Currently GE NXT allows multiple characteristic values on the same record, and this is not configurable. (For example, a grant could have three separate “Population Impacted” characteristic values for Youth, Elderly, and Low Income populations). There are times when a foundation wants a characteristic to only be set once per record. (For example, a foundation may want only allow a Grant to get a single “NTEE Code” characteristic value for reporting purposes).

This change would involve:

A configuration change, allowing each characteristic to “Allow Multiple Values” (default to True for backward compatibility)

Changes to record screens, where before saving a new characteristic we check to see if it’s already in use.

Changes to batch screens (same as #2 above)

Changes to automatic processes which create grants (same as #2 above). These include Grant Grant workflow steps, processing Online Payment Requests and Online Grant Requests, the Import utility, Designated Grant processing, etc.