Here's an update on my question to the database forum, based on Michele's great idea about generating a running total option for reporting data in ATP's plant database:
A member named Monica (ID: krancmm) replied with a similar request she made through the tomato database:
"krancmm said:could there be a section under the above specialized fields for Personal Experience rating, rather like a poll, also checkboxes, with a table/spreadsheet look?
Dave's Response: I love the idea and I think it's probably going to have to become my latest "Biggest item on my wishlist" but for now the database has zero support for something like that. Databox fields are programmed to be fixed to a single value. We can't currently have it where multiple users can select different values of the same item and have those differing values all appear. It's an "either or" kind of thing. Person "A" says something and if Person B wants to change it, it gets changed.
But having this feature would be an incredibly useful addition to the database. It's going to go on my wishlist.
This concept could be used in innumerable ways."
So, for now, I guess its a start to input resistant/susceptible results from external surveys and reports, using the notes section if one wants to record an experience, and looking to the future with anticipation for Dave's new-wish feature.
