Submitted by CoryW on 2011/02/19 20:58
This program seems to be very powerful and cudos to everyone that works on this software and the user community providing the support and suggestions.  I have been a long time Ecco user and need just a few additional capabilities that I cannot get with Ecco.  So I have been looking into Infoqube.  My problem is that I need sw that is fairly straight forward to setup and use.  I have the brains but not the time to figure things out.  I understand that this sw and the manual are a work in progress.  I haven't been able to figure out a very simple capability that is the key to what I do.  When I accomplish this,  then I can move forward to determining the additions I need above Ecco capability.
 
I want to have a "folder"  that I can record meeting minutes for a particular topic.  In the folder there will be many meetings all for the same topic. It is enough to organize the meetings using heiarchy of items.   I want the meeting folder to contain a column that has a dropdown list of employees that I can assign action items recorded during the meeting. I want each employee to have a folder that I can open to see a collection of all action items assigned to them.  As you can guess,  I would use the employee column in many different folders to assign action items.
 
Mainly I use Ecco to manage information,  If there are any canned database setups that work similiar to what I am looking for I would appreciate any direction you can give me.
 
 
Sorry for such a simple question,  
 
 

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[quote]I want to have a "folder" that I can record meeting minutes for a particular topic. In the folder there will be many meetings all for the same topic. It is enough to organize the meetings using heiarchy of items. I want the meeting folder to contain a column that has a dropdown list of employees that I can assign action items recorded during the meeting. I want each employee to have a folder that I can open to see a collection of all action items assigned to them. As you can guess, I would use the employee column in many different folders to assign action items. Mainly I use Ecco to manage information, If there are any canned database setups that work similiar to what I am looking for I would appreciate any direction you can give me. [/quote] This is perfectly possible. I actually created a DB just to do that. You might find it a bit complicated though. you can download it there : IQMinutes : a sample IQBase to organize meeting info, etc. See if that could fit the bill. Please start with the Welcome grid. Revisiting the whole thing and making modifications -- if those don't take too long ! -- is also quite possible. IQ is very flexible and that was only one way of doing things (I tried to mimic most of the features of "minutes taking" software). Note that regardless of the kind of InfoQube solution/configuration, you'll need to understand the basics to be able to feel at ease. While it might seem a bit like Ecco, it's not completely the same and the first sections of the manuals would certainly help. I was never an Ecco user, so I can't really give you any specific "transition" advices. ==== P.S. : IQ has evolved a bit since I created that DB, and you might find that none of the cells have word wrap turned on. Just right click on the headers and click on Word Wrap to turn it on.