Re: [Archivesspace_Users_Group] Oddities when updating Agents via the API

Hi Rachel, Basically, what you are seeing is that whenever a record is posted, all of its subrecords are deleted and recreated, even if no changes are made to the subrecords themselves. When this happens a new database identifier, create time, lock version etc. are assigned to each subrecord. I

[Archivesspace_Users_Group] ArchivesSpace Technical Documentation Update

Dear ArchivesSpace Community, I am writing on behalf of the Technical Documentation sub-team of the ArchivesSpace Technical Advisory Council (TAC) to remind users that, as noted by Christine DiBella in the January 2019 ArchivesSpace Update, technical doc

Re: [Archivesspace_Users_Group] Container and Location management reports

Hi Adrien, We use top containers, container profiles, and locations. Our reporting needs vary, but often they are related to answering questions like: “What boxes/materials are in this location?” “How much space do those boxes occupy?” “What’s in the box(es)?” “How many VHS boxes d

Re: [Archivesspace_Users_Group] batch re-ordering of controlled value lists; script/plugin, anyone?

Hi Steve, I agree that being able to search across repositories would be a very useful option for admin users. As a workaround, I have some queries that will find all resource or archival object records (can also be extended to digital objects, accessions, etc.) that are linked to a certain enu

Re: [Archivesspace_Users_Group] batch re-ordering of controlled value lists; script/plugin, anyone?

Hi Bobbi, In case you want to avoid making the change via the database, I have a python script that will do what you are looking for, using a CSV as input. If you can get a list of enumeration value URIs from the database and output it to a CSV, using something like: select CONCAT('/config/enu

Re: [Archivesspace_Users_Group] RFP for added container management functionality in ArchivesSpace

Hi Christine, Thank you for sending this. It seems like an exciting project, and many of the listed features are much-needed. I wonder, though, about the advisability of adding the "ability to create top containers independent of specific material records" - https://archivesspace.atlassian.net/

Re: [Archivesspace_Users_Group] Updating containers via archival_object POST

Hi Don, Are you using Python to make the updates? Can you post what you have tried so far? Here’s an example of how to make an update to a single archival object instance via Python 3, which worked for me when I tested it this morning: api_url = your api url… repo_num = your repository number…