Diversity Collection

Exhibition

The exhibitions are organized via Tasks. For a introduction see a short tutorial . DiversityCollection provides a predefined template if you want to organize exhibitions in your collection. You can provide floor plans for your collection and pinpoint the locations for your exhibition. To edit exhibitions choose Administration - Collection tasks  - Exhibitions ... from the menu. A window as shown below will open.

To add a new exhibition click on the button in the lower left. To remove a selected exhibition use the . To edit a selected exhibition use the button. To send any feedback concerning exhibitions and this form, click on the  button (see above).

To set the default responsible for actions within the exhibition resp. collection tasks, click on the button and select the User responsilbe for new tasks option (see below).

Exhibitions

To add an exhibition click on the button in the lower left. A window as shown below will open.

You may enter the start and end of the exhibition. Next you will be asked for the title of the exhibition (see below).

Next you have to select a location within the collection where the exhibition will be placed and as last step the timeperiod for the transfer of the part in the exhibition (see below).

Now the new exhibition will be shown in the list (see below).

To edit a selected exhibition use the button. A window as shown below will open, where you can edit the details of the exhibition. For further information see chapter Collectiontask.

If you want to delete an exhibition use the button. You will be asked before the exhibition and all it depending entries will be removed from the database (see below).

Parts

To add parts to an exhibition, click on the button for the parts. A window as shown below will open, where you can set the begin and / or end of the transfer into the exhibition.

Next you have to select a location within the collection where the part will be placed (see below).

A window for selecting the parts will open (see below)

If the list contains more than 1 specimen you will be asked if you want to insert all specimens in the list. You may choose to expand the inserted specimen from only the selected to the whole list (see below).

If there the list contains parts that are placed within the selected collection, the program will inform you that these parts will not be inserted in the exhibition as they are already there.

The new parts will than be inserted into the exhibition. Select a part in the list to see the details (see below). For more details, click on the button.

Collections

As soon as there are parts available the Collections will be listed in the upper right. Select the first empty line to show all parts transferred into the exhibition. If you select a collection, the displayed parts will be restricted to this restricted. If there are parts with their primiary location in the selected collection these will be listed directly below the collections (see below).

Plan

To see the plan of a collection, click on the button (see below). For more details see chapter Collection.

Printing

To print an overview of the parts in an exhibition, click on the generate report button. In the printer area you can generate and print reports either for all collections in the list or a single selected collection.

The collection hierarchy selects the part (e.g. a room) for which the report will be created. You can choose the time range for the report. If no Schema is selected plain xml will be generated. With the open file button choose a schema applied for the report. There are several schemas provided by the software, but you can create some of your own. You can include plans of your collection.

To create the report, click on the create report button. To print it, use the button.