This is supposed to be like a POS system. Pretty much when a customer comes into the store you need to input their name into this form to create a new order. Is there a way to make it so that as you type their name into the field there is a list or a drop down menu of the existing customers in the database?
Employee types down customer name into that field to generate a new order
Instead of depending on the employee to spell the name perfectly, it would be cool to have a drop down of existing customer that he picks from, hopefully that made sense!
Yes, it’s possible. At a high level, this is what you need to do:
The text input component that you have should be directed at a user specific text column
You then need a single value column in your Customers table that takes the value of that user specific column and applies it to all rows
Next is an if-then-else column in your customers table:
– If Customer Name includes Single Value, then true
Then back on your screen, add an Inline List component that uses your Customers table as a source, and filter it where the if-then-else column is checked
Finally, create a custom action on your Inline List that opens the form and pre-populates the Customer name and/or whatever other customer details are needed.
You are a genius my friend, I was stuck on this for such a long time.
Right now the app only shows the customer that is typed, which is awesome. The only part i’m stuck on is this part
Not sure what you mean/how to do that exactly (sorry I’m a noob).
Because right now the list populates if & only if the customer name is spelled perfectly, I’m guessing that last part I quoted from you would fix that problem?
