Edit Details Page

[ababcock]

I have created a search-and-report page. When the user gets to the details page, I created an Edit button that links to a standalone details page where they can edit the information and click update. When they update, I can redirect them back to the home page, or to the search screen, or any URL, but I'm wondering if it's possible to take them back to the results screen or the first details page (not the standalone one)... so they don't have to re-enter their search information when they are making changes on a lot of details pages. 

 

Does anyone know how to accomplish that? Thank you!

 

Amanda

[Jan]

You can open the Details DataPage in another tab. Then a user can close the tab and see the Result page.

You can add the following setting to your link to open the Deatils page in a new tab:

target="_blank"

And you can read more about the setting in the article.

 

Does it work for you?

[Aurora]

Hello Amanda!

 

Why don't you create a new report DataPage which will filter data based on your pre-defined criteria and will receive parameters of the StandAlone Details Page? 

 

Aurora

[ababcock]

Thanks Aurora! The problem is that I can't really create a standalone details page based on every search the user would ever do. There are several different fields to search by, and one is a date range, which will constantly change. When you have editable fields on the details page of a search-and-report datapage, you can click update and redirect back to the search results, but I'm not sure how to do that when the details page is not part of the search-and-report datapage.

 

Thoughts?

[Jan]

Hi Amanda,

 

Do you use a predefined Criteria on a Search page of your Report DataPage or users enter values and click the "Search" button?

[ababcock]

Hi Amanda,

 

Do you use a predefined Criteria on a Search page of your Report DataPage or users enter values and click the "Search" button?

 

Users enter values and click the "Search" button. 

[ababcock]

I forgot to mention that users reach my standalone details page through a button. Opening in a new tab is a great solution -- here's what I found: 

 

<input type="button" value="Open Window"
onclick="window.open('http://www.domain.com')">

 

I adjusted it to for my needs, and it works perfectly. Thanks!

[Flowers4Algernon]

Hello this link may be helpful, too: https://howto.caspio.com/datapages/reports/how-do-i-edit-data-through-my-details-page/