When using Generic Sources, splitters can use the Sources tab of the Records Window to compare the detailed fields of related sources, and either the List all Citations for a Selected Source plugin or View > Citations to Source Record... menu option for tabulating lumped citations.
FH7 introduced Templated Sources, but with no corresponding options to display tabulated data, and no easy “out of the box” method for typical users to create them. Tabulating data from split Templated Sources requires a dedicated Query for each Source Template and having to create fairly complex Data References manually. This is described in the FH help as an advanced topic only of interest to technically-minded users. Tabulating data from lumped citations to Templated Sources is impossible without writing a new plugin, as the old List all Citations for a Selected Source plugin has not been updated for a long time and does not support Templated Source data fields.
Proposal:
FH provides a simple “point and click” option for displaying detailed data fields for either
- All sources linked to a selected template.
- All citations to a selected source.
The tabulated data should contain existing generic source fields, plus each data field in a separate column, titled with the field name, and fully sortable either alphabetically or chronologically, as appropriate (similar to the Records Window).
I have a plugin for my own use that does much of this, and the screenshots show examples of the output to illustrate the request. I have hidden some unused columns simply to reduce the image width.
Unusually, I do not intend developing the plugin for general release. There are limitations to what a plugin can do, and I believe strongly that this should be built into the core app and available to all without relying on users to plug the gaps. Precedent suggests this is significantly less likely to happen if a part-solution plugin is available.