The location field is intended for internal locations within a shelter. When you send animals to foster via a foster movement, the system considers them not on the shelter any more (while still in its care) and shelter view shows these animals in a virtual location called "Foster" instead. If you don't want it to do that, choose "Location (No Virtual)" from the mode dropdown at the top right of shelter view. You can make it the default under Settings->Options->Shelter View.
I see. I can get the fostered cats location to show up in Shelter View correctly. But the problem I'm having is the "Foster" location is not being updated in the Reports or the Animal>Details>Last Location or the SQL database. I want these to show the virtual location "Foster". Some cats have it updated to foster home and others don't, so I don't know why. Please see img below. [Foster_location_issue](//muut.com/u/sheltermanager/s1/:sheltermanager:KfyP:foster_location_issue.png.jpg)
The system never updates your location. Last location is the same location field, but not editable. The virtual location is never shown in last location, so there always has to be one "real" location (for many foster-based rescues, they just have the one default location of "Shelter"). You can change the last location for fostered animals by updating location at the bulk change animals screen.
Excellent explanation. That works for me. Thanks!
I have the same problem now. We have three animals that were living at one site, and all three got fostered. But they're not showing in Shelter View as being in the same group as all the other foster animals; they're showing as being at a location called Foster in their old site. I don't see how to change last location in Bulk Change though.
Oh, wait. I've just found more. Is it that fostered animals still show in their last location? That's the way it should be? Is there any way they can all just be in one big Foster group?