[APBeta] Observation Sessions

[Steve Barkes]

Take your time.  Just hang Œem and get back to me ;-)

Steve

(Registered Voter for 35 years and never been called for jury duty!!)


On 6/18/09 9:00 AM, "Paul Rodman" <paul at ilanga.com> wrote:

> I am going to reply to this, as soon as my jury duty is over. Please be
> patient.
> 
> Paul R.
> 
> On Jun 17, 2009, at 9:14 AM, Steve Barkes wrote:
> 
>>   Ok, I guess I¹m confused.  I¹m struggling to try and enter multiple
>> observations for a session that I had back in December of last year.
>>  
>>   If I right-click on an object from the observation tab, the Make
>> Observation option is always greyed out.  It works from the Objects tab.
>>   
>>  If I create an observation from the Observation menu, or by clicking + in
>> Observations list, I have no way to select what session to put the
>> observation in.  I can only select the ³Currently Open Session² which makes
>> no sense in that It always has the current date/time.  If the session is
>> currently open, I should be able to close it, or change to an existing
>> session.  The other options are  create a ³New Session² which I don¹t want to
>> do, and the ³Recent Sessions² is always blank and greyed out.  What about a
>> All Sessions in addition to Recent Sessions?
>>    
>>  It appears the only way to move an observation into a particular session is
>> to edit the date and time of the observation.  Then I get an option to add it
>> to an older session.  But this is way too cumbersome, especially if I¹m
>> adding a dozen observations.
>>  
>>  Shouldn¹t there be a way to Set the current session, possibly to a session
>> date/time in the past, and then have all new observations go into that
>> session until I change it, or create a new one?  Shouldn¹t I be able to see a
>> list of all my sessions? And shouldn¹t it be clear looking at the interface
>> that the correct session has been selected?  How do I see a list of all
>> objects associated with a particular session?
>>  
>>  Perhaps a description of the intended workflow for entering observations
>> after the fact would help.
>>  
>>  Steve 
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