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Collections Management Museums
EMu 4.0
EMu 4.0.01
(And The Future!)
Bernard MarshallChief Technology Officer
KE Software
Collections Management Museums
EMu 4.0
Statistics Module 4.0.01
• New module designed to hold calculated statistical values.• Simple record design comprising:
User-defined hierarchical key Value (floating point number) Date and Date Range Time and Time Range
• Pivot report used to interpret statistics stored.
Collections Management Museums
EMu 4.0
Statistics Module 4.0.01
• Automated tasks populate values hourly, daily, weekly and monthly.
• System Administrators may add customised tasks.• Statistical values may be added manually.• Default statistics include:
Operation – Table – User (Daily, Weekly, Monthly) Records – Table (Daily, Weekly) Web – Operations (Daily, Weekly) Logins – User (Monthly) Sessions (Hourly)
Collections Management Museums
EMu 4.0
Common geo-referencing tab 4.0.01
• Common mapping co-ordinate fields across clients.• Designed in conjunction with user base (NH-SIG).• Implemented in Sites and Collection Events modules.• Lat/Long conversion precision defined by user base (NH-SIG).• Automatic centroid calculation.• Common fields allows for easier data interchange.
Collections Management Museums
EMu 4.0
Record Recall 4.0.01
• Applies changes to recall a record to an earlier version.• Auditing module used to “rewind” data.• User left in “Edit” mode to cancel or apply changes.• Batch facility allows multiple records to be recalled to a given
date and time.• New audit records created when recall applied.• daRecall operational privilege required.• Registry entry available to force fields to be “skipped”:
User|user|Table|table|Recall Skip Columns|column;…
Group|group|Table|table|Recall Skip Columns|column;…
Group|Default|Table|table|Recall Skip Columns|column;…
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EMu 4.0
• Create multiple copies of an existing record.• XML template description:
Allows fields and text to be copied into other fields. Prompts user to enter a value for a field. Provides support for incrementing fields.
• XML: same format as used for Import and Report data.• Starting IRN can be supplied to reserve a batch of numbers.• Wizard used to guide user through creation process.• Report produced detailing records created.
Record Templates 4.0.01
Collections Management Museums
EMu 4.0
Record Templates 4.0.01
• Multiple templates can be created, with security used to limit user access.
• New operational privilege, daTemplates, required to create Record Templates.
• Useful for: Creation of parts records from a parent record. Creation of preparation records for a specimen record. Reserving a block of IRNs or Registration Numbers.
Collections Management Museums
EMu 4.0
• Groups module extended to include: Task management Multimedia attachments Notes
• Administration fields added: Description Purpose Status
• Tailored tabs and reports for Static, Query and Terms groups.
Groups Module 4.0.01
Collections Management Museums
EMu 4.0
XML Import pre-processing 4.0.01
• Extends Import tool to allow restructure of input XML. • XSLT used to transform XML.• Processed XML can be imported or saved in a file.• Wizard used to walk through transformation process.• XSLT file can be:
Local file Pre-defined (stored on server)
Input XML XSLT Import XMLSave to file
Import
Collections Management Museums
EMu 4.0
Common Taxonomy tabs 4.0.01
• Improved support for distinction between ICBN and ICZN.• Four new nomenclature tabs:
Legitimacy - records legitimate / illegitimate names (ICBN) Availability - records available / unavailable names (ICZN) Validity - records valid / accepted name of a taxon (ICBN /
ICZN)• New tab displaying taxonomic hierarchy.• Link to parent taxon.
Collections Management Museums
EMu 4.0
Hierarchy Tree View 4.0.01• Show parent/child relationship as a tree view.
Collections Management Museums
EMu 4.0
Copy Special 4.0.01
• Specify delimiter to use between rows in a table.• Specify paragraph delimiter.• Allows pasting into Excel without “□” character.
Collections Management Museums
EMu 4.0
Image Display 4.0.01
• Extended to allow images for empty/non-empty fields:User|user|Table|table|Image Display|column|NULL|image;audio;hint
Group|group|Table|table|Image Display|column|NULL|image;audio;hint
Group|Default|Table|table|Image Display|column|NULL|image;audio;hint
• Use of NULL and NOT NULL value.
Collections Management Museums
EMu 4.0
Image Resolution 4.0.01
• Allows image resolution (dpi) to be stored in generated images:System|Setting|Multimedia|Metadata|Set|Property|format|Resolution|x:ySystem|Setting|Multimedia|Metadata|Set|Property|format|Resolution Unit|unit
• Images can be displayed using Crystal Reports Picture Object.
• Specify the percentage image quality retained for derived images with lossy formats.
• Default of 100% implies no loss of quality.• Quality value specified in Resolutions Registry entry.
Image Quality 4.0.01
Collections Management Museums
EMu 4.0
System Identification 4.0.01
• User name and service added to Status bar.• Useful when running multiple services (e.g. test vs live).
Exact match Lookup List 4.0.01
• Data entered must match Lookup List entry exactly:User|user|Table|table|Lookup Exact|column|true
Group|group|Table|table|Lookup Exact|column|true
Group|Default|Table|table|Lookup Exact|column|true
Collections Management Museums
EMu 4.0
Font Selection 4.0.01• User can select font used within EMu.• Full support for “Big Fonts”.
Collections Management Museums
EMu 4.0
Multimedia components upgrade 4.0.01
• Upgrade of audio/video components complete.• Full support for Microsoft DirectShow filters (avi, mp3, mpeg,
wmv, etc.).
Crystal upgrade 4.0.01
• Crystal Report viewer upgraded to Version XI Release 2.• Support for English, French, German, Italian, Spanish and
Swedish.
Collections Management Museums
EMu 4.0
System Tuning 4.0.01
• Range indexes tuned monthly: Data examined to provide optimal range searching.
• Search indexes tuned weekly: Indexing information kept on a per record basis. Information used to generate a configuration based on the
actual data distribution rather than an “averaged” distribution.
Results in smaller indexes without loss of speed.
Collections Management Museums
EMu 4.0
EMu 4.0.02
• Append values to lists when using Import tool: Support for XML and CSV updates.
• New References tab for Conservation module: Discussion on EMuUsers.org.
• Support for right to left languages (e.g. Arabic).