We are using the "Container" feature and I have found it to be most
useful.  We use it for boxes (or clothing racks, etc.) that can be moved
from room to room or shelf to shelf.  You can move one object or all of
them.
There is one major problem, the containers don't show up on location
reports.  I have one report that was customized for me (but never really
finished by TMS) that works OK but not great as it makes the reports
twice as long.
If anyone else has a good report I would love to have a copy, otherwise
I will be happy to share the one we got.



Heidi Taylor
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The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art
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I'm curious to know who out there is fully using the Location &
Movement
"Container" feature and particularly how it works for storage boxes.

Would you recommend a transition to its use, or is it better to manage
boxes with the Level and SubLevel fields?

Is it difficult not having an easy portal to the crates table through
TMS?

Thanks!





Jeffrey Smith
Assistant Registrar for Collections Information
Freer Gallery of Art & Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Smithsonian Institution
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