Records not automatically saving when entering Catalog Number

[MiguelGrande]

Contact Details

[email protected]

Symbiota portal name

CCH2

What happened?

When entering the Catalog number (only) for a record, the inputted data is not automatically saved. One has to click Save Edits below. I believe it used to save automatically, a feature I think is valuable. It does save automatically when entering the Catalog number followed by the Other/Secondary caltalog number (a.k.a. Additional Identifier Value).

What operational systems are you seeing the problem on?

MacOS

What browsers are you seeing the problem on?

Safari

[themerekat]

Hi @MiguelGrande , I think this only automatically saved when you entered an Other Catalog Number. I don't think it used to save when you entered a catalog number.

[MiguelGrande]

Okay, could be, as we always enter both at SDSU. It wasn’t working for another herbarium, with only Catalog Number. Do you think it should? I will adjust either way. -Mike

On Jul 8, 2024, at 12:00 PM, Katie Pearson ***@***.***> wrote: Hi @MiguelGrande <https://github.com/MiguelGrande> , I think this only automatically saved when you entered an Other Catalog Number. I don't think it used to save when you entered a catalog number. — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#565 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AO2PNBSGN6QQKKNOJ7BCBCLZLLOVXAVCNFSM6AAAAABKRMFX3WVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43OSLTON2WKQ3PNVWWK3TUHMZDEMJUHE2TIMBTGQ>. You are receiving this because you were mentioned.

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[themerekat]

Okay, could be, as we always enter both at SDSU. It wasn’t working for another herbarium, with only Catalog Number. Do you think it should? I will adjust either way. -Mike

I personally don't think it should (and in fact I think it's a little weird that it saves automatically with Other Catalog Number). Auto-saving based off of a single field doesn't seem super convenient, and could lead to errors if people enter a record to conduct or search or something and don't intend to save it.