Comments on: combining two views from different database in Lotus

By: ledlincoln

ledlincoln — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 19:43:25 +0000

FWIW, sometimes configuring one of those 3rd-party products is fraught with more difficulty than hiring a programmer to get the job done.

By: brooklynegg

brooklynegg — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 16:21:09 +0000

Dvnobles: Your answer would return copies of archived documents to production. I can't imagine this is the desired result. Letlincoln: This is another option, but requires that Lot have LS coding skills. Based on the "intro to Lotus Notes" question, I based my solution on the expected experience level, e.g something that can be configured, rather than what could be a major coding project, depending on the number of documents, etc. Lot: good luck with your work.

By: dvnobles

dvnobles — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:51:39 +0000

If I understand your question, you simply want to merge the documents from your production and archive database. If this is the case, go into the view in the archive database and copy the documents. Open up your production database into the same view and paste the documents. As long as the two databases have the same views, it should not be a problem.

By: ledlincoln

ledlincoln — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:14:44 +0000

Based on your description, I wouldn’t buy a third party application for the reporting you want. I would set up an agent that runs on the server – probably in a separate database – that reads only the data you need from the active and archive databases and creates appropriate documents in your reporting database. You can create various views that provide reports of the data gathered. The agent could run nightly, or more often if necessary. There are lots of ways to do this, but more specific info would be needed if you want a more specific answer.