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Categories Alloy Web
Created by Guest
Created on Oct 16, 2025

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Item Forms: Relative date time default value

This question seems to have been asked but usually regarding AQS, workflows etc... Can we have relative date time as option for default values in item form controls?

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  • Guest
    Oct 17, 2025

    Sure - this would apply to create and edit actions mainly, the view action might complicate things. It could be the same time offset mechanic as what we see in the AQS builder or in workflows.

    2 potential uses for this in our setup:

    1. Tracking creation time without using itemsMetaData - there are things like files and custom reports where we want to be able to track when an item was created, but have no interest in who created it or further updates to the item. We also don't want to add extra work for the system by implementing itemsMetadata and all its additional functions. Having a timeoffset of 0 minutes against a "Created Time" attribute would allow us to use AQS to interrogate items chronologically rather than trawling through item logs.

    2. tasks that don't need priorities - for example, we have footway hand salting jobs which should always be completed within 1 working day. There are no exceptions to this rule within this design. So, rather than relying on manual entry or a workflow to populate that target time, it could be facilitated within the item form

    Cheers,


    Aaron

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    Andrew Hardyman-Richards
    Oct 17, 2025

    Hi @Guest

    Thanks for raising this one with us. Are you able to give a bit more information on this idea? I just want to understand the requirements a bit more on this one.

    Thanks,

    Andy

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