RE: [Arches] Re: Storing related project / contract information

2016-02-17 Thread David Myers
Hi Ali Great to have you join the forum, and to hear about your interest in the potential use of Arches by Alberta Culture! I thought I would add to what Adam and Ed have said in response to your query about being able to record and manage information on conservation projects, and associated do

Re: [Arches] Re: Creating .Arches files

2016-02-17 Thread Adam Cox
Hi Lucy, I have come to a similar conclusion in the past. It's been beneficial to batch import a single .arches file with a good deal of information in it, but with no attempt to get absolutely everything. Programming a way to convert some of the extra random pieces to .arches seemed too costly (t

[Arches] Re: Storing related project / contract information

2016-02-17 Thread Edmund Lee
Hi Ali, In case it helps your thinking, the MIDAS Heritage data standard developed for United Kingdom datasets covered Heritage Asset Management Activities. It's available to download at http://www.historicengland.org.uk/images-books/publications/midas-heritage/ .You'll find the relevant bit

[Arches] Re: Creating .Arches files

2016-02-17 Thread Lucinda Fletcher-Jones
Hi Adam, Your help is always appreciated and I really like the MS Excel query method of converting the excel file into an .arches file but that perennial problem, diacritics, is rearing its ugly head again. The MS query cannot import the diacritics from the Excel file (I have tried many times u