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I recently had to add a field to our Philanthropy department's constituent header which was created long before my time as DBA here at SLSO. The header I edited was an ld object in Informaker, but I found a pdf (02_16_Popup_Flex_Headers) on this site that said flex headers don't require Informaker. I have come to the realization that I don't understand the different between flex headers and that custom object I edited. My assumption is that the guy who had my job before me created that ld object before flex headers were a thing in Tessitura. Can someone help me make sense of this based on your knowledge of flex headers and what you do at your organization?
Thanks,
Ashley Elliott
Database Administrator
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
314-286-4198
ashleye@slso.org
That's correct. Originally you created "custom" headers, using Infobreaker, but later the "flex" header system was created to simplify header changes. I think we've gotten rid of all of our custom headers in favor of flex headers at this point, but there are a few things I believe you can't do with a flex header (images maybe?).
Correct, photos cannot currently be done in a flex header, but that will be rectified with Version 16, if I am not mistaken.
The thing about it for our organization, though is that we currently depend on our custom headers. I have to put essentially giving levels and memberships of two distinct organizations in the header for our Development department as well as a number of other custom things. So I will definitely be irritated if I cannot create a custom version of a header in the future. I think the likelihood of my being able to do what I have needed to with it out of the box is pretty slim.
Thank you!