Adding records via Apple Watch?

[Karan Shah]

Hi,

I am looking to do something simple to start off with on Tap Forms.

I want to create a simple table where I log when I feel hungry.

I have created a form on my phone where the only field is the current date and time, and I simply need to hit the “+” to add a new record.

I am going to use this for analysis separately, in excel, looking at the frequency of occurrences.

How can I add records to this table via my watch? I have shared the document and form to my watch and can see the records on my watch, but I am not seeing how to add a record to the form.

[Sam Moffatt]

I think what might work for this is to enable Siri for your document and then create a script that creates a new record. Then you can use either a Shortcut or Siri directly to create a new record with the current date and time.

[Karan Shah]

Thank you. Any guide to scripting? I’m not a coder, but if it’s simple I’m happy to look at setting up a script for this.

[Sam Moffatt]

I think for this one, if the defaults make sense the form script can be as simple as “form.addNewRecord();” and then you need to enable your script for Siri (there should be a button in the editor on your phone). I think you might also need to enable the document for Siri (it’s been a while) and then you should be able to use Siri to create a new record automatically.

[Brendan]

The Apple Watch version of Tap Forms is read-only. So that’s why you can’t add a record from the watch. The scripting idea is good. Something like this:

function addNewRecord() {
   var new_record = form.addNewRecord();
   // do something to the new record if you want, such as calling new_record.setFieldValue(field_id, "some value");
   form.saveAllChanges();
}

addNewRecord();

[Karan Shah]

Thanks guys – I assume for this I just swap “form” with the actual form name?

[Daniel Leu]

No, the variable form revers to the current form where you call the script from. If you want to add a record to a different form, then you first have to do a

var myForm = document.getFormNamed("My Form Name");

And then you would use myForm instead of form.

Cheers, Daniel
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