Diversity Collection

Tutorial

Event

Tutorial - CollectionEvent

Specimens stored in a collection are gathered during a CollectionEvent. A CollectionEvent contains, for example, information about the geographic locality, habitat, and collection date. For more detailed information about CollectionEvents, see the chapter CollectionEvent.

Add a collection event

  1. To add a collection event to your specimen, select the specimen in the tree (within the image below the blue marked ID:651640).
  2. Click on the button to add a new CollectionEvent (see point 1 in the screenshot below).

  

  1. This will add a CollectionEvent entry to the upper tree, as shown below.
  2. Select this entry in the tree (see point 2 in the image below) to open the CollectionEvent fields.

Enter data to the collection event

  1. Select the collection event entry in the tree (see point 2 in the image below) to open the CollectionEvent fields.
  2. Enter the date (see point 3 in the image below) of the CollectionEvent. Clicking the dropdown button (see image below) will open a calendar where you can select the date.
  3. Enter the description of the locality (see point 4 in the image below).
  4. To save the previous data, click on the button (see point 5 in the image below).

 

  1. You now have the option to enter further information about the location, such as coordinates, named places, etc., by clicking on the button (see point 6 in the image above).

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