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rengeljn
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Is there a way to have a system date field on the Family & Personal Screen? I want to have a field labeled "updated". Have the system date automatically put in a date when I open that record and save with the record until I have to edit it again.

Any help?

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rengeljn wrote:Is there a way to have a system date field on the Family & Personal Screen? I want to have a field labeled "updated". Have the system date automatically put in a date when I open that record and save with the record until I have to edit it again.

Any help?

Judy
Judy there's already one on the mailing list tab two, but this has been talked about for the personal profiles. I think one of the problems is what we used to call 'screen real estate'. Where do you find a space to put it.

Then again, do you want to add something that may not be needed (or wanted) by alot of users. I agree, I'd like to have an 'update' date somewhere, however, what I'd rather have is an update log, showing date/time, who and what record was updated.
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rengeljn wrote:Is there a way to have a system date field on the Family & Personal Screen? I want to have a field labeled "updated". Have the system date automatically put in a date when I open that record and save with the record until I have to edit it again.
Actually, this already happens "behind the scenes." If you notice, in many of the Family Mailing List reports, there's a field for "Records Updated From:" in the selection criteria. You can then run a report based on the last updated date. It doesn't actually display anywhere though.
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Zaphod wrote: Actually, this already happens "behind the scenes." If you notice, in many of the Family Mailing List reports, there's a field for "Records Updated From:" in the selection criteria. You can then run a report based on the last updated date. It doesn't actually display anywhere though.
:?: :?: :?:

Then what does the last updated date show on the mailing list tab ?


I'm so confused. :mrgreen:
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Oh, uh, that's something different, but just happens to be exactly the same.
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Zaphod wrote:Oh, uh, that's something different, but just happens to be exactly the same.
DOH ... !!

Understand why ... I always insures that a creation and update timestamp were built into the tables for DB2 for this purpose !
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