Adding Fields for a Newbie

[Andy Guymon]

Quick background: I work for NASA and up until 2 years ago we were using FM here to do some of our work instructions. We have since gone to another system (which none of us engineers like) and I am now trying to put together a little demo to show my management that we need to switch back to FM so we can run paperlessly runing FM Go. I am not a developer but I have built a crude system to mimic what I envision this system doing. I am hoping someone here can help me with what I hope is fairly simple: I need to be able to add "steps" (text fields). Each time an engineer writes a work document the number of steps varies based on the complexity of the task. A simple task may only require 5 steps whereas a more difficult task may have 50 steps. I was imagining a button ("add step") off to the right side of my layout that would run a script to add additional fields for steps each time it was clicked. As a complete newbie I am hoping someone here can give me some tips or show me how to accomplish this.

Thanks in advance for any and all suggestions!

Andy

[comment]

I was imagining a button ("add step") off to the right side of my layout that would run a script to add additional fields for steps each time it was clicked.

That's not possible - nor is it necessary or desirable. Use two tables, Tasks and Steps, related by a common TaskID. Your button can add a new record in Steps, related to the current task. Or use a portal for entering the steps, with each new entry automatically creating a related step record.

[efen]

There is a simple file attachment (chapters-subchapters) on this thread that could be amended to fit your requirements

http://fmforums.com/forum/topic/68734-small-database-with-chapters-and-subchapters/#341723

[Andy Guymon]

Thanks for the tips!  I used a portal to be able to create the steps associated with each task and it works great.