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Populate certain field when Creating a record from subgrid.

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Hi All,

I have an Entity A and Entity B. Entity B has a sub grid on Entity A.

i wanted to try out a functionality in which if I am creating a new Entity B record from sub grid(clicking on Add record + button), i want certain field(Single Line of Text) to have "Not required" populated.

whereas when i am navigating to the entity from sitemap and creating a record, the field should not be automatically populated.

Is it possible? I am trying out JavaScript for this.

Can you please suggest/help on how can I achieve this?

Thanks in advance.

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Pradeep Rai 5,489 Super User 2025 Season 1 on at

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RE: Populate certain field when Creating a record from subgrid.

Hi,

Okay.

If you want to use main form then one option i would suggest is Hide the OOB create button and add custom button then on custom add script to open Main Form and pass custom parameter.

Then on Form load, write one javascript function to read the queryString parameter, if parameter found then populate the field.

In this way from subgrid you can populate the fields values.
RTG 15 on at

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RE: Populate certain field when Creating a record from subgrid.

Hi Pradeep,

we are not using quick create.

Whenever we click on add record button it will open main form.

It is working as expected.
Pradeep Rai 5,489 Super User 2025 Season 1 on at

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RE: Populate certain field when Creating a record from subgrid.

Hi RTG,

Quick create is not working for you?

I mean from subgrid open quick create and When user directly create the record then CRM will open Main Form.

Let me know if you are facing any issues with Quick Create.
RTG 15 on at

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RE: Populate certain field when Creating a record from subgrid.

Hi ,

If a user creates a record For entity B directly, it will not populate the one of the field(Single line of text) present on the form.
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Amit Katariya007 10,409 Super User 2025 Season 1 on at

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RE: Populate certain field when Creating a record from subgrid.

Does same process will be applicable when user will try to create Entity B record directly ? If no then will have to add some exemption in JS for this scenario.
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Abdul Wahab 12,085 Moderator on at

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RE: Populate certain field when Creating a record from subgrid.

Hi RTG,

As per my very little knowledge, you can achieve your requirement using field mapping.

For more details: www.linkedin.com/.../
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Pradeep Rai 5,489 Super User 2025 Season 1 on at

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RE: Populate certain field when Creating a record from subgrid.

You mean, you will use main form only to create records?
RTG 15 on at

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RE: Populate certain field when Creating a record from subgrid.

Hi,

the forms in both the ways to create a record are same.
Pradeep Rai 5,489 Super User 2025 Season 1 on at

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RE: Populate certain field when Creating a record from subgrid.

Hi,

Please refer below link to open quick create form for subgrid.

https://carldesouza.com/quick-create-forms/

Thank You,
Pradeep Rai.
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RTG 15 on at

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RE: Populate certain field when Creating a record from subgrid.

Hi ,

thanks for your quick answer.

the subgrid button doesn't open the quick create form instead in both the cases main form is opened.