I would find it useful to consult a schema change register in future. Here
at National Gallery, London we have created many local customised reports in
Crystal, and we have just completed the process of updating over 40 of the
most urgently needed ones in preparation for upgrading from V8.11 to V9.15.
Gillian Essam
Collection Information Manager
The National Gallery
Trafalgar Square
London WC2N 5DN
tel: 020 7747 2543
fax: 020 7753 8179
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From: Jonathan Thristan [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 21 October 2002 16:39
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: TMSUSERS Digest - 9 Oct 2002 to 18 Oct 2002
Yep, I'd agree with that. We've got similar issues here at Tate - although
not as many reports at the moment. One good example of this is the addition
of ISO date columns to tables across the system in 9.15.12. GS have talked
about producing a change register so that at least it's straightforward to
track such changes. Has anybody ever seen anything like this?
Jon Thristan
Tate
Systems Manager
call +44 (0) 20 7887 8983
email [log in to unmask]
-----Original Message-----
From: Portada, Kathryn [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 21 October 2002 15:25
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: TMSUSERS Digest - 9 Oct 2002 to 18 Oct 2002
This upgrade is not smooth for any Crystal reports that you may have
created. The Gallery System "canned" reports will transfer fine, but any
Crystal reports that the Speed created will have to be fixed. (especially
if they include the Constituent Country field). Gallery does not support
any Crystal reports created by individual museums, if TMS changes with
regards to any of the fields you have used in your reports, you will have to
map these changes, update your formulas and reconstruct your Crystal
reports. This can be time consuming. BMA created over 100 personalized
Crystal reports (loan agreements, shipping crate lists, vouchers, form
letters) because we generate all paperwork for loans, exhibitions and
acquisitions from TMS. Each time we go through an upgrade these reports
have to be fixed in some way. As far as I know, through talks with Dimitry
and Brian, there really isn't anything that Gallery can/will do about it.
At 05:00 PM 10/18/2002 -0400, you wrote:
>There are 3 messages totalling 54 lines in this issue.
>
>Topics of the day:
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> 1. TMS Upgrade (2)
> 2. TMS Upgrade (Your note has been received, but...)
>
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>
>Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2002 12:15:07 -0400
>From: Julie Thies <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: TMS Upgrade
>
>Hi
>
>I was wondering if anyone has any feedback, advice or comments on going
>through the TMS upgrade from 9.0 to 9.1 to 9.1.5. Was it smooth
>sailing or a long and tough journey. If you knew then, what you know
>now, what would you do differently.
>
>Any advice would be helpful.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Julie Thies
>Manager of Collections Information
>The Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY
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>(502) 634-2750
>
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>
>Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2002 12:17:50 -0400
>From: Bruce Young <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: TMS Upgrade (Your note has been received, but...)
>
>Your note has been received, but...
>
>Bruce Young is out of the office until October 28.
>
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>
>Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2002 12:34:05 -0400
>From: "Ojibe, Lawrence" <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: TMS Upgrade
>
>The upgrade is pretty smooth , no hiccups. Try as much as possible to
>use UNC for all your clients upgrade. This should make any future
>upgrades much easier.
>
>Lawrence O.
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>Sent from my BlackBerry Wireless Handheld (www.BlackBerry.net)
>
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>
>End of TMSUSERS Digest - 9 Oct 2002 to 18 Oct 2002
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Kate Portada
NAGPRA Project Manager/Records Manager
Brooklyn Museum of Art
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Brooklyn, New York 11238
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Madame de Pompadour
Images of a Mistress
16 October 2002 - 12 January 2003
For information and tickets:
http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/exhibitions/pompadour/default.htm
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