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Editors

To add a new editor to the list click on the  Button. To delete an selected editor from the list click on the  Button.

To open the module DiversityAgents to get more infomation about an editor, click on the  Button.

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Evaluation

In the evaluation part, further informations on the exsiccatal series are entered like the taxonomic coverage or the purpose of the exsiccatal series.

The geographcal regions covered in the exsiccatal series are in the corresponding area. To insert a new region, click on the  Button and select a region offered by the module DiversityGazetteer. To delete a region, select it in the list and click on the  button.

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Examples

The list of the examples is shown with their images in the list. If an example misses an image, this will be indicated with an  entry in the list.

To add a new example to the list click on the  Button. An window will open, where you can search for an image file. If you want to create an example without an image, just click OK without selecting any image. If you later want to add an image to you example click on the   button and select an image file. A form will open, where you can search for an image.

Click OK to take the image in your example.

To delete an selected example from the list click on the  Button. If you want to link to a collection specimen from the module DiversityCollection , click on the  Button.To zoom a sector of the image, just drag the mouse over the image. A red square will indicate the zoomed area. To adapt the size of the image to the available space in the form click on the  button. To change the orientation of the image use the appropriate buttons (  flip horizontal,  flip vertical,  rotate right,  rotate left).

Only the file names are stored in the database. The directory for the file must be set in the menu under Adminstraton - Image folder … .

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Publication span

Details about the Publication span are entered in the area Publication span. The span of the numbers will be shown in the sequence overview.

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References

To add a new reference to the list click on the  Button. To delete an selected reference from the list click on the  Button.

To open the module DiversityReferences to get more infomation about an reference, click on the  Button.

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Sequence

Details about the sequence are entered in the area “Title or author / editor changes”.

To enter a preceding exsiccatal series, click on the  button. This will open a form where you can search for an exsiccatal series. If you want to remove the relation to a preceding exsiccatal series, click on the   button. To change to a different exsiccatal series shown in the hierarchy, select it and click on the  button.

If there happens to be a loop or a selfreference in the sequence the client will show you this by highlighting the hierarchy as shown below.

The  button will be activated. You can change to the exsiccatal series that should be to topmost one in a sequence by using the  button. Than click the   button to remove the reference to the predecessor of this series.

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Table editors

For the data selected in the main window the table editors offer a direct access to the tables of the database. The menu Data - Table editors provide an editor for Exsiccata…, Editor… and Example…

A window with the content of the table will open. Columns with a gray background can not be edited here. Columns with a light gray background are linked to the contents of lookup tables that can be changed according to the contents of these tables. Columns containing an ID related to a lookuptable show the related value from the lookup table. To see the ID behind, click on the ID button.

Select Set timeout … from the menu to increase the default timeout from 5 seconds to a higher value, e.g. for greater amounts of data.  

Editing

You can either edit the contents of the table directly or perform changes to any number of marked fields. To mark a whole column use the  button. Once you have selected the contents to change, select one of the modes of change that appear in the upper left corner. The modes of change are:

• Insert: Insert the given value at the beginning of the content
• Append: Append the given value at the end of the content
• Replace: Replace a string in the content with the given value
• Clear: Remove the content

After selecting the change mode, enter the text in the field where necessary and click on the corresponding button to perform the changes

Filtering

To filter the content of the table, click in the column that should be used for filtering. Then choose the mode of comparision:

• = : The content must be exactly like the given value
• ~ : The content must contain the given value
• ≠ : The content must be different to the given value

If you want the filtering to be case sensitive, choose the a<>A option. After all parameters are set, click on the button. To undo the filtering, click on the button. This will reset the data to the last saved version. If you want your changes to be saved, click the button before you reset the filtering. If you close the window all changes so far will be saved automatically. So if you do not want to save your changes, click on the button before closing the window.

Export

To export the data as a tab separated text file, click on the button. The file will be automatically saved in the client-folder.  

Log data

To see the log data of the table, you can click on the button. The content of the log table can not be changed, but is read only.