Family IDs and Reports/Diagrams

AlanBurgess · Post by **AlanBurgess** » 09 Dec 2003 09:20

Is it possible to include Family IDs into reports like Ancestor Outline and Ancestor Diagrams? I would find it very useful to be able to cross-reference to the Family group sheet etc.

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david63 · Post by **david63** » 09 Dec 2003 09:45

Having just had a quick play it appears that you cannot get the ID into a diagram. What you can do is use the Custom ID.

Thinking about it you may not be wise using the auto generated ID as it is possible to renumber the records and then any cross referencing could be of little value.

YouTube · Post by **Jane** » 09 Dec 2003 09:59

On diagrams you can add custom IDs for Familys by adding another data reference such as
Spouse Family %FAM.REFN[1]%

I have tried to get the standard Id using =recordid(), but have been able to get the number displayed. I will try and take a longer look when I get some time.

YouTube · Post by **Jane** » 09 Dec 2003 10:01

Having seen that David and I cross posted just thought I would add -
You can use the
Work With Record Identifers in the Tools menus to create custom IDs from the standard ones if you want.

AlanBurgess · Post by **AlanBurgess** » 09 Dec 2003 10:05

Thank you for your time and efforts.[smile]

YouTube · Post by **Jane** » 09 Dec 2003 10:42

To use the 'internal' Family ID use

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Spouse Family =RecordId(%INDI.FAMS>%)

AlanBurgess · Post by **AlanBurgess** » 09 Dec 2003 11:08

Thank you very much - that does the trick! For diagrams that works very well. For the Ancestor Outline report, I can change the heading to include this info. Is there any way of adding this info to the 'record heading' or 'record detail'? Perhaps i'm asking too much
[wink]

YouTube · Post by **Jane** » 09 Dec 2003 11:13

I don't think the Ancestor outline will support it. You could use a query to do a similar job, its then easy to include what ever numbers and ID's you want.

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