It would be great if deleted contacts just was put in a trash bin for a time before they disapear totaly. This would make it possible to re-activate a contact that was deleted by misstake. The time a deleted contact stays in the trash bin should be customizable.
Lennart Johansson
Zoft 80 AB
Sweden
actsupport.zoft80.com
Great idea!
Regards,
Mike Lazarus
ACT! Evangelist
GL Computing, Australia
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Or before we deleting the contacts it should prompt for a back up to take!!!
one thing i have noticed when we delete a contact from the contact list it gives message that "deleting contacts cant be undone"
instead of that it should prompt a warning with number the contacts we deleting.
i have noticed in a hurry people deleting current look up instead of current contact button!!!
it was a great idea if there is a re-cycle bin the act db so we can restore the contacts we delete by accident
Regards,
Janard
Lennart, I like it! Perhaps it should only be available to the person who deleted the contact, own the contact (Record Manager), and Manager / Admin roles.
Great idea!
Len
In reply to Janard,
I just checked in my copy of ACT! 2010 and when I went to delete the current lookup, it said:
"Are you sure you want to delete:
the 39 contacts in this lookup?
Note: This action CANNOT be undone"
In some way it would be great to see who it was that deleted the record. In a large network it has to be possible for me to find which records that I have deleted without having to go over all records in the trash bin.
Maybe it should only be the administrator that can empty the trash bin. Lets say that a user is quitting his job and deletes all his contacts instead of handing them over to a collegue. That could be very devastating for the company, but if all contacts can be re-activated by the administrator, then it has not caused that much problem.
Lennart Johansson
Zoft 80 AB
Sweden
actsupport.zoft80.com
Genius, and so simple! Please do this.
As an ACT consultant, so many of my clients contact's simply "go missing" (with a record of who deleted it, strangely enough) But this happens ALL THE TIME!
I love the idea, should be so simple to put a boolean in the SQL tables to "pre-delete" it. Other databases do this already.
Yes - stellar/fantastic idea. I wonder if deleted fields or contacts could be "synched" into a recycle database which could be emptied, or selectively returned.
"This action cannot be undone" message is so anoying it is like the developers are suggesting that that an undo function is physcially impossible to implement when 90% of programs I use have an undo button. It is definately needed. Come on Sage it is about time you did it. Yes I know it is complicated because you a lot of data in a number of different tables but it is not impossible.
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