Tips to improve my prototype app

[mattja19]

@Jeff_Hager

@mattja19

My prototype revolves around one class

What I would do is create a sheet that lists all of the different classes and maybe some info about the class. From there you could create a relation to the Fleet Details sheet. I know you currently have the 350 Details sheet, but it may be better to design this to hold details for all classes, so you don’t have to redesign the details for separate fleets. Without have a full visual of your data structure, it’s hard to say exactly how to set this up, but I would think it would be pretty simple using the right relations. I’d envision it something like the multi-level select in https://concepts.glideapp.io/.

Hi Jeff,

I have been playing around with different things with regards to the creation of a menu system and I think I have found a way to get the sort of menu I am looking for in terms of the structure by making use of the ‘View Details’ Action and making each item independent as shown in the below screenshot:

From the above screen, I will be able to build up the screens I have built in the individual tabs so as an example if I click on Class 350, I will then see the following screen:

And then from here I can click on the 3 buttons (I will probably add a fourth button for ‘Home’ as well) to take me to the relevant screen.

However, the key reason for me using this setup instead of just using buttons in the menu screen is that I want to include details from the ‘Log’ screen in the Details and Caption part of the List. In essence, from the ‘Log’ screen shown in the screenshot above I would want the Sighted numbers (in the example in the screenshot ‘83/87’) to show in the Details part and then the Photographed numbers to show in the Caption part. I have managed to produce the following to give you a visual example of what I am talking about:

I have reached the above by making use of the ‘Single Value’ column type in the data sheet to bring the data from the 350 Detail sheet to the Classes sheet and then made a template column. Unfortunately, as you can see, this only brings the detail for the Class 350 whereas the data in the Detail and Caption part of the list would need to be relative to the Class - ie the sightings and photographed values differ between the 350 and 390 classes. Is something like this possible?

I would consider looking at the new Enhanced Link to Screen action if you want to use a button. Enhanced Link to Screen Action. You can refer to the same row of data, but design the screen independently.

With regards to this, I have read up on the fantastic Enhanced link and this will most definitely work for me to have my Amendments on a separate screen. A great addition to what can be done on Glide.

Thanks