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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 the recordaspending allowing usertomodify records therecordaspendingallowingusertomodifyrecords 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 are pendingchangesonthisrecordarependingchangesonthisrecord. In addition a user can  edit and delete pending changes as necessary.

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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 should beappliedonaspecific date shouldbeappliedonaspecificdate 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 change shouldtakeaffectfromtheScheduled Date changeshouldtakeaffectfromtheScheduledDate 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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  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 associate   A  lert d 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.

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