Refresh Summary Field

[army2002]

The summary field in a portal does not update automatically when values in field changes. I have to double click on the filed to update ... what's wong I'm doing?

[smdig]

The summary field in a portal does not update automatically when values in field changes. I have to double click on the filed to update ... what's wong I'm doing?

Hi,

 

I have quite a few summary fields in portal layouts that I use. I have found that you usually need to refresh the portal for the totals to update. To allow my totals to update automatically, I have attached a script trigger to the fields that users

enter the information, in our case qty ordered and buying price. The script trigger runs on object exit and runs a script called refresh portal. All this script has is two lines:

 

enter preview mode

enter browse mode.

 

This is enough to refresh the portal and works for us.

 

Regards,

 

Sdig.

[bruceR]

Or consider this technique (setting a global field on the child side of the relationship)

 

http://www.teamdf.com/weetbicks/ditch-those-flush-caches-use-cartesian-join-instead/42/