Feature Request - My Finds PQ date incrementaly

[+Zop]

First, my apologies if this has been discussed or requested before. My search tool familiarity is .. lacking.

 

What I would like to be able to do is select a date range when generating my "My Finds" PQ.

 

The reasoning for this is multi-faceted.

 

As our numbers increase, so does the size of the PQ as well as the time required to transfer over a slow DSL connection. Being able to generate only the last week, month or year of finds may improve PQ generation and delivery.

 

Since many of us tend to use stat page macro's with GSAK or other third party tool to create our pages after making whatever desired changes, FTF checkbox, personal notes, corrections etc... It would be really cool to be able to simply generate a PQ with recent data rather than old data that could cause grief if not very carefully imported.

 

Thoughts?

[+StarBrand]

I wouldn't use it.

 

But I can see what your saying. Might be a good option to have for some.

[+Chrysalides]

First, my apologies if this has been discussed or requested before. My search tool familiarity is .. lacking.

 

What I would like to be able to do is select a date range when generating my "My Finds" PQ.

 

The reasoning for this is multi-faceted.

 

As our numbers increase, so does the size of the PQ as well as the time required to transfer over a slow DSL connection. Being able to generate only the last week, month or year of finds may improve PQ generation and delivery.

 

Since many of us tend to use stat page macro's with GSAK or other third party tool to create our pages after making whatever desired changes, FTF checkbox, personal notes, corrections etc... It would be really cool to be able to simply generate a PQ with recent data rather than old data that could cause grief if not very carefully imported.

 

Thoughts?

If you don't travel too widely within that period of time, you can kinda sorta write a "normal" PQ to do this. It won't pick up any geocaches archived since you found it though. And if your find count is very high, it might not work (due to more than 500 updated within last 7 days).

 

In the PQ form, click "that I have found", "Updated within the last 7 days" and within "California" (since I mostly cache there, and I can't choose United States as a country). You can also specify 100 miles from your home coordinates (or whatever the maximum distance is).

 

Having what you suggested would be nicer, I agree. Let's see what Groundspeak says.

Edited December 28, 2009 by Chrysalides

[+Zop]

 

If you don't travel too widely within that period of time, you can write a "normal" PQ to do this. It won't pick up any geocaches archived since you found it though.

 

In the PQ form, click "that I have found" within "California" (since I mostly cache there, and I can't choose United States as a country). You can also specify 100 miles from your home coordinates (or whatever the maximum distance is).

 

True however the "My Finds" PQ purges other logs making the data more specific as well as showing disabled, unpublished (retracted) and archived caches.

[+pppingme]

A workaround is to pull individual .gpx files as soon as you log a cache.

 

Unless you have a really busy day, this should only take a few minutes (that is unless the sites running really slow again or kicking errors).

[+Chrysalides]

A workaround is to pull individual .gpx files as soon as you log a cache.

 

Unless you have a really busy day, this should only take a few minutes (that is unless the sites running really slow again or kicking errors).

What irks me about this method is that it takes multiple clicks in Firefox per cache.

 

Go to "My Profile". Click on cache, click on GPX exchange file, click OK in Download dialog box, two clicks on GSAK, then click to select browser, and click back to go back to "My Profile" again. Gets a little tedious after 3 or 4.

[+Zop]

A workaround is to pull individual .gpx files as soon as you log a cache.

 

Unless you have a really busy day, this should only take a few minutes (that is unless the sites running really slow again or kicking errors).

 

That's a bit of a pain when you're logging some 60 or 70 caches per sitting. None the less though, this method still also reqires you to purge logs not your own.

 

I appreciate all the alternative suggestions but they do not acheive the desired goal. To be able to select a time period and reduce the size of the PQ being emailed to the requestor. The data exists, the queries exist, it's just a matter of adding filters to the query. (ok it may be more than that, I'm not a SQL Admin but I do know that streamlining the process can reduce load on the servers.)

[+Moose Mob]

You can setup a PQ that has the criteria "I found" and within certain dates, although it will still have the chance of missing a cache that has been archived since you found it as well as the 500 cache limit. I would still recommend an occasion full "My Finds" PQ to fill in the blanks.

 

Oopps: I see that Chrysalides made the same suggestion, I missed that post... sorry.

Edited December 28, 2009 by Moose Mob

[+Chrysalides]

That's a bit of a pain when you're logging some 60 or 70 caches per sitting. None the less though, this method still also reqires you to purge logs not your own.

 

I appreciate all the alternative suggestions but they do not acheive the desired goal. To be able to select a time period and reduce the size of the PQ being emailed to the requestor. The data exists, the queries exist, it's just a matter of adding filters to the query. (ok it may be more than that, I'm not a SQL Admin but I do know that streamlining the process can reduce load on the servers.)

60 - 70! Yeah, I wouldn't download that many individually.

 

Purging logs at least can be done automatically with a macro so that's not painful.

 

FWIW I think it'll be a great idea to have at least a "new logs since last My Finds" option (and this can be easily determined by the log ID - though edited logs won't be picked up). Now you need to get Groundspeak to think it's a good idea

[+fegan]

As our numbers increase, so does the size of the PQ as well as the time required to transfer over a slow DSL connection.

A slow DSL connection? Sounds like you need a new internet provider...problem solved.