View Rules do not apply to new records

[tahnalos]

I have a form that is accessed through two different entry points.  Depending on the entry point, a different view will be used.

I created a View Rule that checks to see if the parent that the form is initiated from is of a certain type.  If it is, I expect to use View A.  If not, I expect to use View B.  View A is default, so I created the view rule for View B.

If I attempt to create a new entry of the form with type that is supposed to use View B, I should see view B, but I'm seeing view A.

Can someone clarify where I may have gone wrong here?

Thanks

[Brad Tilton]

You would need deactivate the view rule for this to work I think.

[tahnalos]

And also:

"Instead of using a view rule I would consider just passing the view as a url parameter when you redirect the user to the new record screen. Just add &sysparm_view=viewnameA to the end of the url."

How do I accomplish that?

[Brad Tilton]

I didn't realize you were using the new button. I don't think you control the url in that case unless you created a new New ui action for that list and had it do a redirect.

[tahnalos]

I agree that may be the approach, but such a new button as UI Action would have to be done on the child form itself as a List Banner button.  Is there any way to determine parent if this button is being used to initiate a child?