The Freer and Sackler Galleries are currently in the process of simplifying
the practice of recording object dimensions in TMS, largely by reducing the
number of dimension elements and ensuring that only one dimension is set to
write to the objects dimension field.

At the end of the scrubbing process, we intend to use the "Update All
Display Dimensions" control in the Dimensions Authority.

This control will rewrite the current text in Objects.Dimensions with
whatever dimension elements are checked in the Dimensions Assistant. Kind of
scary!

Gallery Systems has kindly offered to provide a temporary license so this
dramatic update can be tested on a copy of the database, and we will of
course back up the database when running the final update.

My question is: have any other TMS users out there ever run this update? If
so, did you encounter any problems? How long did it take for the size of
your database?

Thanks in advance for any advice, suggestions.



Jeffrey Smith
Assistant Registrar for Collections Information
Freer Gallery of Art & Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Smithsonian Institution
P.O. Box 37012
Sackler 1040, MRC 707
Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
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tel: 202-633-0348
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