Button to pull randomized content from a table with multiple filters applied

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Hello! I’m trying to build a meal planner for personal use. Here’s the link, hopefully there are no issues accessing it MealPlan

I’d like to create a button that every time you click, brings a randomized row from a particular column in a table, after applying a couple of filters. I found a great solution to always add a NEW randomized item exactly like I want to implement here. But my beginner brain trying to add another filter to the already long(ish) formula obviously broke it!

So basically, I want to pick a random recipe from the ‘Doable’ table in my ‘Recipes’ tab, after filtering by the ‘Meal’ column, so that I can have separate buttons to get Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner ideas! The ‘Selected’ flag can help avoid repetition.
Also, I want to use the ‘Clear Week’ button to clear my Weekly Meal Plan table, and at the same time uncheck all the cleared recipes in the ‘Selected’ column in ‘Doable’

Apologies if this seems like a straightforward addition to the existing solution, really grateful for any assistance from the community!

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@Scott_Collier-Weir Hi Scott, I was wondering if you’d kindly help out with this please? I’m trying to make changes to your very helpful contribution on an earlier post.

Much appreciated, thanks a ton!

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Hi Shaina, just wondering if there is no way to get help from the community without hiring experts? I’m an individual user trying to use coda to organize personal information, not building for an org or professional team :slight_smile:

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Hey @Abhijit_Mahishi

I hope you’re well. I took a look at your doc, and just wanted to encourage you - you’ve built a really useful tool. I made a copy to solve the issues you brought up, and ended up taking a little creative liberty in the solution. I hope it inspires you to take your doc to the next level. Feel free to Copy Doc and incorporate anything you like into your own version.

I’ve added a “What’s Changed” page to run through the updates I made, and help explain the solutions in a bit more detail. Take a look, and wishing you all the best with the rest of your build.

Jono

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@Jono_Bouwmeester you honor your family name. Not only by building and improving, but also by explaining what you did and why. Cheers, Christiaan

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Haha, your comment brought a smile to my face. Thank you, @Christiaan_Huizer. High praise from someone I have so much respect for.

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@Jono_Bouwmeester WOW!! Apologies for not seeing this earlier - THANK YOU , for putting all that thought and effort into understanding my needs and creating the most PERFECT tool imaginable! So so impressive!!
I will be sure to publish with credits as I complete it!

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You’re very welcome, @Abhijit_Mahishi :slight_smile:

If you do end up publishing your doc to the Coda Gallery, please could you reply to this commuity thread with that link? I’d love to see how your doc turns out (and copy it for my own personal use!)

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