Terms linked through conservation are available for query.  In
DBConfig<Manage<Query Groups, you can select "Term" under "Available
Hierarchies", then "Objects", "Object Condition", "Terms".  You can add
this to a query group and it will search the attributes section in
Conservation.
 
Hope that helps.
 
Best wishes,
 
Sarah Evans
Assistant Registrar for Data Management
    and the Permanent Collection
Dallas Museum of Art
1717 North Harwood
Dallas, TX  75201
 
Telephone: (214) 922-1322
Fax: (214) 969-5913

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From: The Museum System (TMS) Users [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of Jonathan Thristan
Sent: Friday, November 04, 2005 4:48 AM
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Subject: Re: carpel tunnel relief (not junk!)


Hello Suzanne/David
 
A developer could write a script to insert media records in batches.
But, we'd also find it very useful if a plugin could be written to
handle batch media record creation. A good candidate for a bit of
automation.
 
On a related theme, are you recording terms with images, via the
thesarus? This something that we're looking to do and will shortly begin
a pilot with conservation, using our own trial set of terms. However, as
far as I can work out, it's not possible to query for terms related to
media records from within the Objects module. This limits the usefulness
of recording terms - conservation would like to be able to do things
like: search for 'paintings' in the 'Rousseau' exhibition with images
that illustrate 'cracking' etc from within the Objects module. Or am I
missing something?!
 
Jon
Tate
 
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From: The Museum System (TMS) Users [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of Suzanne Quigley
Sent: 03 November 2005 17:51
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Subject: Re: carpel tunnel relief (not junk!)



	
        Thanks David, 

        I have been agonizing about this. 

        I'm adding each page from many years of sketch books!   There
has to be a simpler way.  


        On Nov 3, 2005, at 11:49 AM, David Parsell wrote:

        Suzanne,
	
        I wish there was a quicker way. Even with the Image conversion
program that moves and formats groups of image files to the server from
your workstation, it still takes 23 clicks for each image.
	
        My users are complaining loudly about this tedious method for
linking images and thumbnails to TMS.
	
        This is a good opportunity for someone to write a TMS plugin to
automate this process.
	
        David Parsell,  Yale University Art Gallery 
	
        At 09:51 AM 11/3/2005, Suzanne Quigley wrote:
	

                Hi all,
        	
                I figured out it takes about 23 mouse clicks to add one
image and its thumbnail to TMS.  I know I'm going to get carpel tunnel
in my clicking finger if I can't figure out a better way.  I seem to
recall that it is possible to upload images in some kind of a batch
mode? Can anyone help me?  I'm taking about 100 - 1000 pix each day and
need to get 'em in there quickly after I rename all the files. Not
counting the file renaming - I am clicking 2,300 to 23,000 times a day -
ouch.
        	
                Thank you all.
        	
                Suzanne
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                Suzanne Quigley
                art & artifact services
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