Hi! I’d like to process a list of item things called ITEM LIST with an Item name and an instruction and generate another that summarizes it called SUMMARY LIST. The fields in ITEM LIST are Item Name and Instruction. Instruction can be one of 3 strings: “Opening”, “Plus one” or “Minus one”. The …

Hi Alex, How did you go with this? Some questions which influence how to approach a solution … Can you explain more about the problem you want to solve? What does the data represent? Can there be more than three Items A,B,C? Can there be more Instructions? Do you want the result in a database ta…

hi Mishav, Sorry, the background of the problem I’m trying to solve and the meaning of the data was in a larger question that I then broke down into parts but did not include in the parts. In simple words, the larger context is one in which I want to manage the assignment of assets (e.g. a compute…

[image] alex5: It is possible to build the rows in SUMMARY LIST as the data is created / edited. This is likely a good approach, avoids the need for looping to create (and maybe remove) the summary rows. The summary rows can be updated as data changes, or in bulk with a “modify list of thing…

Hi Mishav, I think the pain point is about the how, i.e. how to populate the SUMMARY LIST, either during or after the ITEM LIST is created. If it’s during (is it better this way?), I need to know how to configure it, so a row is given by an item and a column by an equation. It it’s after, I need …

Hi Alex, You can try more than one approach, then pick which fits best. [image] alex5: so a row is given by an item and a column by an equation That is a good idea for a non-persistent summary. Note that the values aren’t going to be reusable elsewhere. For example, a repeating group: Typ…

@alex5 , you might also consider this solution by @louisadekoya … [image] [SOLVED] - How to create multiple things at once (either with a button press or when a recurring element loads ...) Need help This is surprisingly tricky to do, for a number of frustrating Bubble reas…

Using 'for loop' logic to process the contents of a list to generate another

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@alex5, you might also consider this solution by @louisadekoya …

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