Defaulting to a InfoPath View when editing an item

Question

I've created two views in InfoPath and I'm using a Workflow to send out URLS to two views

http://myspsite.com/sites/it/Tools/Lists/Infrastructure%20Specification%20v2/DispForm.aspx?ID=7&InfrastructureSoftwareSpecREADONLY

http://myspsite.com/sites/it/Tools/Lists/Infrastructure%20Specification%20v2/DispForm.aspx?ID=7&NetworkConfigurationREADONLY

The end objective is that different views/sections can be sent out to the user once a previous one has been approved.

If I click on the NetworkConfigurationREADONLY view and click Edit item I get the option to change the Current View. It shows the Default View, which in this case is Hardware Specs.

If I change the view to NetworkConfigurationREADONLY it gives me the same URL. In fact I get the same URL for all the views. How can I get a unique URL for a user to add to that particular view?

Answer 1

SharePoint and InfoPath does not work that way. There is no form view that relates to a SharePoint list view. There is only a Display form that is opened when the link is clicked.

But .... inside of InfoPath you can use rules in the Form Load to check the value of a field, like a status field, and then, depending on the value of that status field, switch to a different InfoPath page to be displayed.

What determines which list items show in the two views you built? Are you filtering on a particular column with a particular value? That is your hook. Use the same field in the logic of the Form Load rule to switch to a particular view/page of the IP form.