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I’m trying to figure out a good method to add notes to NOA awards to track hours/miles/etc. Since there isn’t a built in method track these items on the events themselves, I would like the ability to mass post a note on the awards as a log entry to they can be periodically reviewed to see if the scouts meet the requirements.
For example, the troop goes on a canoe trip and every scout needs 20 hours logged. I would like the ability to go to quick entry → Awards → NOA Aquatics. Enter a date, select all of the attendees (this can be 40+ for our unit), then enter a note that says they all did 20 hours (which is short of the requirement, but need a place to log it). No requirements are checked off. This would then add a note on that award.
In SB, you can follow the process outlined above and hit submit right now. It will look like it is doing a lot of work, but the note does not get posted. No errors are generated saying that nothing happened.
That only seems to work if there is a requirement that checked off/completed. If you want to post a note that lists the progress (hours or miles for example), you cannot bulk add notes.
Does selecting the grey comments icon shown in @DonovanMcNeil ‘s example not open the comments only window for you as shown below? I have been able to select the icon, opening the window, and post a comment without the need to approve or submit an update to the advancement/award itself.
@edavignon yes, my post was not a question about how. I was directing that at the original author asking if they see the comments window when they click the icon that @DonovanMcNeil pointed out in his example.
