Chad Petrovay

Tag: Objects

  • Quick, Hide the Money!

    Quick, Hide the Money!

    When preparing for training sessions, it is a good idea to elevate your users’ permissions so that they can fully participate in training. However, this can expose users to highly sensitive information – such as valuations – that they would not otherwise have access to. This makes it necessary to hide the money.

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  • Giving Users More Than an Empty Report

    Giving Users More Than an Empty Report

    Occasionally, using an INNER JOIN or selection criteria in Crystal Reports, can result in an empty recordset and a blank report. For instance your user may be trying to run an accessioning report on unaccessioned objects, or a valuation report on records that have never had values entered into the system. These scenarios could create frustrations for users who may not understand why their report is blank, but there is a simple solution to avoid that blank sheet of paper.

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  • The Rest of the Collection

    The Rest of the Collection

    Virtual objects are a flexible tools for managing records that do not seem to comply with standard cataloging practices. This presentation will share some practical techniques used at the Walters Art Museum and the Musical Instrument Museum to manage different types of virtual records, including: abstract objects, groups of objects, and objects not yet acquired by the institution.

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  • A Place for Everything: Part 2

    Last time in A Place for Everything: Part 1, I introduced a script for adding an series of numeric units to a site/subsite in the Locations Authority, so in this follow-up, I’ll introduce a script that can add units that are marked by alphanumeric codes. (more…)

  • A Place for Everything: Part 1

    My mother has always been a proponent of finding a place for everything, and putting everything in its place. Before you can use the Location & Movement sub-module to record where everything is placed, you must first use the Locations Authority to create the places in which everything can be placed. While easy to use, the Locations Authority is not always efficient for adding a large number of new locations. In Part 1, I’ll introduce a script I use to add a series of numeric units to a site/subsite. (more…)