Admin - Add, Edit, Hide Options for Alternative / Specialised Placement Field

This process walks you through how to add, change or remove options to the Alternative / Specialised Placement drop down field on the Animal Details page.

Users will need access to the Administration menu to perform these tasks.

1. Click on the Administration link in the orange Left Hand menu
2. Locate and click on the option Edit Drop Down Lists
3. In the top part of the resulting menu, look for the option Alternative / Specialised Placement and click the Edit link beside it. The resulting page offers a rapid entry screen.  
4. Type the option you wish to Add into the text box. Simply hit the Enter key to add it to the list.
5. To Edit an option, hover your mouse over the required option until a little icon in the shape of a pencil appears on the left. Click on the pencil icon.
1. The option will appear in a text box. Click in the text box to put your cursor in there and make whatever changes are required.
2. To Save your changes, click on the green tick icon on the right hand side.
3. To Disregard your changes, click on the red cross icon on the right hand side.
4. Note: if you edit an existing item, these changes will retroactively apply to any files that already have this item selected
6. To make an option Inactive so it does not show in the drop down and cannot be selected:
1. hover your mouse over the required option and click on the pencil icon
2. click on the box in the column marked Show to remove the tick mark
3. Click on the green tick icon to save your changes.
4. This option will now display only on files that had it added historically, it will not show in the drop down box and cannot be applied moving forward unless reactivated. 
7. To Reactivate a hidden option:
1. Hover your mouse over the required option and click on the pencil icon
2. Click on the box in the column marked Show so the tick mark is visible again.
3. Click on the green tick icon to save your changes.

Note: Options cannot be deleted from this list, only edited or made inactive.

This field is reportable via 198 Outgoing Detail List and on 226 In Care Inventory (Reports > Shelter Reports)