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| | | Author: | gunga  | | Posted: | Mar 13, 2022 14:51 | | Subject: | Parts without homes | | Viewed: | 185 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| One of things I like to do from time to time is to assign those decorated parts
that have been added to the catalog but not added as counterparts to their appropriate
set.
For example:
It was added Dec 8,2021 but it is currently not listed in 75308's inventory.
So an Inventory Change request would need to be made to list it as a counterpart
(I have since submitted the request). Now this is the easiest example as that
is the ONLY stickered piece in the set. Some sets have dozens that need to be
added. I have submitted requests for such sets only to find out someone else
had beaten me to it. Incredibly frustrating as the time I used, which can be
significant, turned out to be wasted. And you don't find out until the very
last step - at submission. And it doesn't flag all the pieces - only the
first one it finds in the list that had been already submitted. So you can have
20+ parts and it turns out only 1 or 2 haven't been submitted. Good luck
finding out which ones quickly.
What I would suggest is something similar to when someone has reserved a set
to inventory. You immediately know if a set has been reserved as it states on
its catalog page under 'Item Consists Of', 'Inventory in Progress'
or something similar. So is there a way to tag or reserve those parts that have
been submitted waiting for approval to their appropriate sets so that when you
go to its catalog page you can see a message like 'Pending Approval'
under 'Item Appears In'?
I know adding stickered counterparts is way down on the list for catalog priorities
so adding such a feature could save lots of duplicate work/time from submitters.
Especially since there is an apparent backlog of stickered counterparts waiting
to be approved.
Of course, if such a thing already exists, could someone point it out to me?
Bill
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| | | | | Author: | Hexy | | Posted: | Mar 13, 2022 19:01 | | Subject: | Re: Parts without homes | | Viewed: | 58 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| | | What I would suggest is something similar to when someone has reserved a set
to inventory. You immediately know if a set has been reserved as it states on
its catalog page under 'Item Consists Of', 'Inventory in Progress'
or something similar. So is there a way to tag or reserve those parts that have
been submitted waiting for approval to their appropriate sets so that when you
go to its catalog page you can see a message like 'Pending Approval'
under 'Item Appears In'?
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+1. Although it has never happened to me, I've always imagined adding stickered
counterparts for a set, but then finding all my hard work with naming, measuring,
photographing etc. has gone to waste and could have been spent elsewhere.
If this was implemented, it would also make the admin's jobs easier to approve
stickered counterparts, as they would know what set they come from (assuming
you have reserved it)
- Theo
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| | | | | Author: | paulvdb | | Posted: | Mar 14, 2022 00:22 | | Subject: | Re: Parts without homes | | Viewed: | 53 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, gunga writes:
| | One of things I like to do from time to time is to assign those decorated parts
that have been added to the catalog but not added as counterparts to their appropriate
set.
For example:
It was added Dec 8,2021 but it is currently not listed in 75308's inventory.
So an Inventory Change request would need to be made to list it as a counterpart
(I have since submitted the request). Now this is the easiest example as that
is the ONLY stickered piece in the set. Some sets have dozens that need to be
added. I have submitted requests for such sets only to find out someone else
had beaten me to it. Incredibly frustrating as the time I used, which can be
significant, turned out to be wasted. And you don't find out until the very
last step - at submission. And it doesn't flag all the pieces - only the
first one it finds in the list that had been already submitted. So you can have
20+ parts and it turns out only 1 or 2 haven't been submitted. Good luck
finding out which ones quickly.
What I would suggest is something similar to when someone has reserved a set
to inventory. You immediately know if a set has been reserved as it states on
its catalog page under 'Item Consists Of', 'Inventory in Progress'
or something similar. So is there a way to tag or reserve those parts that have
been submitted waiting for approval to their appropriate sets so that when you
go to its catalog page you can see a message like 'Pending Approval'
under 'Item Appears In'?
I know adding stickered counterparts is way down on the list for catalog priorities
so adding such a feature could save lots of duplicate work/time from submitters.
Especially since there is an apparent backlog of stickered counterparts waiting
to be approved.
Of course, if such a thing already exists, could someone point it out to me?
Bill
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You can find this through the pending approval page. https://www.bricklink.com/catalogInvChangeItem.asp?viewStatus=0&itemType=S
Put the set number in the search box at the top of tha page (without the -1 suffix
or else it won't work). This will show all pending change requests for a
specific set.
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| | | | | | | Author: | gunga | | Posted: | Mar 14, 2022 09:04 | | Subject: | Re: Parts without homes | | Viewed: | 38 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| | Many thanks, Paul! |
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| | | | | Author: | jennnifer | | Posted: | Mar 14, 2022 09:09 | | Subject: | Re: Parts without homes | | Viewed: | 41 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, gunga writes:
Incredibly frustrating as the time I used, which can be
| | significant, turned out to be wasted. And you don't find out until the very
last step - at submission. And it doesn't flag all the pieces - only the
first one it finds in the list that had been already submitted. So you can have
20+ parts and it turns out only 1 or 2 haven't been submitted. Good luck
finding out which ones quickly.
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Maybe I am misunderstanding you, but when you submit a part with a number already
in use, you get a ready banner saying that item is pending. It does NOT mean
that the exact item you are submitting is pending, only that the number is already
in use. All you have to do is increase the sequential number until your submission
goes through.
Jen
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| | | | | | | Author: | paulvdb | | Posted: | Mar 14, 2022 09:13 | | Subject: | Re: Parts without homes | | Viewed: | 43 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, jennnifer writes:
| | In Suggestions, gunga writes:
Incredibly frustrating as the time I used, which can be
| | significant, turned out to be wasted. And you don't find out until the very
last step - at submission. And it doesn't flag all the pieces - only the
first one it finds in the list that had been already submitted. So you can have
20+ parts and it turns out only 1 or 2 haven't been submitted. Good luck
finding out which ones quickly.
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Maybe I am misunderstanding you, but when you submit a part with a number already
in use, you get a ready banner saying that item is pending. It does NOT mean
that the exact item you are submitting is pending, only that the number is already
in use. All you have to do is increase the sequential number until your submission
goes through.
Jen
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The post was not about adding new stickered counterparts to the catalog. It was
about stickered counterparts that are already in the catalog but have not yet
been added to inventories. Either because the change request is still pending
or because one had not yet been submitted.
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | jennnifer | | Posted: | Mar 14, 2022 09:36 | | Subject: | Re: Parts without homes | | Viewed: | 50 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, paulvdb writes:
| | In Suggestions, jennnifer writes:
| | In Suggestions, gunga writes:
Incredibly frustrating as the time I used, which can be
| | significant, turned out to be wasted. And you don't find out until the very
last step - at submission. And it doesn't flag all the pieces - only the
first one it finds in the list that had been already submitted. So you can have
20+ parts and it turns out only 1 or 2 haven't been submitted. Good luck
finding out which ones quickly.
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Maybe I am misunderstanding you, but when you submit a part with a number already
in use, you get a ready banner saying that item is pending. It does NOT mean
that the exact item you are submitting is pending, only that the number is already
in use. All you have to do is increase the sequential number until your submission
goes through.
Jen
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The post was not about adding new stickered counterparts to the catalog. It was
about stickered counterparts that are already in the catalog but have not yet
been added to inventories. Either because the change request is still pending
or because one had not yet been submitted.
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Hmmm.. I guess I have always just compared the list of stickers already listed
in the set inventory with the ones that appear on a search. Annoying, yes, but
much less difficult then resubmitting all the parts just to see if they are there.
Jen
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| | | | | | | Author: | gunga | | Posted: | Mar 14, 2022 17:06 | | Subject: | Re: Parts without homes | | Viewed: | 36 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| Hi Jen,
My question/issue is how to tell if a stickered part had been submitted to be
added to the set inventory as a counterpart - not as a new entry in the catalog.
Every few months I go through those parts that people have added but then neglected
to add those parts to their respective sets. Basically get them out of no mans
land.
So, in the past I added a whole bunch to one of the mobile technic cranes, must've
been about 2 dozen. All were not in the counterpart section of the set. But
someone had beat me to it but there was no way to tell that until I hit submit.
And unfortunately it doesn't flag every part that has already been submitted.
It's one at a time. So you have to delete it, resubmit. Then repeat for
all submitted parts. I think I spent over an hour on that one set - if I recall
it had identical stickers on different parts so I had to go through the instructions
page by page trying to find the correct quantity of each stickered part. It
was tedious but eventually all for naught.
The link Paul supplied will definitely help in the future.
Bill
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | jennnifer | | Posted: | Mar 14, 2022 17:48 | | Subject: | Re: Parts without homes | | Viewed: | 42 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, gunga writes:
| | Hi Jen,
My question/issue is how to tell if a stickered part had been submitted to be
added to the set inventory as a counterpart - not as a new entry in the catalog.
Every few months I go through those parts that people have added but then neglected
to add those parts to their respective sets. Basically get them out of no mans
land.
So, in the past I added a whole bunch to one of the mobile technic cranes, must've
been about 2 dozen. All were not in the counterpart section of the set. But
someone had beat me to it but there was no way to tell that until I hit submit.
And unfortunately it doesn't flag every part that has already been submitted.
It's one at a time. So you have to delete it, resubmit. Then repeat for
all submitted parts. I think I spent over an hour on that one set - if I recall
it had identical stickers on different parts so I had to go through the instructions
page by page trying to find the correct quantity of each stickered part. It
was tedious but eventually all for naught.
The link Paul supplied will definitely help in the future.
Bill
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Ah, makes sense. It's really nice of you to do that. I've also added
orphaned parts occasionally if they have been laying around for a month or two.
'Fill in missing information' is a good place to waste an hour or two
if anyone is bored. 
I spend so much time on the Approval Pending Overview that I take it for granted.
I don't do much of any catalog work without checking there first. I wish
they would fix the navigation tools there. It's a mess.
Jen
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