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Displaying Query Field via Link... is it possible?

Hi,

We've added a Query Field called "Latest Camera" to our Shot Table.

Now on an Asset Page, I am trying to add the Column via Link -> Shot -> Latest Camera, but unfortunately it is grayed out.  I'm assuming displaying Linked Query Fields is disallowed?

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    Paul Hudson

    I found this thread:

    https://support.shotgunsoftware.com/entries/45187-calculated-fields

     

    So now it makes sense why a Query Field can't be accessed via Links.  

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    KP

    Cross-posting Stephen's response from https://support.shotgunsoftware.com/entries/45187-calculated-fields

    Regarding the ability to access and reveal Query fields from a linked entity (Example: while in a Task page, reveal a Query field called "Latest Version Thumbnail" that exists in the linked Shots page), we do plan on supporting this! We have a ticket for this now (SG #13160), and I will keep the forum updated on its progress.

    In the meantime, a good workaround is to create another Query field on the current entity page (Example: Create a Query field on the Task page for the latest Version thumbnail where the linked Shot's Tasks field includes the current Task). This works well for links like this where there's a one-to-many relationship, and doesn't work for links with many-to-many relationships as it could return more than one linked result, and it wouldn't know which value to return. More details on entities are here:

    https://support.shotgunsoftware.com/entries/81662

    cheers,
    kp

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