Create duplicate records with interface form

[wilkie]

We manage a vehicle fleet and to make it easy for non-technical staff to add vehicles, I have created simplified interface forms with just the necessary fields (and some optional ones). This is great for adding one at a time, however often we will be adding multiple of the same vehicle. being comfortable with large sets of data myself, it's easy enough to just duplicate the record mulitple times in a grid view, however for users not comfortable with a grid view, is there a way for me to add a dropdown or number field or something to my interface form that will create a number of duplicates equal to the number provided in the dropdown/number field? Or is there another simple way to generate duplicate records? Thanks for any help in advance!

[wilkie]

Hi @Dan_Montoya, just wondering if my "when" statement provided any extra clues?

[Dan_Montoya]

Hi @wilkie , the automation only runs when an existing record is updated not when a record is created.  When I built the sample I was copying an existing record type not creating a new type.   So you could use your form to create one, then update the record to trigger copies.  Or you could try changing the when to be “when a condition exists” and the condition being the check and remaining cars to build > 0. 

[HannesK-ME]

Hi all, Hannes from the miniExtensions team here!

I just wanted to add that our advanced form provides a super easy way to simply copy the data from a user's form submission to a fresh form, allowing them to easily generate another record based on the same data they just entered, where they could either submit an exact duplicate or make adjustments to certain data (e.g. license plate, VIN etc. in this particular example) before submitting. This feature also provides a formula for creating a button in Airtable to use the current record as the foundation for a new form submission!