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Sometimes it is beneficial to be able to make certain changes to records that take effect at a future date. For example, a company is moving locations and will have a new address as of the beginning of next year. The Save As Pending option saves therecordaspendingallowingusertomodifyrecords the record aspending allowing userto modify records prior to a specific date and then applies those changes automatically on the scheduled date. When a pending change exists, it automatically enables the Alerts button prompting the user that there arependingchangesonthisrecordare pending changesonthis record. In addition a user can  edit and delete pending changes as necessary.

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Note

Before pending changes can take effect automatically, your administrator must set up an Application Server on your network and create a Scheduled Task that will process pending changes on a regular basis. See the Pending Changes section of the AdministrationServiceschapter of the Aptify Administration Guide for details.

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Saving Changes as Pending
Saving Changes as Pending
Saving Changes as Pending

Follow these steps to save changes to a record that shouldbeappliedonaspecificdate should be appliedona specific date in the future:

  1. Open the record which you want to modify.
  2. Make the necessary changes and select the Save As Pending button in the toolbar.
  3. Select the date and time the changeshouldtakeaffectfromtheScheduled change should takeaffectfromthe Scheduled Date drop-down.
    • The default value is the current date and time.

      Save As Pending Change Dialog
  4. Click the OK button to close the dialog.
    • The form repopulates with the currently saved data (in other words, the pending changes are removed since they are no applicable yet).
    • The Alerts icon turns red on the record’s toolbar to notify all users that pending changes exist for the record. See Show Alerts.

  5. After the pending change’s specified date and time passes, the Aptify Scheduled Tasks system automatically updates the record with the appropriate changes. Once the pending changes have been saved to the record, the Alerts icon no longer appears in red (if no other alerts are pending for the record).

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Modifying Pending Changes
Modifying Pending Changes
Modifying Pending Changes

Follow these steps to modify changes that have been saved as pending:

 

  1. Select the Alerts button.
    • When a pending change exists for a record, the Alerts button is active, notifying the user that there are pending changes on this record.

       

      Command Buttons
      Show Alerts

  2. Expand the Pending Changes hierarchy by selecting the plus sign (+).

    Expanding Pending Changes

  3. Double-click the pending change in which you want to modify to open the associatedthe associate A   d  A lert Det  a il dialog to see information about the pending changes that will be applied to the record.

    Alert Details

  4. Click the Edit button.
    • The record is refreshed with the pending changes specified in the Alert Detail Dialog.

  5. Make the necessary modifications to the pending change and select Save As Pending.
    • Even if you decide not to make any modifications to the existing pending change, you still need to select the Save As Pending option to reset the Scheduled Date.

  6. Select the date and time the change should take affect from the scheduled date drop-down.

    • The default value is the current date and time.

 

 

Note that you can view the modified changes by selecting the corresponding change from the Alert List. Follow these steps:

  • Select the Alerts button.
  • Expand the Pending Changes hierarchybyselecting the plus sign(+).
  • Double‐click the appropriate pending change to view the modified changes.

 Alert Detail dialog modified changes

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Deleting Pending Changes
Deleting Pending Changes
Deleting Pending Changes

Follow these steps to delete a pending change:

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