Diversity Collection

Task

Main sectors

The image below gives you an overview of the main sectors related to the tasks.

Tasks are used for example to organize IMP within a collection. The tasks possible for a collection are defined within the table Task. The tables related to tasks within a collection are shown in the diagramm below. The table Task contains the definitions for the tasks. The tables TaskResult and TaskModule contain predefined list for results resp. links to a DiversityWorkbench module. Types for the tasks are defined in the table TaskType_Enum. The table CollectionTask finally contains the tasks for a collection, the table CollectionTaskMetric numeric values collected e.g. by a sensor and the table CollectionTaskImage holding any related resources like images.

To define tasks, choose  Administration - Task  from the menu. A window as shown below will open.

View  

To show the site of the URI fo the task if available, choose show URI.

Import

To import data from a tab separated text file, choose from the menu. For further details see chapter ImportWizard.

Types

To edit types click on the button.

Table editor

To edit the data with the datatable click on the button. For details check the TableEditors section.

Feedback

To send a feedback to the software developer click on the feedback button. 

History

To view the history of a dataset, click on the history button. A window with the history will open. For more details see the section History.

 

Details  

The details of the task like e.g. type or display text are set in the upper part underneath the hierarchy (see above), the details for Collection tasks are defined in the lowest part. Only those properties that are specified by any text or definition are availabe for the depending collection tasks. There are several contents that are possible for a

Colletion task:

  • Specimen part: If the collection task is related to a certain part of a specimen in the collection
  • Transaction: If the collection task is related to a certain transaction
  • URI: If the collection task should contain an URI, the description for the URI
  • Responsible: If there is a responsible person or institution for a task, the corresponding description
  • Date: If the collection task should contain a date and or time.
    • You can choose among several options:
      • Date
      • Date from to
      • Date & Time
      • Date & Time from to
      • Time
      • Time from to
    • Begin: If present, the description of the begin
    • End: If present, the description of the endS
  • Description: If the collection task should contain a desciption, the description for the desciption
  • Notes:: If the collection task should contain notes, the description for the notes
  • Metric:: If the collection task contains values collected from a sensor e.g. via Prometheus, the description for the metric
  • Numeric: If the collection task should contain a numeric value, the description for the numeric value
  • Yes/No: If the collection task should contain a boolean value, the description for the Boolean value
  • Module: If the collection task should contain a link to a module of the DiversityWorkbench, the description and the type of the module. There are several modules for which links may be defined
    • DiversitAgents
    • DiversitCollection
    • DiversitGazetteer
    • DiversitProjects
    • DiversitSamplingPlots
    • DiversitScientificTerms
    • DiversitTaxonNames If the values should be taken from a list, the entries are defined here as shown in the image below  
  • Result: If the collection task should contain a text result, the description for the result. Similar to the module you can provide a list of values for selection as shown in the image below.  

insert a new analysis to an organism select the organism in the upper tree. Then select the type of the analysis from the drop down list as shown below.

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Subsections of Task

Diversity Collection

Exhibition

The exhibitions are organized via Tasks. For a introduction see a short tutorial Video starten. 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.

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Diversity Collection

Task

Import

To import data into the Task and Collection Task tables, select Data → Import → Wizard and then

  • import Task …
  • import Collectiontask …

A window will open where you can import your data as described in the import section.

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Diversity Collection

Task types

The types for tasks are defined within the table TaskType_Enum. The define new types click on the  button in the task window. A window as shown below will open.

There are several predefined task types, but you can add additional types of your own. The types underneath the type DiversityWorkbench are types for tasks related to a module of the DiversityWorkbench.