Diversity Collection

Tutorial

Storage tree (= specimen parts tree)

A specimen may contain multiple parts, which may be housed in multiple collections. These parts may represent different material categories, such as herbarium sheets, microscopic slides etc.
For more detailed information about “Specimen Parts” see the chapter Parts of the specimen.

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View the storage tree

The parts of the specimen are displayed in the storage tree, below the main specimen tree.

  1. To display this tree, click on the button below the specimen tree (see point 1 in the image below).

  2. A window will open in which you must select the material category of the part you want to insert (see the image below). Select “herbarium sheets” from the list.

  3. Another dialog window will open, where you must enter the collection in which your samples are stored (see the image below).

  4. Select the collection from the list or hierarchy and click “OK” to close the dialog. The lower tree now contains the selected material with all organisms (see all organisms in the image below).

Edit the storage tree

Assume that the insect is not present in the specimen, but was only observed during sampling, for example. To document this, remove the insect entry from the Display in label list to the Units not included in part list.

  1. Select it (see point 1 in the image above)

  2. Remove it (see point 2 in the image above) (click on the < button). The result is shown below.

Switch to the location tree view

To view the exact location within the collection, click the button on the left side of the tree. The tree view will change as shown below, listing all collections and subcollections along with the parts of the item.

You can print a label for a stored part of the specimen. Therefore you have to open the “print and label” view.

  1. Select the part in the tree (see point 1 in the image below).

  2. To open the “print and label” area, click the dropdown menu in the upper right corner of the header and select Printing (see point 2 in the image below).

  3. The “print and label” view is now displayed (see the image below).

  4. Click the button (see point 3 in the image below) to select a schema file (e.g., Standard.xslt).

  5. Then click the button to create a preview of the label (see point 4 in the image below).

Next

This tutorial continues in the sections listed below.