expiry date used generally?

bacoboy

In 1Password7, under the WatchTower section, there is a handy feature to show you upcoming expirations. However, I tried putting an expiry date field on a random item (like a certificate file I want to remember to renew) and it doesn't seem to get picked up in that section. Is expiry date only searched for on certain item types?

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1Password Version: 7.0.2
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Jacob

Hey @bacoboy! Indeed, that field is only used on items where it's part of the default template, like credit cards, passports, and drivers licenses.

bacoboy

So how do we change that? There are more than 3 kinds of things that expire! ;)

Doesn't seem like there is a good reason to NOT let any element have an expiration date/time...

Lars

@bacoboy - what other categories/items that don't already have that field type available would you like to see have expiration dates added?

Stephen_C

Software subscriptions. ;)

Edit: removed reference to "licence".

Stephen

Lars

@Stephen_C - :+1:

bacoboy

I think it could be generally useful -- perhaps making the field a specific type (not just Date, but Expiry Date) would do. Or put a checkbox w/ the Date time to say "remind me"

My specific need THIS time was to store some certificate files and/or keys (so Documents) that require attention at/near some date in the future. In my case, certificate files. I can also see things like PDFs of licenses that need renewals (as well as @Stephen_C 's suggesstion for SW licenses.

But I think this would be better served by a more general solution on ANY attribute of any type.

Lars

@bacoboy - thanks for the elaboration and the suggestions! I'll pass this along to our developers. :+1: :)

tzs

Another item that could use an expiry_date field is passwords. Many sites require periodic password changes, and it is often much less painful to initiate that yourself just before it becomes due rather than wait until the site forces you to change it on a login attempt.

That said, there is a way to in effect do this now in 1Password. Membership items include an expiry_date field. One could make a membership item for each site that requires periodic password resets, and use that to track this. To keep these memberships from cluttering up things (especially if you have real memberships stored in 1Password) they could be moved into a separate "Password Expiration" vault.

JadC

Thanks for the idea @tsz, I have passed this feedback onto the developers.

Jorgeelizondom

The expiry reminder feature could be added to non default templates as a special type of date field. Something like "remind me on this date". This way the user can add this field and set it to when would he/she want to be reminded.

The expiry reminder is a very useful feature. Thank you for implementing it.

Ben

Thanks for the suggestion, and the kind words, @Jorgeelizondom. There may be some room to expand this in the future. We have a lot of irons in the fire right now so I wouldn't expect anything in the short term, but perhaps as some of those things get wrapped up we can take another look a this.

Ben

machale

I think @bacoboy 's suggestion for a new Expiry Date field type is an excellent one. It really is a more specialized concept than merely Date. See also https://discussions.agilebits.com/discussion/comment/514823/#Comment_514823

Ben

Thanks for chiming in @machale. :)

Ben