backdating of items?

[Learning_Discovery]

Is there a way to setup the assignment of Item B to reflect the backdating/original date of item A, without having to go in manually and update records for all of those users? 

[PL1 · Accepted solution]

@Learning_Discovery, as I understood the situation, I don't think that's possible. It'd be necessary to use the "Edit Required Dates" feature to adjust the assignment date.

[Learning_Discovery · Accepted solution]

Yes, this is what we have figured out. For any matching required dates, we can use the "bulk" update feature.
But for everyone else where the dates are spread out - it's just a matter of manually adjusting the required dates for each user.

We were hoping there would be a setup instruction/logic we could apply as there are about 40 users across 19 items. 
But it it's only 1 time - I guess we'll just have to get through it. 

Thanks for the reply! 

[FramSAP]

This may not be exactly what you want but we include both Item A and Item B in the curriculum assigning per the AP.  Item A is the initial course.  Item B is the retraining or requal of the item.  We setup Item B to have a pre-requisite of Item A.  We also setup that once Item A has a completion date, the same completion date is applied to Item B which kicks off the retraining of Item B.

Ex: Item A (Initial course) is a one-time training.  Item A is completed on 1/1/2025 and credit is also populated for Item B.  Item B has a 1 year re-training so on 12/31/2026, Item B is scheduled with an expiration date of 12/31/2026.   

[Learning_Discovery]

Thanks for taking the time to comment, I appreciate you!

Yes, this works as a setup from now and moving into the future. We've tried this and it works fine.

But the issue arises as in my post: we were trying to figure out a way to automate the back dating process for Item A and have that cascade forward for Item B as well. Which unfortunately just isn't possible. So we've manipulated each user and their completions manually. Was a bit of a pain - but ultimately got us to the place we need to be.