How do I add a record with a pointer in it.

Tue Jun 10, 2014 8:32 pm

Hello Sander,

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Sat Jul 04, 2015 1:39 am

I too am having an issue when creating a new record for a collection that has a pointer to another collection.

Service request with collName pre-populated

Mapping with _Id coming from LSV that was set onClick of the desired account

I am able to create a record, but it just does not populate the pointer field with the id, no matter what I try. Even during testing I cannot get it to put a static id into the pointer field.

the code that is suggested in this post does not work but I did not expect it to. As you can see in my mapping it looks like the collName and the _id are two separate values, so adding that code to the mapping of the _id doesn't make sense.

I am invoking the service with a button click.
I have no acl as I want everyone to see everything.

Any suggestions?

Sat Jul 04, 2015 4:43 am

Hi Jack -

This is because Pointer is just a pointer to an id of a collection.

Here is basically explained how this works: https://youtu.be/RGGxTy4ilmM?t=15m33s

Sat Jul 04, 2015 6:29 am

I'm sorry but I did not see what I was looking for in that portion of the video.

I am sure what I am asking for is possible since it seems so simple.

I just want to create a new record in a collection and place in its pointer field an ID from local storage, but the mapping just is not working when I try to do that. Could you help me with this?

Sat Jul 04, 2015 6:36 am

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGGxT...

He mentions the linking of the two collections but doesn't actually show the mapping. nor does he show the create service.

Tue Jul 07, 2015 2:06 am

I did solve this issue. It looks like I was using a service that was outdated since I changed the name of the pointer column.