Associated Persons visible on Diagram

Kirsten · Post by **Kirsten** » Thu May 26, 2011 6:54 pm

Re. Context Diagram.

I have learned (for sharing/printing purposes) how to get rid of
1) the ghost outlines (father, mother, child, spouse etc)
2) the little picture above the focal person and
3) the stippled, red lines connecting people.

How about:?
One last "clutter" (as in clutter for sharing/printing purposes and otherwise very useful as I work with a project):
The associated person boxes, which hover above the focal person.

Can I for sharing/printing purposes temporarily (and easily) remove associated person(s) box(es)?

NigelRichman · Post by **NigelRichman** » Thu May 26, 2011 8:22 pm

Hi Kirsten,

Not that I have found. It is not in preferences for the Context diagram.

Anyone found a way to locate any associated persons in the database when you cannot remember their name or who they might be associated with?

Nigel

Kirsten · Post by **Kirsten** » Sat May 28, 2011 7:30 pm

Hi Nigel,

Re. Associated person box hovering above focal person:
Thanks for your response. Maybe someone else has an idea...

I know I could do it this way:
After carefully making note of associated person's name etc, disassociate him/her (but do not delete the person!).
Then after printing/sharing of context diagram, reassociete and voila!
Except it doesn't seem so elegant a way...

Re. finding associated person:
If I understand you correctly, you are looking for a list of associated persons. Is that right?
(Not that I know how to get that, mind you!)
Maybe someone else has an idea. (My new theme...)

Kirsten

Post by **Warwick Wilson** » Sun May 29, 2011 11:37 pm

Command Z will undo a deleted association. I will need to add associated people to the "Disconnect Person.." Option on the right click menu, and may add a diagram option to not show the assoc people. Thanks for pointing this out.

Kirsten · Post by **Kirsten** » Thu Jun 02, 2011 2:44 am

Hi Warwick,

I tried your little Command Z operation.
To my amazement, it worked!

To my greater amazement it worked even when (after deletion of the association) I went through the print diagram action and then back to the context diagram (with its missing association(s) to apply Command Z.

To my very greatest amazement it even worked when there were three deleted associations!

That is actually very impressive and works well once you know about it.
Having a diagram option under preferences to not show associated people and otherwise leave them fully intact might be for me more of an intuitive method than the Command Z - which I always associate with undoing whatever is the very last action performed.

But, certainly, now that I know about this use of Command Z, I can use it to great advantage. Thank you for pointing it out!

Post by **Warwick Wilson** » Thu Jul 07, 2011 1:04 am

Warwick wrote:I will need to add associated people to the "Disconnect Person.."

Released in V2.526 onwards.