Facts tab not correctly displaying exclamation mark
Posted: 16 Aug 2015 16:43
If a date of birth has been recorded for an individual and another dated fact is recorded (without an age) FH displays a calculated age in the Facts tab, which if less that 12 months is just 0. If an age is recorded against the fact but it is not consistent with the birth date FH displays an exclamation mark against the recorded age. So far so good.
Unfortunately when the actual age is less than 12 months FH only seems to use 0 as a basis for comparison if a precise age is entered against the fact. For example if the birth date is 2 August 1870 and the census date is 2 April 1871 the age at census is actually 8 months but the calculated age is displayed by FH as 0 (not really a problem). If an age of 1 year is entered for the census FH correctly displays the exclamation mark, but if an age of 2 months is entered for the census, FH does not detect that this is wrong and it does not display the exclamation mark. This means it is not immediately obvious that the census fact might not belong to this individual.
I often rely on the exclamation marks to spot potential errors so this is a bit annoying. I will report this to Calico Pie.
Unfortunately when the actual age is less than 12 months FH only seems to use 0 as a basis for comparison if a precise age is entered against the fact. For example if the birth date is 2 August 1870 and the census date is 2 April 1871 the age at census is actually 8 months but the calculated age is displayed by FH as 0 (not really a problem). If an age of 1 year is entered for the census FH correctly displays the exclamation mark, but if an age of 2 months is entered for the census, FH does not detect that this is wrong and it does not display the exclamation mark. This means it is not immediately obvious that the census fact might not belong to this individual.
I often rely on the exclamation marks to spot potential errors so this is a bit annoying. I will report this to Calico Pie.