Bryan and I were going over options to expand the flex grid. We currently have 15 custom fields. We have a client that wants us to double that and go to 30 custom fields. We talked about it and came up with 3 possible options. They are:

1. Expand the current flex grid to allow for a total of 30 custom fields. We also talked about possible JSON (object level) storage within the flex grid tie-ins.

2. We build it out similar to sub inventory attributes and parent attributes - with custom columns, data types, and make it unlimited. This is kinda along the line of real in-line database extensions. This would be super cool, but caries a higher price tag. The benefits are real data types (numeric, dates, text, toggle/boolean values, etc.) and also fully unlimited.

3. The other option is a custom black box database table to help them specifically get what they want and what they need. This one takes a little bit more consulting and time with the client, but may end up being the best solution.

We took some time and put some light price tags on each solution. We also talked about how each one would be rolled out. Bryan is going to check with the rep and client and see which one they would like to do. Once we know, we'll circle back around and do more planning.

The last item of the session was looking at the sub inventory sales and invoice report. We had a request to help with a timeout error that was occurring. We looked at the page and upped the timeout option. Really, that page needs some loving to really make it hum and run super fast. That will have to be another day.