Re: [Archivesspace_Users_Group] Spreadsheet imports locking up database

2021-06-04 Thread Kennedy, Nancy
Hi Peter - We also see issues with concurrent database access. If one user initiates a large delete or import, other users can experience long delays and timeouts. We've also noticed that Edit save times are especially long when there is a language subrecord. (An archival_object with a lang_ma

Re: [Archivesspace_Users_Group] Duplicated fields in resources bug?

2021-02-10 Thread Kennedy, Nancy
Hi all, We’ve just encountered this issue where dates/extents are repeating after saving a Resource. User was editing Notes, and then the dates and extents copied 4 times each. The user was able to manually remove the extra copies. Does anyone know what causes this, or if there is a solution i

Re: [Archivesspace_Users_Group] Checking for Broken URLs in Resources

2021-02-10 Thread Kennedy, Nancy
Hi Corey - Do you have access to query the database, as a starting point, instead of EAD? We were able to pull the file_uri values from the file_version table in the database. Our sysadmin then checked the response codes for that list of URI, and we referred issues out to staff working on thos

Re: [Archivesspace_Users_Group] Odd permissions problem with resources

2020-07-27 Thread Kennedy, Nancy
Hi Bridger - Just wanted to say that when we were on 2.5, we had an issue like this pop up. For the same search, we would see different results for some users. Admin and repo managers were able to search for the specific record, but not others. This was in the staff interface (we don't use the

Re: [Archivesspace_Users_Group] Update a Resource via the API

2020-07-22 Thread Kennedy, Nancy
Hi Corey - When you post your changes back, try this: client.post('/repositories/5/resources/1814', json=resource) Nancy Kennedy Smithsonian Institution From: archivesspace_users_group-boun...@lyralists.lyrasis.org on behalf of Corey Schmidt Sent: Wednesday,

[Archivesspace_Users_Group] Top containers internal only

2020-05-14 Thread Kennedy, Nancy
Afternoon, We are evaluating options for managing container barcodes and locations in archivesspace, but have use cases where the containers are not intended for public view. I'm curious to know if and how other institutions have address "internal" containers? Has there been any exploration of

Re: [Archivesspace_Users_Group] Problems with Default Fields in Resource Records

2020-05-12 Thread Kennedy, Nancy
You might want to review the User, Repository and Global preferences (which can override each other). There’s a checkbox to “pre-populate” records. I think you need that set to True before default values will fill for new records. Nancy From: archivesspace_users_group-boun...@lyralists.lyrasi

Re: [Archivesspace_Users_Group] MARC importer to handle URLs in 555 and 856 fields?

2020-05-02 Thread Kennedy, Nancy
Kevin, I would be interested in working out MARC import mappings or hearing from people with similar projects. I currently use scripts to convert our marcxml to the aspace jsonmodels and import via API, since the base mappings skip things like 856. FWIW I am mapping our 856 to build digital obj

Re: [Archivesspace_Users_Group] Extreme sluggishness with classifications

2020-04-03 Thread Kennedy, Nancy
We are in version 2.6 and have similar sluggishness with some of our classifications (the largest has about 4,991 linked resources). It takes 1.9 minutes to load our classification with 4,991 linked records. We don’t have many classifications set up right now, in part because we don’t use the

Re: [Archivesspace_Users_Group] EAD via API - character problem

2020-03-27 Thread Kennedy, Nancy
s_group-boun...@lyralists.lyrasis.org>> on behalf of "Kennedy, Nancy" mailto:kenne...@si.edu>> Reply-To: Archivesspace Users Group mailto:archivesspace_users_group@lyralists.lyrasis.org>> Date: Friday, March 27, 2020 at 1:41 PM To: "Archivesspace Users Group (ar

Re: [Archivesspace_Users_Group] EAD via API - character problem

2020-03-27 Thread Kennedy, Nancy
results? -- Dave Mayo (he/him) Senior Digital Library Software Engineer Harvard University > HUIT > LTS From: mailto:archivesspace_users_group-boun...@lyralists.lyrasis.org>> on behalf of "Kennedy, Nancy" mailto:kenne...@si.edu>> Reply-To: Archivesspace Users Group mail

[Archivesspace_Users_Group] EAD via API - character problem

2020-03-27 Thread Kennedy, Nancy
Hi all – Today I noticed that if I export an EAD with “Yin-Hsü” directly from the archivesspace, my EAD results carry through with the correct encoding. But, when I export locally via the API, I end up with “Yin-Hs端”. I’m using python 3.7.4, via local windows machine. I’ve tried both archives

Re: [Archivesspace_Users_Group] Subject icons

2020-03-26 Thread Kennedy, Nancy
ggestion, Jessica Jessica Dowd Crouch Community Engagement Coordinator for ArchivesSpace jessica.cro...@lyrasis.org<mailto:jessica.cro...@lyrasis.org> [page1image482511520] From: mailto:archivesspace_users_group-boun...@lyralists.lyrasis.org>> on behalf of "Kennedy, Nancy

[Archivesspace_Users_Group] Subject icons

2020-03-26 Thread Kennedy, Nancy
Hello all - Does anyone know where I can find documentation for the new icons for each subject's first-term type? Can that be added to the new archivesspace help center? We have a number of users unsure of what the icons are trying to signify. I wonder if using textual labels has been consider

Re: [Archivesspace_Users_Group] Generate PDF - unpublished check box

2020-02-06 Thread Kennedy, Nancy
ess of the status of the checkbox. Andrew. On Wed, 2020-02-05 at 21:49 +0000, Kennedy, Nancy wrote: Hello all! After upgrading to 2.6, we’ve noticed that the Generate PDF button has an “include unpublished” check box that is automatically opt-in. Is there a way to configure our ArchivesSpace

[Archivesspace_Users_Group] Generate PDF - unpublished check box

2020-02-05 Thread Kennedy, Nancy
Hello all! After upgrading to 2.6, we've noticed that the Generate PDF button has an "include unpublished" check box that is automatically opt-in. Is there a way to configure our ArchivesSpace so that a staff member has to explicitly check the "include unpublished" check box? We don't want some

Re: [Archivesspace_Users_Group] Another Reordering Question

2018-11-20 Thread Kennedy, Nancy
VivianLea - Try clicking on the far left rather than on the archival object title. There is a small lightly shaded square, with a dotted 'drag-handle' icon. As you click, the square will turn blue. You can select one at a time (CTRL + click) , or many (SHIFT + click). When selecting, the squa

[Archivesspace_Users_Group] Classifications - max linked records?

2018-10-17 Thread Kennedy, Nancy
Has anyone created classifications linked to large sets of resources? If I recall, some users have mentioned assigning classifications to designate collecting areas. In doing so, have you ended up with any problems after linking to 1000 or more resources? Nancy Kennedy Smithsonian Institution

Re: [Archivesspace_Users_Group] Access term plugins

2018-10-11 Thread Kennedy, Nancy
eel like someone has created some mockups before about how to help distinguish typeahead suggestions, but I can’t seem to find that in JIRA right now. Maybe someone else remembers the ticket(s)? Mark From: archivesspace_users_group-boun...@lyralists.lyrasis.org<mailto:archivesspace_u

[Archivesspace_Users_Group] Access term plugins

2018-10-11 Thread Kennedy, Nancy
All, Does anyone have plugins to adjust display of subject and agent terms? For both ongoing description and legacy cleanup, we would like to make it easier for our users to address shared terms and similar/duplicate terms. Shared terms: In the Subject (or Agent) record, we'd like to display t

Re: [Archivesspace_Users_Group] Maximum finding aid size

2018-10-05 Thread Kennedy, Nancy
We also have finding aids that large (about 10 or so that are larger than 10MB). I'd definitely recommend 2.5 if you will need to work with large records. Prior to updating to 2.5, the load times could mean long wait times to view or edit. In the last few weeks, we've added a record that is n

[Archivesspace_Users_Group] Agent merge error - event link rlshp

2018-09-28 Thread Kennedy, Nancy
All, Has anyone seen this error before? Solutions? In version 2.5, the agents merge function, results in record deletion errors. Some agents do merge successfully, but a handful have started to result in this error, below. After which staff cannot view or edit the to-be-merged agent and any

Re: [Archivesspace_Users_Group] Modifying user account and passwords

2018-09-25 Thread Kennedy, Nancy
sometimes have volunteers help with data entry, so it would be great to know of a workaround for them. Thanks, all! Lydia From: on behalf of "Kennedy, Nancy" Reply-To: Archivesspace Users Group Date: Tuesday, September 25, 2018 at 12:14 PM To: Archivesspace Users Group Subject: [Archi

[Archivesspace_Users_Group] Modifying user account and passwords

2018-09-25 Thread Kennedy, Nancy
Lydia, all - ANW-534 could introduce challenges for our users and workflows. We use LDAP, and would want to prevent users from modifying usernames or passwords in the archivesspace UI. Could user account editing be configurable, to accommodate LDAP workflows? For example, perhaps this could

Re: [Archivesspace_Users_Group] External ID

2018-09-21 Thread Kennedy, Nancy
ot visible unless set to true. - Steve Majewski On Sep 21, 2018, at 1:14 PM, Kennedy, Nancy mailto:kenne...@si.edu>> wrote: Has anyone tried to set up the external id field so that a user can create (or edit) an external_id via the staff UI? Is that possible? Nancy Kennedy Sm

[Archivesspace_Users_Group] External ID

2018-09-21 Thread Kennedy, Nancy
Has anyone tried to set up the external id field so that a user can create (or edit) an external_id via the staff UI? Is that possible? Nancy Kennedy Smithsonian Institution kenne...@si.edu ___ Archivesspace_Users_Group mailing list Archivesspace_User

Re: [Archivesspace_Users_Group] Publish All workflows

2018-09-13 Thread Kennedy, Nancy
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[Archivesspace_Users_Group] Publish All workflows

2018-09-13 Thread Kennedy, Nancy
Hello all, We have had a few cases where users hit the 'Publish All' button for collections containing 'internal' archival_objects or notes (i.e. where the EAD @audience is "internal"). I wonder how other institutions handle collections with 'internal' content? What workflows or fail-safes do

[Archivesspace_Users_Group] Local Access Restrictions - ColdStorageBrbl vs Other

2018-08-03 Thread Kennedy, Nancy
Morning, Has anyone customized their list of Local Access Restrictions? Any gotchas? I'm especially curious about anyone using the "Other" category. In the controlled vocab list, I see that the value "ColdStorageBrbl" is translating to "5 - Other". I'd like to avoid confusion down the line - es

Re: [Archivesspace_Users_Group] Processing notes

2018-01-03 Thread Kennedy, Nancy
Mike – Out of curiosity, do you have ‘internal only’ components or notes? How would you manage the Publish All feature in the context of occasional internal only notes? For example, in AT, we kept some notes set to “internal only.” But, that AT model doesn’t map easily onto the ArchivesSpace p

Re: [Archivesspace_Users_Group] batch select objects in Reorder mode?

2017-11-15 Thread Kennedy, Nancy
Lydia – I’ve gotten snagged by that too. Try control+click or shilft-click on the far left, not on the display string. Nancy [cid:image001.jpg@01D35E1A.CEEF0D50] -Original Message- From: archivesspace_users_group-boun...@lyralists.lyrasis.org [mailto:archivesspace_users_gro

[Archivesspace_Users_Group] LCNAF import -- authority ID

2017-09-20 Thread Kennedy, Nancy
Morning, In version 2.1.1 and 2.1.2, it appears that the LCNAF import plugin no longer populates the Authority ID field. I'm fairly sure that this is a recent change and that we used to get the authority ID. Is this related to https://archivesspace.atlassian.net/browse/AR-1728? : "... Ultimate

Re: [Archivesspace_Users_Group] Classifications

2017-09-15 Thread Kennedy, Nancy
e Peterson On Fri, Sep 15, 2017 at 4:52 PM Kennedy, Nancy mailto:kenne...@si.edu>> wrote: All – How are you using classifications at your institutions? In particular, can anyone speak to the nested ‘child’ classifications? I’ve been looking at the feature in our test installations, but

[Archivesspace_Users_Group] Classifications

2017-09-15 Thread Kennedy, Nancy
All - How are you using classifications at your institutions? In particular, can anyone speak to the nested 'child' classifications? I've been looking at the feature in our test installations, but am interested to see if anyone is using this out in the wild. What's the purpose of nested child

Re: [Archivesspace_Users_Group] Suppression of Agent Headings Within Digital Objects

2017-07-07 Thread Kennedy, Nancy
James - Have you looked into the "publish" checkbox? I believe that only the agents set to 'publish' will appear in the PUI. (Sidebar: I'm curious about why you want to retain the duplicate heading, rather than merge? "Publish" would impact all occurrences of the agent, so if you needed to disp

[Archivesspace_Users_Group] Container export

2017-05-05 Thread Kennedy, Nancy
Can anyone point me to a functional overview or documentation about the "Exported to ILS" field in the top container model? Nancy Kennedy Smithsonian Institution kenne...@si.edu ___ Archivesspace_Users_Group mailing list Archivesspace_Users_Group@lyral

[Archivesspace_Users_Group] Scope locations browse view to repository

2017-04-27 Thread Kennedy, Nancy
Morning, Is it possible to scope the browse list of locations to a specific repository? If I have Repo2 through Repo18, are there any configuration options so that a user in Repo6 will only see locations for that repository? In our environment, we have 15+ repositories, each with many locations

[Archivesspace_Users_Group] Resource ID uniqueness

2017-01-09 Thread Kennedy, Nancy
Hello all, Is this a bug? While testing EAD import workflows, I noticed that our installation doesn't force uniqueness between: - "1.2.3.4" (all in one id field) - "1-2-3-4" (all in one id field) - "1" "2" "3" "4" (broken out across all 4 id fields) - etc..

Re: [Archivesspace_Users_Group] importing Finding Aids with DO links

2016-09-26 Thread Kennedy, Nancy
Jennifer - Yes, you can import EAD with dao. This snippet below would create the DO on the "Account Book" archival object. Did you include the title attribute? If you'd like to share your EAD, I'd be happy to help. Account Book

[Archivesspace_Users_Group] Searching by refID

2016-09-21 Thread Kennedy, Nancy
Is there a trick to searching by refID in version 1.5.1? In the http://sandbox.archivesspace.org/ , I can use an archival object's refID in the search box (http://sandbox.archivesspace.org/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=aspace_8993882c657b71b6567eac97220581c7). But, in our own recent 1.5.1 install, I