Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Viewing All Building Inspection Notes

Yesterday I spoke with a former ZP 32 customer who is now using ZP SQL. She expressed concern about keeping track of all the inspection notes for a Building Permit now that each Inspection Detail has its own Notes field. In ZP 32 the inspection notes were added to the permit notes fields so there was one screen you could go to to see all of the inspection notes entered. In ZP SQL each Inspection Detail has its own notes which are each viewed independently. There was no one screen you could go to to see all the accumulated inspections notes at once. I solved this problem by adding a View All Notes button to the Inspection Details Screen. Clicking on this icon button brings up another screen which shows you all the inspection notes entered for the current permit. This new feature is available for download using the automated update feature.

Thursday, March 4, 2010

SQL Permit Mover Available

I just finished translating the Permit Mover tool in the Toolbox Module of ZP 32 for use in ZP SQL. To refresh, this tool allows you to easily move a permit that was entered under the wrong property record to a new property record. Without it, your only recourse is to delete the errant record and re-enter the permit under the correct property. With this tool you only have to supply the ID Code of the permit you wish to move and the Property ID of the new property you wish to move it to and it takes care of the rest. I'll have the updated Toolbox Module available for download soon.