Interesting question: One of our users in Development has asked if it's possible to add columns in one of the tabs. She states that when looking at the Relationships tab, she feels as if the notes field should've been included at that level, rather than having to edit the record to see it. Being that it's just another field in that table, she was wondering if I could just add it in to that tab screen.
Is this some sort of setting in Tessitura I can just alter, or is it more like having to usePower Builder and hack into the system to alter its design?
Thanks, Tessiturians.
Hi Matt -
It'd be a total hack job (and not one I'd recommend). For that screen (or any screen right now really), it'd be getting into the core of Tessitura to add a column. You could make your own custom relationship screen, but I think that'd be a huge amount of work and you might lose some functionality that you just can't quite code into a custom screen at that level.
HTH,
Heather
It is not possible for a user to add columns to those constituent panels. As Heather said, you could create a custom screen to display this information, but you wouldn't be able to edit affiliation information properly from there.
One interesting use of Interceptors, if you want to play around with them would be to intercept the GET service call coming back with the affiliations and add something (like as asterisk maybe) to one of the existing displayed columns to indicate whether notes exist.
Hi, Chuck--
Re: the above idea, It would be great if on the Relationships tab (or the Constituent Search screen (I have an enhancement request in), or any number of others) we could reorder and otherwise customize the output columns, kind of like the v12 Plans tab you demoed at TLCC2012. I hope that that tab will start a trend, one I'd love to see flow all over the client!
Heather, we are not planning something like that for V12, so you can be the hero yourself!
Chris, we have discussed your suggestion of extending that functionality, but no firm plans to do it. It's a little easier to do if we just turn everything into non-editable grids (like Portfolio is) but becomes far more complex with layouts like Contact Details/Postal Addresses, for example.