Hello David,
I don’t know if there is a
better solution. We manage our crates via the crates table, but the GUI only
accesses the crates table from locations or shipment steps. So, I end up going
directly into the Crates table (from the backend) and manage the crate data and
print reports as needed. It’s difficult for our packer to manage crates
via the GUI.
What I would love is a Crates
module that directly accesses the fields in the Crates table.
-
Rob (Baltimore)
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Subject: Crates as objects or containers
Does anyone else out there create object records for
crates? We started doing this a few years ago, mostly so we could put
them into a “Crates” department and allow our art handlers to create,
edit, and delete records as they were needed. They also can link the
objects that belong in that crate to the crate, and link images of the crate to
the record.
Obviously this partially duplicates the function of the
“containers” in the shipping module, and our exhibition registrars
will often make duplicate records so that they can manage the crates in a
shipment while our art handlers can manage the crates as empty things needing
to be schlepped around town.
We’re not happy with the duplication, but being able
to keep track of the locations of an empty crate seems really difficult to do
if it’s not an object in itself.
Has anyone else managed a more elegant solution?
Thanks,
David
David Aylsworth
Collections Registrar
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
telephone: 713-639-7824
fax: 713-639-7780