"Does anyone know of a program for tracking collection?" Topic

Was about to make a quick data base to have painted and not models so when making a Force, I would know what I had ready.
But thought I should ask if one is made already.

Was going to have a pic of the unit, State of Item : Finished, Game Ready, Cleaned excess trim and mold lines, In Box, Need to Buy

Also where stored.

Might even add section, for Stats for game systems.

Nothing major, just something make throwing forces together.

What else would you find useful in tracking the collection?

Isn't that most of what Army Builder does? I know most folks use it for figuring points and stats, but I thought it was also good for getting you a force from what you already had. Not sure about 'sitting in tub A under the stairs, next to Harry Potter's bed.'

Mind you, I've never used it.

Must say, the old vanilla collection database templates seem like they'd be pretty simple to 're-label' to get what you want.

Not really much help, am I? ;->=

Doug

An excel (or equivalent) spreadsheet should be all you need.

I use a Microsoft works spreadsheet. Simple and easy. Tried a database but prefer the spreadsheet.

Excel

Spreadsheets (misused but viable) work well.

A database 9as much as it pains this ex-programmer) is best used when you have lots of data to manage as far as status/purchase/selling/other dynamic tracking, report on, and frequently update.

From Wikipedia:

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A database is an organized collection of data.[1] It is the collection of schemes, tables, queries, reports, views and other objects. The data is typically organized to model aspects of reality in a way that supports processes requiring information, such as modelling the availability of rooms in hotels in a way that supports finding a hotel with vacancies.

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For most personal uses a spreadsheet will work but it is like using a hammer to drive screws…

Xcel

There are a number of collection apps which look quite good

Yea, Excel.

The really cool thing about it is you can create any custom lists you want, and if you use the color fill background feature, you can make it easy to check the status at a glance, e.g. red, yellow, green, plain white, etc., for project status.

Excel and with Google Drive or OneDrive, etc. you can even check it on your smart phone/other device when out shopping at stores/conventions/flea markets.