Usually that message comes up when you're dropping in a field from a different module. Did you start from the Objects or Constituents hierarchy? You have to start from the Objects hierarchy to drop a field into the Objects, Query Assistant.
From: The Museum System (TMS) Users [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Joseph Leduc
Sent: Friday, March 01, 2013 1:06 PM
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Subject: Re: searching objects by Constituent attribute
Hi Chrisy,
Thanks for your reply. I had tried adding that field to the Objects Query Assistant yesterday, but I received (and am still receiving) a message saying "Cannot drop here". It looks like something in the Configuration settings is stopping me from adding it, though I can't tell what (I am logged in as the main system administrator account to try this). Thanks again,
Joe Leduc, Registrar
Worcester Art Museum
55 Salisbury Street
Worcester, MA 01609
Phone: 508-793-4376
From: The Museum System (TMS) Users [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Chrisy Tselentakis
Sent: Friday, March 01, 2013 12:56 PM
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Subject: Re: searching objects by Constituent attribute
Hi Joe,
We've put gender in the Constituent attributes as well, and I've added the term search to the Objects Query Assistant so that it's searchable through Objects. You can do this through Database Configuration > Query Groups > Available Hierarchies > Objects> Constituent Xrefs > keep drilling down until you get to Constituents > Term Search >Thesaurus Terms. Select the "Term" field there and drag it into the Objects, Query Assistant section.
Best,
Chrisy
Chrisy Tselentakis
Records Manager and Collections Review Coordinator
Brooklyn Museum
200 Eastern Parkway
Brooklyn, New York 11238
Tel: 718-501-6483
Fax: 718-501-6135
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From: The Museum System (TMS) Users [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Joseph Leduc
Sent: Friday, March 01, 2013 12:22 PM
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Subject: searching objects by Constituent attribute
I was wondering if anyone had a report to generate a list of objects filtered by Constituent attribute or an idea on how to do a search in the Objects module by the same. This has come up because one of our educators would like to have a list of all of the objects by female artists in our collection. We put gender into Constituent records as an Attribute, so it is a trivial thing to go into the Constituent module, do a Term search on "female artist" (all words) and come up with all of the relevant Constituents. But given that there are several hundred of them, with a number having objects that were merely loans, etc., it's a pain to construct an object list through that path. I want to run the search or report in the Objects module, but am finding it tests my abilities at the moment (and I have no TMS admin right now!). Thanks in advance,
Joe Leduc, Registrar
Worcester Art Museum
55 Salisbury Street
Worcester, MA 01609
Phone: 508-793-4376
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