[Vtigercrm-developers] "special" Listview filter.

[Alan Lord]

I'm trawling for some ideas...	

In GeoTools, now I've added a counter to show how many 
{Contacts,Leads,Organisations etc.} records have been Geocoded against 
the total available, it should be obvious now that there should be a way 
to view all those records that *aren't* Geocoded so you can work out why...

Originally I was going to add a simple bool field to the module (via 
VTLIB) when the admin enabled a module for Geocoding. This would then be 
a simple exercise for the admi to create their own filter based on the 
value of that field.

However, I have a nagging reticence about adding fields to a user's 
system where I might not have to.

It's a very simple SQL query to retrieve all the not-deleted $module$ 
records that do not have a corresponding crmid in the _geotools table.

But the question is, how can I "present" that as a normal filter? I 
don't think I can...

I "could" make a customised ListView layout and provide access via the 
GeoTools settings area, but I suspect any business larger than a handful 
of users will not want the admin to spend days going through hundreds of 
records tidying up addresses; it's definately a non-admin task.

So, has anyone got any suggestions as to how this could be done? So far 
GeoTools hasn't required *any* core hacks. I want to keep it that way.

PS: Anyone with better knowledge of VT6, will this be easier/harder to 
do in a module for VT6. If it will be much easier then I may just wait 
and work on migrating GeoTools to VT6 as it is...


Cheers

Al