Add "prompt at run-time" option to advanced lists

Add a "prompt at run-time" checkbox to advanced lists for a specific filter.  For example, we often pull our email or mailing lists by grade.  We have to create separate lists for each grade/grad year.  If we had an "ask at run-time" option, the user running the list could select the grade/grad year when prompted.  This way, we would only need one list.

  • Caroline Johnson
  • Sep 16 2015
K-12 Core / Basic/Advanced Lists & Classic Reports
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  • Guest commented
    September 22, 2015 15:14

    Reports already have this functionality (they have to since you can't edit any of the parameters). Would be a very nice feature for lists.

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  • Candace Chesler commented
    September 16, 2015 19:17

    I have always been an advocate of adjusting selection criteria instead of creating multiple reports.  Ask at Run Time would be fantastic!  Right now I have created some template lists and then shown others how to create their own copy and use the Filter Selections to adjust for those common elements.  

    As Caroline says - we either have to create multiple lists for all the possible views that might be requested - or let people make their own report.  The problem with the second method is data integrity.  If I adjust the template - I have to remember who has a copy of it and then teach them how to adjust their report.  I also have to help with troubleshooting when my colleagues try to add fields or change a filter and the list returns zero results - or too many results.  

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