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Dashlet - Page Through Contacts
April 01, 2013, 01:53:17 pm
I'd love to see a dashlet added that allows one to page through all the contacts in the CiviCRM database. I know to some this may seem *silly* b/c it isn't practical:
"You shouldn't be browsing your contacts, you should be searching for them - getting back only the results you want."
Yes, yes, very true. But people *feel* a lot more comfortable with an interface that shows them some "records" right up front, than with having to figure out how to search and so on....and for small organizations it may be entirely practical to page through all the records.
Just a thought...
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Re: Dashlet - Page Through Contacts
April 01, 2013, 03:14:42 pm
You could implement this fairly easily using a datatable.
Although most likely the next suggestion will be to add some filters so you can narrow down the list. Before you know it you've got a search interface.
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Re: Dashlet - Page Through Contacts
April 02, 2013, 12:58:20 am
I think you should be able to achieve that by using the standard Constituant report template and enabling the resulting report for the dashlet?
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Re: Dashlet - Page Through Contacts
April 16, 2013, 04:50:50 am
/civicrm/contact/search?force=1&reset=1 does list all the contacts. I would simply put this as the home page or at least put this link very visibly in the menu or your home page

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