Mar 19th, 2009, 6:04 PM
(Mar 19th, 2009, 3:30 PM)Ben Wrote: Hey!
Sorry you're running into trouble!But I'm afraid the short answer is no, the filters can't be moved back to the clients page. Associating the filters with the Views rather than the client gives you so much more control, I wouldn't want to move it back. The functionality it affords by
Plus of course, you only need to define a particular View once. Previously, when you assigned a filter to a particular client, it would have to be done for EVERY client. Now you just assign the View to the client (which can often be done by just setting the View to "public").
I guess I don't fully understand how this is such a problem for you. First off, how often are you creating clients? Does each client have their own unique filter, or do some clients have the same filter?
Are you maybe manually creating each View each time? If so, bear in mind you can create new Views based on existing ones by picking the View in the dropdown list on the main Views page. So it seems like these are the only steps required for your task:
1. Pick an existing View from the available Views dropdown and click the "Create New View" button,
2. On the "main" tab, change the View name and assign the client,
3. On the "filters" tab, enter your filter.
Let me know if this is no help - I'd like to better understand your scenario!
- Ben
First off, let me say no one has ever told me no in a nicer way! lol
So here is my scenario...
I am using FormTools to create a application service for my clients. However, I am using one install and one form for simplicity sake, with a unique code identifying the client's submissions. This happens to be the client's username (which I am assigning as a number and have prevented the ability to modify - see other post about that mod) and this code is hidden in the fields.
This means that I need a unique view/filter for each client based solely on their username. While I have not yet determined a way to hard code this into the program itself (that would be awesome if I could!), the ability to quickly add the client and the filter saves me trouble and time.
For the time being, I have gone back to version 1.5.1. I will watch as 2.0 grows and matures and see if my needs are better suited in future versions.
Thanks,
Ed
ps... I am hoping to be adding clients VERY regularly soon! Wish me well in that aspect!
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