Hi @kernow24 and welcome to ECF and HotRod's juice Calculator thread!
You offer some interesting observations that I don't recall being mentioned in the previous 158 pages (getting tougher to do every day). A "snapshot" history of recipes made could have its uses; if for nothing else, purging unused recipes, let alone frequency of repetitive mixes (to plan future purchases).
Tracking finished mixes goes beyond the scope of any calculator that I have seen (to date anyway) and I don't know how realistic that would be. As that would require constant manual updating, and I don't see most being willing, or interested enough, to make the effort to consistently, and accurately, keep it up to date. I do personally attach a fresh "note" in the individual recipe file's Notes section each time I mix it but I don't know of any way to compile, or view, multiple recipe notes at one time.
I suppose, depending on the label stock you use, you could either savage old labels from empty bottles, or print duplicate labels at the time of mix, and create a "log" of mixes made.
As for exporting: you can always export individual recipes (as opposed to the entire database) at any time. You can find this under Tools>Export to Excel> and the either Using Excel (or) Using Open XML>Current recipe (vs. All recipes). Then, based on you external spreadsheet's layout, you can add additional fields to track dates, number of times mixed, and even frequency.
As for batch numbers: using the File>Print Labels Advanced...>Manage Labels>Literal, you can choose any one of 5 separate lines and print whatever info you want.
Also, just as an FYI (because I know you are a new member to ECF, and I don't know how much of this thread you have read or previously followed), I will mention that @HotRod19579 (our Benefactor, and creator/programmer of Juice Calculator, and host of this thread) had hand surgery at the beginning of the year and has been on sabbatical since then. So, all answers, including mine, are from fellow users such as yourself. We are doing our best to answer questions, and keep this thread alive, but we do not have access (and in my case; the knowledge
) to make programming changes. So please, by all means, participate in this thread, but you may want to keep a running list of questions, suggestions, and requests, that the rest of us are unable to fulfill, for when HotRod returns.
Again, I am glad you have chosen to become part of the ECF community, and I look forward to seeing you in the threads.
You offer some interesting observations that I don't recall being mentioned in the previous 158 pages (getting tougher to do every day). A "snapshot" history of recipes made could have its uses; if for nothing else, purging unused recipes, let alone frequency of repetitive mixes (to plan future purchases).
Tracking finished mixes goes beyond the scope of any calculator that I have seen (to date anyway) and I don't know how realistic that would be. As that would require constant manual updating, and I don't see most being willing, or interested enough, to make the effort to consistently, and accurately, keep it up to date. I do personally attach a fresh "note" in the individual recipe file's Notes section each time I mix it but I don't know of any way to compile, or view, multiple recipe notes at one time.
I suppose, depending on the label stock you use, you could either savage old labels from empty bottles, or print duplicate labels at the time of mix, and create a "log" of mixes made.
As for exporting: you can always export individual recipes (as opposed to the entire database) at any time. You can find this under Tools>Export to Excel> and the either Using Excel (or) Using Open XML>Current recipe (vs. All recipes). Then, based on you external spreadsheet's layout, you can add additional fields to track dates, number of times mixed, and even frequency.
As for batch numbers: using the File>Print Labels Advanced...>Manage Labels>Literal, you can choose any one of 5 separate lines and print whatever info you want.
Also, just as an FYI (because I know you are a new member to ECF, and I don't know how much of this thread you have read or previously followed), I will mention that @HotRod19579 (our Benefactor, and creator/programmer of Juice Calculator, and host of this thread) had hand surgery at the beginning of the year and has been on sabbatical since then. So, all answers, including mine, are from fellow users such as yourself. We are doing our best to answer questions, and keep this thread alive, but we do not have access (and in my case; the knowledge
) to make programming changes. So please, by all means, participate in this thread, but you may want to keep a running list of questions, suggestions, and requests, that the rest of us are unable to fulfill, for when HotRod returns.Again, I am glad you have chosen to become part of the ECF community, and I look forward to seeing you in the threads.
