Change the Value of a Single Field

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Is there possibly a way to get this feature to allow for the entry id to be dynamic instead of being specific to one entry?  I have multiple entries (students) dynamically showing on a table through the custom display and can’t really enter a unique entry id for each shortcode string.  I need this so that a user can just “Accept Student” or something similar for each entry directly from the table.

 

I would like this:

[ frm-entry-update-field id=DYNAMIC ENTRY ID field_id=y value="new value"]

 

 

Thank you!

In a custom display you can use:
[ frm-entry-update-field id=[id] ID field_id=y value="new value"]

So you want to change the value of a single field to something globally like http://formidablepro.com/knowledgebase/insert-a-link-to-change-the-value-of-a-single-field/?

I've only been able to use the shortcode on the http://formidablepro.com/knowledgebase/insert-a-link-to-change-the-value-of-a-single-field/ page to get the field from a single entry to change (set in the "id=[id]" part of the shortcode.  Am I doing this wrong?  I need it to just know what entry it is for and change it dynamically.

Can you explain in more detail as to how your forms and displays are set up and what you expect to happen?

I have a table with rows of entries that are individual students.  This is shows directly from a custom display with a table.  I need to have a link at the end of that row for each student, that upon clicking, changes the value of a certain field.  At present I understand the "Change the Value of a Single Field" is only able to be specific to each entry (student) in the shortcode.  Am I wrong?

Did you use exactly id=[id] in your display? Do not replace [id] with anything.

You are correct that each student is a specific entry.

So are you asking if you can have one "Update" field to change the value of a single field for multiple entries?

Stephanie, I tried that before with no success but I did it again and now it's working.  I may have had something out of place before.  Thank you for the clarification.

 

Robert, that solved it having [id] wrapped with brackets to tell it to work dynamically with all the entries.

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