Diversity Collection
Tutorial
First steps
This tutorial will guide you through the first basic steps to enter a single data set in DiversityCollection.
Before you start, you must have the client DiversityCollection installed and have access to a database. For more information, see the chapter Installation and Access to the database.
To start the program either select the application from the start menu or double
click on the DiversityCollection.exe in the directory in which you have copied the files of DiversityCollection.
The main window will open.
Connect to server and database
The first time you open this window, you’ll need to connect to the server and a database.
You can also watch a short German video showing the login process: .
- Click the button
or select Connection → Database… from the menu.
- A window will open where you can enter your account information and select the database you want to work with (see the screenshots below).
- After connecting to the server and choosing a database click on the OK button to connect to the database and return to the main window.
- The icon
in the top right corner of the main window indicates that you are now connected to the database. The tooltip of this button shows your current login information (see below).
Next chapters
This tutorial continues in the sections listed below.
- section New data set
- section CollectionEvent
- section Localisation
- section CollectionEventSeries
- section CollectionSpecimen
- section Collector
- section Collection specimen relations
- section Organisms and identifications
- section Specimen parts and storage
- section Searching the database