[APBeta] Originating plans for observations

[Paul Rodman]

On Oct 18, 2008, at 05:08 AM, Greg Paine wrote:

> I definitely want to see which plan I used to create an observation  
> but I
> can see where it would be a programming headache if the plan is later
> changed, renamed or deleted.
>
> For my purposes, I could store the plan name in a simple text field  
> or a
> user field without any programming logic to make sure the plan stays
> associated with the observation. However, it would help if there was  
> an easy
> way to 'plug in' the plan name so I wouldn't have to type it manually.
>
> Also, for my purposes, I only need this capability on the session  
> header
> record, not on each objects observation record (see attached screen  
> shot).

The Session column would have to be "Plan/s", since it's conceivable  
that more than one plan could be used in a session (e.g. DSOs and  
Minor Planet plans, or perhaps a couple of objects from a Messier plan  
and some from a Caldwell plan, etc.)

OK, I can see I will have to look further at this.

Paul R.