* In a shipping list but not a migration.

[AndyC]

How do people record, if at all, when an individual appears on a ship's passenger list, but it for work or holiday, not a migration?

[AdrianBruce]

I have created Custom Events for Arrival and Departure - I have to use both because there's no second place-name for Custom Events. Then I use the Notes for the event in question to explain why they were arriving or departing.

[AndyC]

Wow, thanks for an incredibly quick reply.

[tatewise]

Those Custom Events already exist in FH in the Extended Set fact set.
See glossary:work_with_fact_sets#custom_facts_from_other_products|> Custom Facts from other Products.
In addition to Arrival and Departure there is also Origin and Destination plus many other facts.

[BillH]

Those appear to be attributes rather than events. Is there any way to change an attribute to an event?

Bill

Edit: Never mind... I figured I couldn't change anything in the extended set so I just went ahead and defined my own events in the custom set.

[tatewise]

The advantage of them being Attributes is there is an extra Value parameter that can be used to hold a 2nd Place name, the Ship name, etc, that is represented by the {value} code in Sentence Templates.
No, you cannot change an Attribute fact definition into an Event, or vice versa.
I don't get too concerned about subtle differences between Events & Attributes and treat them both the same.

[BillH]

It isn't a big deal or anything, but I prefer to use an event for things that are really events like this. I don't need the extra value field as I put the 2nd place, the ship (or whatever transportation is used), other people traveling in the group, etc. into the notes as labeled notes.

Bill