Add an 'End Date' field for attributes.
Currently users who need a function with a start and end date use Constituency Code, meaning we now have hundreds of constituency codes, and are unable to annote these data. By having two dates on attributes, we would be able to manage time dependent data (e.g. the period over which someone belonged to a particular club/activity) PLUS (unlike constituency codes) we'd be able to use the existing Comment field to describe/abnnotate the attribute
e.g:
Category: Clubs & Societies
Description: Rowing Club
(Start) Date: 01/08/48
End Date: 31/07/51
Comments: Fixtures Sec 49/50, Club President 50/51
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David Smith
- May 4 2012
- Reviewed: Voting Open
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This would be very beneficial for our University!!!
A workaround to not having an end date is to add active and inactive choses to your description table. Example: Rowing Club Active vs. Rowing Club Inactive. Use the attribute Comments field to record time frames (2020-2022).
This is an issue with my Church and I hope that it is worked on soon.
This ideas was originally posted in 2012 and would be a huge help for all the reasons already identified by other users. Is this idea currently under consideration?
YES!!
This issues is a continual pain for our organization. We use a work-around but that creates more confusion for our users. Add another date field!!!
I'm in favor of it.
Excellent idea.
100% agree, would be most helpful.
I presume this would be added to a patch update for those of us who are not hosted?
Thanks.
Michelle Geange
Office Manager
Hours of work: Mon - Fri, 7am-2pm, Ph: 09 750 7203
Auckland Rescue Helicopter Trust
http://www.rescuehelicopter.org.nz
YES YES YES.... would it be too much to ask to see when and who updated what attributes or at least the last time the tab was updated?
and maybe a few more characters than 50
You could also add a sub constituency and a comments section in the constituency area just as well. DO BOTH!
Date this request was asked: May 4 2012... better late than never?
This absolutely would be helpful for our boards (we are a large healthcare org with MULTIPLE boards), committees, in-patient dates (again, healthcare...admit AND discharge is really helpful!). Thank you for considering!!
This would be VERY beneficial in removing the issue of too many constituent codes!
Really need this
Much needed
I have been using the REDB since the early 90s and I have always wanted an extra field like the description that I could choose which type of data element, text, Table Value, date, etc. this would be very powerful. If it was just another date field, then not as powerful.
This would be incredibly beneficial!
This would be so immensely helpful. What is the status?
This! Yes! Please!!
Any news on this? While we're at it, could we increase the size of Comments box in Attributes from 50 characters to (say) 100 or even more?