It looks like the notes thing that @GaryFeutz sent an update for in response to my post about Recurring Updates Part Deux might be back.
I decided to enter in our Den Meetings on Tuesdays using the recurrence (I need something on there while I’m trying to get rid of the stuff on Wednesday). Our Pack switches between two locations fairly frequently. To make it easy for whomever updates the location, I include the address and location URL for both spots in the notes section of the recurring appointments. This way they can be easily copied and pasted above once the location is finalized.
After creating the recurrence, I realized I started a week early and thought I’d give the recurring delete another try on a fresh set of events. When I opened up the event to delete the series, I noticed the recurring event toggle was off even though the recurrence code was present in the notes section, below the address information I entered. Remembering my previous issues (Part Deux), I deleted everything except the recurrence code from the notes section and saved the individual event. When I reopened to edit, the recurrence toggle was on this time. So, with the recurring toggle now on, I attempted to save the recurrence. I wanted to see if the removal of the address info from the notes section would trickle down through the rest. It’s been 10 minutes and and I’m still seeing a spinning wheel.
Recurring deletion may not be working for me because all of those events have notes in the “Notes” section. Did something change within Scoutbook that nullified what @GaryFeutz fixed for me in Part Deux? If so, it needs to be fixed again.
It seems like use of the “Notes” Field may be contested by different aspects of Scoutbook. I would recommend maybe creating a third field.
- Rename the Notes field “Scoutbook Admin”. Make it visible, but uneditable by regular users. This way, they can see that the code for recurrence (or any other feature) is in place and working, but can’t monkey around with it.
- Add a new Notes / Agenda / Minutes feature that is not used by any behind-the-scenes features. This way that information is separate block of data that can’t interfere with any coding.
