Transaction Note Update

[Malakai]

Many alliances rely on bots or spreadsheets to monitor and track their banking info. The bane of their existence is a lack of consistency. I'd like to suggest that the following changes be implemented as soon as possible. It will not effect the game in a grand scale, but it will enable ALL alliances to effect as much automated tracking as their leadership or skill allows.

Short Term:
Make the transaction note box a required element for both deposits and withdrawals.

Long Term:
Transition this box to a drop down menu, populated by a list of accepted transaction codes or references, defined by the alliance leadership via a text box under the alliance settings. After reviewing some of the most common notes and activities, I suggest the list be limited to 15 unique identifiers. 

Edited February 2, 2021 by Malakai

[Talus]

Let this be an opt-in feature at the alliance level.

[ ] Do not require transaction notes
[ ] Require transaction notes
[X] Require one of the following standard transaction notes
    [_________________] (default)
    [_________________]
               ...
    [_________________]

[Adrienne]

I'd also not make it required in case of an emergency drop but I like the idea in general.

[Malakai]

18 hours ago, Adrienne said:

I'd also not make it required in case of an emergency drop but I like the idea in general.

What if the default item in the text box were "emergency drop" or something like that which auto-filled with each deposit transaction?

[Talus]

33 minutes ago, Malakai said:

What if the default item in the text box were "emergency drop" or something like that which auto-filled with each deposit transaction?

I don’t know why you’d want to set that up as your default, but sure... that’d work too. It’s up to each alliance to set up the order of notes.

[Malakai]

I'd like to revisit this. As the API is being more widely used, I think it might be a great idea to give alliances better control over notations to help process transactions. I think if we allowed a text box with a maximum of 15 lines (one per line maxed at 20 characters) would give alliances enough flexibility to allow banking to be streamlined and tracked more simply.