Hiding characters from a department
Costume and Hair & Make up often track different people. You can hide a character from one department without archiving them for everyone, so each department's lists show only who they care about.
Hiding is per department; archiving is for everyone. Hide a character and they drop out of one department's lists but stay put for the other. This works the same for crowd as for principals.
Hiding a character
- Open the character and turn on Edit.
- Switch on Hidden for Costume or Hidden for Makeup. Each one reads "Hide this character from the [department] department".
- Save. A hidden character shows a Hidden for Costume or Hidden for Makeup badge on its details.
To hide several at once, select them in the list and use Bulk Edit, then set the same toggles.
- Make sure you are in the department you want to hide them from. Your department (Costume or Hair & Make up) is set in Settings.
- Swipe the character's row and tap Hide. They leave your department's lists straight away.
- To bring them back, swipe the row again and tap Unhide.
When you archive a character, Haystack also offers Hide as a just-for-your-department alternative.
Giving a department its own version
There is no one-tap clone. If a department wants its own copy of a character, create a second character for it and hide the version each department should not see. Each department then works from its own copy without affecting the other. See Creating and editing characters.
Hiding only changes what a department sees. It keeps the character, their changes, looks and wear notes intact. To remove a character for everyone instead, see Archiving characters.