Talk:Extension Database Setup

Status: draft

Would be nice to be in sections but facets need to be considered.

People very often get confused by the "sections" terminology, as there are two entirely different "Sections" settings related to extension databases. It may be worth coming up with a new term to use here like "field groups", or something clearer.

It may be better to add two rows to the option details of a new drop-down field, as people are often confused by what to do with a single row until we point out the button to add more

It would be nice if new fields automatically incremented the display order by 10. Not a massive issue, just a minor pain point that could be smoothed over

Some way of copying an extension database within the same system has been requested a lot by users. It often comes up that they've spent time building an extension database linked to referrals/orgs and then later decide they want it on the other instead, but there is no way of doing this at the moment without fully remaking everything. Allowing the export/import options to import a database that already exists may be the simplest solution for this.

The limitation on not allowing users to import an extension database that already exists tends to cause quite a few issues like this, and in my opinion it should just be removed as users can always deactivate any duplicates this may allow them to create. -JC