Loading in most recent smart object data into a form

Hi;

In addition to what kat says ,Id IN your smartObject should be auto-increment ,please check out with this link on howtos:-https://help.k2.com/onlinehelp/K2Five/UserGuide/5.1/default.htm#Tutorials/Build/LeaveRequestExtended/10SaveManagerChanges.htm

regards;

widson.

Hello, thanks for responding. 

I am a bit confused about where i am supposed to be doing this. Currently in my form, i have edited the rule "when the form is initializing," i added the ryle "then on __ View execute the load method" and i configured it to have the number beside the ID, in the input mappings screen. If i change this ID to the views ID mapping when the form is being run it states "the followng fields are rquired: - ID" and doesnt load anything into that particular view. 

I looked in the output mappings part of this rule and there is no where to map the ID, only the individual controls. 

If you could please explain your solution i would grealty appreciate it. 

Thanks

Hello Ablackman

When you create a smartobject, there should always be a ID field which is set to "auto increment" not "number". This ID is generated each time you "Create" a record and increments by 1. E.g When you submit a form for the first time, ID will be 1. When you submit a form later, ID will be 2 and when you submit another form the following day, the ID will be 3.

So if you want the other users to update the information for the latest record (ID = 3), in your input mappings you must place ID under smartobject into ID on your mappings.

When form initialized, load smartobject:

If I dont make any sense, can you perhaps attach your rules, just to understand your issue more. 

Thanks,

Katleho

Hello, 

Thanks for the response. I already knew how to do what you were saying. It still doesn't work and i think i know why. 

I do not think i am not explaining properly what i am trying to do. I have a form (lets call it form a) which contains a few different views (a,b,c,d) and they don't all have the same smart object attached. I have a form b (with view b, which has a different smart object than views a,c and d) at the moment which is filled out by a higher member with some specific information. I am then trying to load this "view b" information into form a and i want it to be showing the most recently updated information that was filled out by the previous form b. If i put the smart object ID reference, like you have previously stated, an error comes up when trying to fill out form a saying something along the lines of "the following field is required - ID" and does not display anything into the view. This is because i am not telling it which ID number to load the data from. 

So my issue is, i need a way that will load the most recent ID number for that particular smart object, when this is unknown. Yes it is an incremental number so it will be the largest ID number in that smart object. 

Thanks, 

Amber

Hi Ablackman,

For some reason, error "The following field is required-ID" usually occurs when we use many views on a single form even though the IDs are referenced/mapped correctly. To resolve it, I used the rule "Execute a method on the View" instead of "Execute a SmartObject Method" on all my views. See below image: 

In your case, I think everything is mapped correctly as you also mentioned. And the only thing giving you issues now is this error message.Correct?  

If correct, lets try to do the following: On all your views (a,b,c,d), use the "Execute method on the view" as highlighted on the image for your (Create/Save/Delete/Load) methods.

After applying these changes, try to run form a and please provide me with feedback on if you receive the same error and if the relevant information as updated on form b shows.

Reference:

https://community.k2.com/t5/General/SmartObject-Property-ID-is-a-required-property-for-selected/m-p/108939#M4682

Thanks,

Katleho

Hello, 

Thank you for replying again. I appreciate the help alot. 

Sadly i already have all my views individually executing their own view methods rather than using the smart object method, so that is also not the issue here.

I have figured out how to load the most recent smart object data into the workflow, when i am doing the create a reference step. What i do there is i get the "Get List" ID from the Smart Objects Context Browser and tell it to return the last entry. The only issue is that in the views rules there is no option to pull this "Get List" ID and then tell it to return the last entry, it only allows me to pull just the ID alone. 

Thank you