoices screens.  On the work order list screen ...

Greetings, Work order to estimate, is it possible?  John M

Hi Tobias Most likely the field you're trying to write to is linked from another table and would require a second call to the linked table that either updates an existing record or inserts a new one. You can best determine the relationships by logging into your method account and viewing them through the table/fields tab link.