Solving circular references
When circular references occur, you need to edit the data load script by assigning a unique name to one of the fields with identical names.
Do the following:
- Open the data load editor.
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Edit the LOAD statement for one of the duplicate field names.
In this example, the LOAD statement of the table that holds the local teams and their cities would include with a new name for Team, for example LocalClub. The updated LOAD statement reads:
LOAD City, Team as LocalClub
- Click in the toolbar to reload data in the app.
You now have logic that works throughout all the tables. In this example, when Germany is selected, the national team, the German cities and the local clubs of each city are associated:
When you open the Data model viewer, you see that the loosely coupled connections are replaced with regular connections:
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