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  • 1.  Promoting Repeating Field to SharePoint

    Posted 11-20-2019 11:18
    When promoting a repeating field to SharePoint I have the option of picking first, last, count or merge. I picked merge and the output shows up in the column as a comma separated values. For example, the column name is plant and the output is plant1,plant2,plant3. I was expecting multiple rows with the same title but one for each plant. How can I achieve this?

    Thank you in advance for your time and help.

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    Bill Wonneberger
    bill.wonneberger@versummaterials.com
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  • 2.  RE: Promoting Repeating Field to SharePoint

    Posted 11-20-2019 17:37
    Hello Bill,

    I do not believe this is possible.  Having multiple records for a request in SharePoint would make for a very messy DB behind the scenes.  Maybe someone else can help, but I think what you are hoping for would be separate requests.

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    Scott Gorski
    General Mills | Data Analyst
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  • 3.  RE: Promoting Repeating Field to SharePoint

    Posted 11-21-2019 08:04
    Hi Bill,

    Scott is right. SharePoint and Winshuttle work together by using one row per form. Having multiple rows in the list for a single form would break that relationship. You could output the table in the form to a separate SharePoint lists, but you would need to ensure all the additional fields you need for reporting on those plants is also in that table.

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    Joshua Whitener | Technical Advisor
    Exxon Mobil Corporation | 8326258441
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  • 4.  RE: Promoting Repeating Field to SharePoint

    Posted 11-21-2019 13:23
    Hi Bill,

    One way we have got around this for reporting purposes is using PowerQuery (Excel). Exporting a direct connection to the SharePoint and then choosing the option to ​split be delimiter (comma) and rows. The result is one row for each item that was originally split by commas.

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    Anne Roselli | Accounting Systems Specialist
    McKesson Corporation | (214) 507-6353
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