Merge TF5 Databases

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  • May 9, 2025 at 3:16 PM #52183

    karen james
    Participant

    The call of Tap Forms Database Pro got the better of me and I did subscribe for 1 year for my iPad.

    With TF 5, I had to maintain 3 separate databases due to the fact that I wasn’t able to drill down to certain criteria using cascading pick lists. Now that I have that ability, it would be great to merge these 3 databases. Is there a way to do that?

    A good deal of the information housed in those databases have linked forms, so it’s not as easy as exporting and then importing the records. Of course, I may be missing something, so any help would be be appreciated!

    May 11, 2025 at 12:50 PM #52203

    karen james
    Participant

    Well, I haven’t found an easy answer to this, so I’m importing the data, then re-linking it.

    Not practical, a bit time consuming, but it’s getting the job done.

    May 11, 2025 at 8:35 PM #52208

    Brendan
    Keymaster

    Hi Karen,

    You can merge database documents together by exporting Tap Forms Archive files and importing them all into another database document. I would make a new document for that instead of trying to import into one of the existing documents.

    Thanks,

    Brendan

    May 12, 2025 at 5:28 AM #52211

    karen james
    Participant

    Hey Brendan,

    That’s pretty much what I’ve been doing. I did create a new DB, archived the files from each of the databases, then imported them into the new DB. I still needed to re-link data, but, it made me clean up things. I consider that worth some of my time.

    Once I have it all in there, then I’ll move it to Tap Forms Database Pro.

    As always, thanks for your help! Your time is appreciated!

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