[APBeta] Global vs. Plan Observations

[Paul Rodman]

On Oct 5, 2008, at 04:10 PM, Mark Huss wrote:

> Ah, thanks, I found a few after searching around a bit. Is there no  
> way to indicate in the a plan which objects have an observation  
> without selecting each, one at a time?

The Obs column should show that number. In theory, I want to force  
that to be the second column in the Object list on the Observations  
tab, but I have to work on some bugs first.

> \Also, it seems I have no observations prior to the start of the  
> "global observations" feature in 1.x.  Is there any way to export  
> these older observations into the global DB?

You can only do it from V1.x: by loading each plan containing such  
observations and using Observation->Transfer Local Observations.

Then you'll need to convert the V1 database again. Sorry.

Paul R.

>>

>>> How do the 'global' observations relate to the 'plan'  
>>> observations?  When I pull up a converted (from 1.x) plan, it  
>>> shows no observations  at all. But when I click on Show  
>>> Observation Database, all the  observations I've entered since the  
>>> global observation database  feature was added (I think) appear  
>>> there, arranged by observation  location and date.
>> Do the Object IDs match the Observation IDs?
>> On the Observations tab of the plan window, click the Preferences   
>> button under the Observations list (lower left). Click the Reset  
>> Cross- References button. Wait while it does its thing, and see if  
>> the  problem goes away (you might need to close and reopen the plan  
>> doc).  This does assume you have an assortment of catalogues  
>> containing the  objects you have observed).
>> Paul R.