How do I...? and other questions

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Post here if you have any questions about using the site that are not covered in the 'how to' guide.

Choosing when records get uploaded to an activity

Submitted by Billy Dykes on

I joined an 'activity' for recording a specific taxonomic group and I assumed that I would be able to choose when a record that I entered to appear in the group activity. However, it looks like every record I upload to iRecord now appears in this activity group and there doesn't appear to be any way to select when a record goes into the group. Can anyone help?

De-selecting an activity

Submitted by Peter Smith on

When I enter a record through the website, is it possible to specify that it should not be linked to my default Activity? (In this case, the location of the record is outside the vice-county that the Activity relates to.)  

Alternatively, is it possible to suspend that Activity temporarily while I enter the record, without removing myself from it completely?  I believe you can do that on the app.   

Moth that isn’t showing under the database

Submitted by Jodee Lavocah on

Hi. New to this so please be patient with me. I had a Privet Hawk Moth yesterday in my garden. It was huge so I knew it wasn’t your average moth. Having googled it I can see it’s definitely a Privet Hawk Moth but I cannot upload it to my records because it’s not listed. I tried uploading it under the Hummingbird Hawk Moth but it got rejected. Obviously I know it isn’t a Hummingbird Hawk Moth and I did explain this in my comments but it got rejected still. So to cut a long story short how do you upload a specific species that isn’t listed? Thank you

Data Entry not accepting a blank field as an indicator of subject presence.

Submitted by Robin Turner on

It's something I have always used, and is stated in the instructions, to indicate that you saw a species but did not get a total. This time trying to save produced an error.  I googled the issue where it said use the drop-down menu to say Present.  There's no drop-down menu!

Any ideas?

Thanks, Robin