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My Manager - New Features

(beta version)

There are 3 new features common to each of the tabs in the new Morphbank My Manager (beta version) interface.

  1. Keyword Search is enhanced making it easier to find and collect objects
  2. A powerful Limit Search by option is available. After a search, one can limit the resulting set to show:
    • only those objects they have contributed
    • only those objects they have submitted
    • only those objects uploaded as part of the current group the user is logged in as a member of
    • only those objects uploaded by any group the user belongs to
  3. Select Mass Operation: with this feature, a user can select more than one object and then carry out a task on all those objects at one time. For example, 30 images for a user are private and the user needs them to be public. The user can select all 30 images, go to Select Mass Operation, choose Publish Now. The date-to-publish is updated to the current date on all 30 images at one time.

Examples of each new feature are given below this screen shot.

My Manager Common Features

Keyword Search

Keyword Search is enhanced in this latest version of Morphbank, My Manager. For each tab in My Manager, the fields queried are unique to that module. To see what is searchable in each tab of My Manager, hover over the Keywords box. A yellow stickie will appear listing the fields searched.
In the My Manager, Images tab, the Keyword search includes all the fields given above in the yellow stickie.

Sample Keyword Searches

  1. Keyword Search = Insecta, the search will return all images associated with the Taxon Insecta.
  2. Keyword Search = Insecta drosophila, the search will return all images that are both Insecta AND drosophila.
  3. Keyword Search = Insects -drosophila, returns all Insecta minus the drosophila images.

Limit Search by

Limit Search by:
  • Contributor: results will show only those objects the logged in user has contributed to Morphbank.
  • Submitter: results show only objects the logged in user has submitted to Morphbank.
  • Current Group: results show only objects the group has contributed to Morphbank.
  • Any Group: shows all objects contributed by Any Group the user belongs to in Morphbank.

Note Well. Every Morphbank Object (Image, Specimen, View, Locality, Annotation, Collection, Taxon, Publication) uploaded to Morphbank has a Contributor and Submitter (they can be the same person). Every person with a Morphbank account has their own group to which they can add more members. Any additional Groups needed are currently added by mbadmin. In the future, any Morphbank member will be able to add a group if needed.

Select Mass Operation

The user can select more than one object using the box to the left of the Object title (see the green highlighted entries above). Having selected several (or many) objects, choose the action to be performed on those objects from the Select Mass Operation drop-down. With this method, a user might change the date-to-publish on many objects at once. Or perhaps, a user might create a collection. Step-by-step instructions follow:

Select Mass Operation: The drop-down choices will vary depending the My Manager tab open.
  1. The user selects one or more objects using the check box to the left of the Object title (see the green highlighted entries above).
  2. To select all the given objects on a page, use the Check All button.
  3. Choose the action to perform on all selected objects. In the above example, a user might choose Create New collection or Copy (these checked images) to an existing collection. If the images were contributed by this user and were private, the user could make them public by choosing Publish Now.
  4. Click Submit icon to carry out the task selected above.

Known Issues in this Beta Version

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