Record Data with Different Dates within One Consultation
You may want to record data with different dates within one consultation without having to move the cursor back into the Date field each time and overwriting the existing data.
On the Consultation Setup screen, select the Data Entry tab (see Data Entry - Consultation Options Setup). In the Forms Default Date field, click on Specific and delete the date so that the field is completely blank. With this setting, the cursor will be in the blank Date field whenever a data entry is made.
Remember that you can use the abbreviated date format when entering dates:
- T Today's date
- D Days, eg type in -3D for a date three days ago.
- W Weeks, eg type in -1W for a date one week ago
- M Months, eg type -6M (six months ago)
- Y Years, eg -1Y (one year ago).
For future dates for recalls, or the EDD in maternity, you can just type in, eg 9M (none months' hence) without using +9M.
