Site Help: No more set all feature on new plants?, 0 by hespiris

hespiris wrote:
I went looking for this magic button Kell wrote of to "set all the plant info" when filling in the Plant File data. Has it since been removed? Adding one detail at a time - while tedious to the point of... ummmm, very tedious... just seems downright silly in the computerized era.

And, with the Hybridizer and Year differently (ie. unlike the other data boxes) separated out from the CV Name, they seem to get missed at times, especially with the older cultivars. As my top gardening interest is Historic Irises, perhaps I just notice this more. Most do not have the 1939 and '49 AIS Check Lists sitting on their desk, and since this information is not on the AIS-Search site, it can be tough to find it if you don‘t already have it in your own database. I realize these can be added later as a comment, but its not the same. Perhaps the hybridizer/year part could be set-up like all the other data areas, so it too could be added later if missed the first time.

Also, when other details could be added to existing data such as 'neutral' pH to one already filled in as just 'mildly acidic', or ‘partial shade’ when only ‘full sun‘ was checked - that would be great - but does not seem possible to do. It seems like once these portions have been filled in or 'missed' - they are 'closed'. Could there simply be a button to ‘re-open’ the areas?

Edited to note that Kell refers to NEW forms and I do not have a new cv to add at the moment to check. I have been working with near-completed forms - and my comments likely apply to both.

The more magic buttons there are… the merrier the time entering data!
Thanks for checking/considering ~ hespiris

This message was edited Nov 14, 2008 3:12 AM