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Richard Pyne wrote:
> That is correct, users that are tied to any financial transaction in the
> current or previous year cannot be deleted, only made inactive. You can't
> find them and delete them, it will happen automatically after they have
> not been used for at least a year (two year ends).
So THAT's what they were trying to tell me!
The dialog box says:
"The user 'Bishop' is referenced in one of the database records and
cannot be deleted. For now, 'Bishop' is flagged as inactive.
I've never seen a Bishop go "inactive" so fast - he was just released
Sunday :-)
"one of the database records" doesn't mean anything to me.
It would have been nice if the developers had used ACTUAL English words
to explain the problem.
The way I read that, it meant this USERNAME was REQUIRED, so I was
trying to attach the "new" office holder to this username.
I did use actual names for all the new ones I added, so I'll just remove
all the old ones using position names.
This does raise one interesting problem. All members of the old
bishopric WERE listed by name and have now been removed. What if one of
them gets called into the High Priests leadership (which is now vacant)
and needs to be put back in? MLS won't let me use that username again
(until the "inactive" time expires). I would HAVE to use a different
username. I guess there's always creative spelling or middle initial
options.
<rant>
I don't know how an auditor can get away with dinging you on this one.
There ARE no audit procedures for MLS even though CHQ has had 4 YEARS to
develop some. I'm the guy who set up all the units in my stake, and
there were NO guidelines for setting up usernames. MLS lets you enter
ANY username you like. I can use "Alfred E Neuman" for my username if I
want, because there is a second box to tie that name to my membership
record.
<end_rant>
Thanks for the explanation. Now I know that the "problem" really isn't
a problem.
Chuck Johnson
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