We track our crates using an Excel spread sheet, due to the same issues you are facing. We number crates using the artists first and last initial and the year of acquisition for outgoing loans (ex. Claude Monet acquired in 1956 = CM56. For exhibitions, we use initials from the exhibition name and number them sequentially. Crates are tracked using their numbers, if a crate is retrofitted a new number is assigned, based on it's contents and the tracking list updated. In some ways it is a little old fashioned, but works exceptionally well for us. Brian Brian M. Kraft Registrar The Minneapolis Institute of Arts 2400 Third Avenue South Minneapolis, MN 55404 U.S.A. tel: (612) 870-3122 fax: (612) 870-3121 email: [log in to unmask] www.artsmia.org www.artsconnected.org >>> Rob Morgan <[log in to unmask]> 6/26/2007 2:25 PM >>> Hello Everyone, Does anybody else track their crates in TMS? We're finding this task difficult in TMS 'cause you can't access the crate table via a module. To access crate information you need to use the Container Assistant via the Objects or Shipping module. However, our packers just want to access a list of their crates, and where they are stored. I can run this report from Crystal, but the packers cannot run this report via the graphic interface of TMS. In addition, how do you number your crates? Does each crate get a specific number? Currently we number our crates per exhibition, and the crate numbers change as the exhibitions change. We may be looking to change this numbering system. Thanks everyone, Rob Rob Morgan Collections Database Administrator The Baltimore Museum of Art 10 Art Museum Drive Baltimore, MD 21218 Tel: 443-573-1730 Fax: 443-573-1581 [log in to unmask]