Re: multiple "project-like" tags for transactions: 1.3? 2.0?

[Chris Travers <..hidden..>]

On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 10:59 AM, Luke <..hidden..> wrote:
> On Thu, 22 Apr 2010, brush wrote:
>
>> hi chris and others,
>>
>> you may remember from long ago a conversation about using LSMB with
>> non-profits.  one of our primary challenges is tracking grants: some
>> grants span multiple projects, or a single project is funded by multiple
>> grants, or both.  organizing expenses by project within and across
>> departments is very valuable, but we can't easily do both that and track
>> grants correctly.
>>
>> a solution, it seems, would be to allow multiple "project" tables (with
>> custom names, eg. "grants"?) and add them wherever project dropdowns
>> exist currently.
>
> You're talking about multiple project dropdowns, I think.

Or multiple selections on the dropdowns.

It's something we can consider for 2.0, I think.  However, I think it
would be better to have an addon specifically for grant accounting.

Best Wishes,
Chris Travers