Auto Entering Data into Repeating Field?

[quillpro]

I created a text field with 7 repetitions. I want to auto enter the same value for each repetitions. But I can only get it to auto enter the first repetition. Is there a way to do this? Thanks for any suggestions.

-quillpro

[robhaworth]

Sorry, I haven't got a solution - but I am having the same problem.

Hopefully someone will know!!

Rob

[Ugo DI LUCA]

You both should consider explaining why you are using repeating fields as a start...

Yes, Ugo said that !!

For the first FM7 request, this can be done with one calculation and a lookup. For the 6, you'd need a thrird field, and in boith situation it can be done without a script on record modification.

Please tell about your exact needs. I can't think of any situation where I'd need the same value stored in any rep of a repeating field.

[quillpro]

I was using it to design an evaluation program. Where each section had up to 7 question and a rating field set up as radio buttons. At the onset of every record I wanted all the ratings to have a value of "N/A". As to why I used repeating field - I had 12 categories with 7 questions each and 7 corresponding rating, so instead of creating 84 separate fields for each question and then 84 more fields for each rating - I set up 12 fields with a repetition of 7 for each.

[Ugo DI LUCA]

Hi,

So forget about repeating field, specially if you need to make summaries or any other actions on them later.

very succintely, you just need 3 fields (the Question, the Category, the Rating) and 84 records, and a relational structure.

[quillpro]

That's a good suggestion. I'll give a try. Thanks.