Hi everyone — I’m fairly new to Knack (about two months in), and I’m building a messaging system in the NextGen version.
I have a One-To many Messages Table already built and functional with Users object and a Messages object (one user → many messages). I can successfully submit messages into the Messages table, but I’m trying to automatically associate each message with the logged-in user without requiring the user to manually enter their name or email.
Specifically, I’m looking to:
- Have the logged-in user submit their message, and then upon submit, it would pull in their name and email from their role table (one-to-one table), and then automatically stamp or insert their name and email into the one-to-many messages table.
I understand some Classic methods don’t apply in NextGen, so I’m hoping someone can point me to the recommended NextGen approach (connection field settings, rules/workflows, or best practices).
If anyone has a simple example or can explain the correct setup, I’d really appreciate the help. Thanks in advance!