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Creating a Report with Customer as Master Table

Last post 01-27-2011 11:01 AM by handcrafted. 4 replies.
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  • 01-25-2011 7:41 PM

    Creating a Report with Customer as Master Table

    He guys,

    I am in the process of creating my work order templates in report designer. One thing I can not figure out is how to bring certain fields into the report from 3 different tables. The three tables I need are Customer, Activity and Activity Job Items.

    If I choose Customer as the master table, I am only left with the Activity table but no activity items.

    Any help would be great!  

    BryanHuh?

    Bryan Hand
    Owner
    Hand Crafted Pool Care, Inc.
  • 01-26-2011 6:48 AM In reply to

    Re: Creating a Report with Customer as Master Table

    Answer

    Hi Bryan,

    In this case you'll use the activity table and activity job items table as the report child table.  Your customer info is a field(s) in the activity table.  If you need additional customer info,  you'll need to link those field(s) via the customer name in the activity table.

     

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  • 01-26-2011 8:08 AM In reply to

    Re: Creating a Report with Customer as Master Table

    Hi Mark,
    So, I don't think I have seen a webinar discussing how to link fields between tables. Can you briefly describe how to do that?

    Bryan Hand

    Bryan Hand
    Owner
    Hand Crafted Pool Care, Inc.
  • 01-26-2011 8:22 AM In reply to

    Re: Creating a Report with Customer as Master Table

    Bryan,

    Mark was spot on with his answer. To add a linked fields to the activity table follow the steps below:

    1. Go To Customize > Tables / Fields.

    2. Edit the Activity table

    4. Select Add a Linked Field

    4. For Link Using select Entity (Entity is a special table the contains Customers, Vendors, Employees)

    5. Now select the field you wish to link (Add) to the Activity table.

    These added fields can now be used on screens and reports. You can also watch the following webinar http://www.methodintegration.com/resources/webinars/2009-07-22CommunityWebinar2_GettingstartedwithTablesandFields.wmv

    Mark- Thanks for helping a fellow Method user :).

    -Michael

     

     

    Michael Melo
    Product Manager
    Method Integration Inc.
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  • 01-27-2011 11:01 AM In reply to

    Re: Creating a Report with Customer as Master Table

     Thank You! Worked Beautifully!

    Bryan Hand
    Owner
    Hand Crafted Pool Care, Inc.
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