Question : FM - How to Display Only Selected Entries from a Repeating Field from a Related Record

I have a new Business db/table/layout that lists businesses for sale and a new Buyer/Lead table/layout.  My employee wants her entries in the Notes section of the Buyer/Lead to show up in the Business layout.  Normally, you would just show it through a portal.  However, the difficult aspect here is that Notes entry is a repeating field and some entries may be about a different Business.  I can easily have a column in the Notes section where one lists code for the Business the Buyer is interested in, but so far in my testing, it seems the repeating fields are not discrete.  A portal on the Business Laout will either pull in all the Buyer/Lead repeating fields or none.  

So, how would you design this?  Have a child table for Buyer/Lead Notes and bring it up in a pop up window so that each notes entry is now in a separate record so that only the Notes records related to the Business code will display in the portal on the Business layout?  Thanks.

Answer : FM - How to Display Only Selected Entries from a Repeating Field from a Related Record

Yes, you are on to the correct design.  I  avoid repeating fields as tables work much better and allow greater control and flexibility.  Create a table of notes.  In addition you can add things like date entered or last changed, give you a historical view of events.