New Feature Request: Reoccuring Events With Exceptions
Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2012 10:57 pm
I believe in making tools easier and more intuitive to use.
I make the following recommendation for a new feature.
Scenario 1:
I have Scouts every Wednesday night expect on the 4th Wednesday(which is combined activity), when it falls on a holiday, as well as a few other exceptions.
How I Do It Now:
1. Create a reoccurring event for Wednesday for the whole year
2. Scroll through each month click on each day that is an exception and move it or delete it.
How I Want To Do It:
1. Create a reoccurring event for Wednesday for the whole year
2. Get a pop up list box with all of the events
3. Click on each exception events and move it
4. Save
Scenario 2:
I have Scouts every Wednesday night. I want access to the same room every night to have scouts in. The desired room/resource is books already for 3 of the 26 nights during the next year.
How I Do It Now:
1. I attempt to book a reoccurring event for all Wednesday nights for the entire year
2. I get an exception return stating their are conflicts
3. I am ok moving to a different room on those nights
Here is where it gets hairy; I have 2 options
4a. I say forget it and I book the event with no room for the entire year and say I will figure it out when I get their (then when I show up and I can't find a room I do scouts in the parking lot since no one can book that)
OR
4b. I do what I am suppose to and I some how figure out what nights have issues and book 4 reoccurring events starting and stopping at each of the exceptions. The only issue is now scouts show up as a 4 reoccurring events which i can not manage as a single reoccurring activity
How I Want To Do It:
1. I attempt to book a reoccurring event for all Wednesday nights for the entire year
2. I get an exception return stating their are conflicts
3. I am ok moving to a different room on those nights
4. I get the same pop up list box recommended in scenario 1 with all of the events and an indicator of the events with exceptions. I have option to change the event resource, time, or date.
5. I save the reoccurring events with the necessary adjusted exceptions. (I can now manage scouts as a reoccurring event with exceptions)
I am now a happy user because I can manage the exceptions instead of being managed by the exceptions.
I make the following recommendation for a new feature.
Scenario 1:
I have Scouts every Wednesday night expect on the 4th Wednesday(which is combined activity), when it falls on a holiday, as well as a few other exceptions.
How I Do It Now:
1. Create a reoccurring event for Wednesday for the whole year
2. Scroll through each month click on each day that is an exception and move it or delete it.
How I Want To Do It:
1. Create a reoccurring event for Wednesday for the whole year
2. Get a pop up list box with all of the events
3. Click on each exception events and move it
4. Save
Scenario 2:
I have Scouts every Wednesday night. I want access to the same room every night to have scouts in. The desired room/resource is books already for 3 of the 26 nights during the next year.
How I Do It Now:
1. I attempt to book a reoccurring event for all Wednesday nights for the entire year
2. I get an exception return stating their are conflicts
3. I am ok moving to a different room on those nights
Here is where it gets hairy; I have 2 options
4a. I say forget it and I book the event with no room for the entire year and say I will figure it out when I get their (then when I show up and I can't find a room I do scouts in the parking lot since no one can book that)
OR
4b. I do what I am suppose to and I some how figure out what nights have issues and book 4 reoccurring events starting and stopping at each of the exceptions. The only issue is now scouts show up as a 4 reoccurring events which i can not manage as a single reoccurring activity
How I Want To Do It:
1. I attempt to book a reoccurring event for all Wednesday nights for the entire year
2. I get an exception return stating their are conflicts
3. I am ok moving to a different room on those nights
4. I get the same pop up list box recommended in scenario 1 with all of the events and an indicator of the events with exceptions. I have option to change the event resource, time, or date.
5. I save the reoccurring events with the necessary adjusted exceptions. (I can now manage scouts as a reoccurring event with exceptions)
I am now a happy user because I can manage the exceptions instead of being managed by the exceptions.