In database view the annotations (alerts in webview) pop up every time you open a new item from a constituent record. This includes when you open a gift or add a new gift. In webview it's much easier to miss these alerts, especially if you've already navigated to a new part of the record (like the giving history - work with gifts link).
We almost always use these alerts to ensure that data entry staff knows to do something off-standard when processing records. This came up today because pledge payments for a certain pledge need to be marked in a particular way for finance that isn't our usual business practice. I'm concerned about these instructions/alerts getting missed when we're in the Total Web Solution since it only appears on the main constituent area and not at the top over every associated "work with" area.
I would also LOVE for these alerts to be integrated in some way into batch entry in webview. Perhaps this can be solved by bringing business rules functionality into webview?
I was just going to add this here! Thanks Maya for doing this. I would love it to not be a business rule but the alert that Maya suggests as an alternate as they are typically so one off. I also really love how alerts are persistant on the screen and not the pop-up like annotations but really I'd be happy either way with the persistant message or the pop-up.