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General Topics => Helpline => Topic started by: Andrew Carrick on October 12, 2010, 09:58:42 AM

Title: Dec Page/Current App query - history recording
Post by: Andrew Carrick on October 12, 2010, 09:58:42 AM
What do you do if you have more than one change to a data set on one day? TAM prompts "Do you want to overwrite history?" Id' rather have two entries but it looks like I can only have one per day?
Title: Re: Dec Page/Current App query - history recording
Post by: GeorgeW on October 12, 2010, 10:41:14 AM
It isn't really overwriting anything as far as I know. It simply puts an "*" in the "Replaced" column. That lets you know which one was there first and replaced by another history save on the same date. Both applications are still there in history.
Title: Re: Dec Page/Current App query - history recording
Post by: Andrew Carrick on October 12, 2010, 10:51:37 AM
Thanks for that info. I've just done a test but I still only see one line in History. However on previous days I do see there are "replaced" history lines on the same day. I wonder if it refrehses overnight? Not normally something TAM does though.
Title: Re: Dec Page/Current App query - history recording
Post by: Lance Bateman on October 12, 2010, 01:06:20 PM
The recommended method, so you don't lose anything, is to advance the "good through date" one day.  That has been part of the situation since the beginning, and I don't think it has changed.
Title: Re: Dec Page/Current App query - history recording
Post by: GeorgeW on October 12, 2010, 01:09:00 PM
It should be putting the "*" in the replaced column immediately.  I don't see the point of changing the date by one day.
Title: Re: Dec Page/Current App query - history recording
Post by: Andrew Carrick on October 13, 2010, 10:36:33 AM
Done some more tests and you have to say "Yes" to "History record exists, do you want to overwrite?"  to get a separate record, which seems counter-intuitive to me.
Title: Re: Dec Page/Current App query - history recording
Post by: Jeff Zylstra on October 13, 2010, 10:47:15 AM
Quote from: Andrew Carrick on October 13, 2010, 10:36:33 AM
Done some more tests and you have to say "Yes" to "History record exists, do you want to overwrite?"  to get a separate record, which seems counter-intuitive to me.

Yes, they need different people writing their response prompts for them.  This sounds to be every bit as intuitive as the night time utilities prompts.