[Archivesspace_Users_Group] [Archivesspace_member_reps] Resolving Performance Problems in ArchivesSpace

Thu Aug 27 14:48:10 EDT 2015

Chris,

I haven't updated to the new 0.0.2 release yet, but I didn't see this as a bug/issue fixed in the below, so I thought I'd send it along.

I noticed that when I tried to edit a record with Agents hidden, AS would throw back a bug about missing properties in the agent fields. After opening the list of agents, AS shows a bunch of agents, but no actual linked names. If you expand the agent list before trying to edit and save there is no error.

See the following screen capture: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3nGDOCrqPJ_SkpHZHRJc2Eyb2c/view?usp=sharing

I just posted the video so it might still be processing, but it should show the steps I went through to replicate the issue.

Patrick Galligan
Rockefeller Archive Center
Assistant Digital Archivist
914-366-6386

From: archivesspace_users_group-bounces at lyralists.lyrasis.org [mailto:archivesspace_users_group-bounces at lyralists.lyrasis.org] On Behalf Of Chris Fitzpatrick
Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2015 9:33 AM
To: Archivesspace Users Group
Subject: Re: [Archivesspace_Users_Group] [Archivesspace_member_reps] Resolving Performance Problems in ArchivesSpace

Hi,

Thanks for the screen cast Patrick. Yes, looks like Instances were not loading correctly ( the have a custom-action in the template, which resulted in the section not showing).

I've fixed this and added a couple other things:

1) In the tree, you will be shown the order that items will be moved in ( via a little grey badge next to the item's title ). This has caused some confusion, since it's not totally intuitive. Hopefully this corrects it.

2) There is a better message for when the form detects a tree not being in the correct order, instead of just a cheesy alert. We still need to have some language or dialog thought up.

3) Clicking on the show all records inserts a spinner to show users that something is happening.

I have not fixed the "drag multiple items to the bottom of the list" issue, since I want to leave this so people can easily test out the ordering stuff.

You can download this here:

https://github.com/archivesspace/archivesspace/releases/tag/0.0.2
[https://avatars2.githubusercontent.com/u/1311559?v=3&s=400]<https://github.com/archivesspace/archivesspace/releases/tag/0.0.2>

Release 0.0.2: AR-1183 fixing show alls for instances ( and things with custom actio... · archivesspace/archivesspace · GitHub
archivesspace - The ArchivesSpace archives management tool
Read more...<https://github.com/archivesspace/archivesspace/releases/tag/0.0.2>

or try it out on test.archivesspace.org.

PLEASE have a look at this and give us some input. We are wanting to have a RC issued ASAP.

Thanks!

best, Chris.

Chris Fitzpatrick | Developer, ArchivesSpace
Skype: chrisfitzpat  | Phone: 918.236.6048
http://archivesspace.org/

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From: archivesspace_users_group-bounces at lyralists.lyrasis.org<mailto:archivesspace_users_group-bounces at lyralists.lyrasis.org> <archivesspace_users_group-bounces at lyralists.lyrasis.org<mailto:archivesspace_users_group-bounces at lyralists.lyrasis.org>> on behalf of Galligan, Patrick <PGalligan at rockarch.org<mailto:PGalligan at rockarch.org>>
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Subject: Re: [Archivesspace_Users_Group] [Archivesspace_member_reps] Resolving Performance Problems in ArchivesSpace

I am seeing the click to load more on certain "linked" fields, like subjects, agents, and related accessions/resources, instances, etc.

However, I AM having trouble sometimes getting them to actually load and display those sections. See video: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B3nGDOCrqPJ_dVF0cVFwUXp0Sms

Also, this definitely fixes issues with everyday editing, but you're still going to see the slowdown if you have to add or change description in those sections.

Patrick Galligan

Rockefeller Archive Center

Assistant Digital Archivist

914-366-6386

From: archivesspace_users_group-bounces at lyralists.lyrasis.org<mailto:archivesspace_users_group-bounces at lyralists.lyrasis.org> [mailto:archivesspace_users_group-bounces at lyralists.lyrasis.org] On Behalf Of Kevin Clair
Sent: Monday, August 24, 2015 2:36 PM
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Subject: Re: [Archivesspace_Users_Group] [Archivesspace_member_reps] Resolving Performance Problems in ArchivesSpace

Hello,

I haven't tested extensively, but the couple of item records I tried load, if anything, slower than they do in the 1.3.0 release. I noticed though that I wasn't getting the "Click to load records" button in the subforms where there were more than five links, so I don't know if I missed a step in installing this or not. I followed the usual upgrading instructions.  -k

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Good morning, folks,

It was great to see so many of you at various meetings at SAA and at the first ArchivesSpace members forum.

Now that SAA is over and many of you are back in your offices, I would like to ask you to join Patrick Galligan in testing the "fixes" for the rendering and re-ordering problems described in my message last Thursday afternoon (appearing at the bottom of this message).  We very much need your input.  Do the "fixes" work?  Are they suitable?

If you have questions about how to test these fixes, please send questions to this list.

Meanwhile, thanks in advance for pitching in on this matter.

Best,

Brad W.

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Subject: Re: [Archivesspace_member_reps] Resolving Performance Problems in ArchivesSpace

Thanks, Brad.

I look forward to playing around with the UI changes and testing them out when SAA is over.

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Subject: [Archivesspace_member_reps] Resolving Performance Problems in ArchivesSpace

Dear ArchivesSpace members,

The ArchivesSpace team has been working earnestly to resolve three performance problems reported by users of the application.  They are:

1)      A problem with rendering of large, multi-part records, which is described more fully in Jira AR-1311<https://archivesspace.atlassian.net/browse/AR-1311>, was reported by Yale University a few weeks ago.

2)      A problem with unintentional re-ordering of components in resource record trees has been reported by The Ohio State University and other members.  The work history for that problem is documented in Jira AR-1183<https://archivesspace.atlassian.net/browse/AR-1183>,

Since these two problems potentially affect all implementations of ArchivesSpace, the ArchivesSpace development team has been addressing them outside of the prioritization process the ArchivesSpace community implemented last spring.  The results of their efforts are present in a new version of the ArchivesSpace application that can be downloaded from https://github.com/archivesspace/archivesspace/releases  (select the zip file for the release labeled "ui-changes-0.0.1").  Also, a screencast illustrating the solutions to these two problems is available at https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzRF7huQ7tqKaEQ3VTBmYnJIU28/view?usp=sharing.  We invite everybody to test these fixes and report their results to the corresponding Jiras indicated above.

3)      A third performance problem area is the ArchivesSpace public interface, which, since the release of version 1.0 in September 2013, many ArchivesSpace members have described as being inadequate to support public service in their repositories.   These inadequacies are being addressed by a team established this past spring and led by LYRASIS's Angela Spinazzè and Yale University's Mark Custer.  Progress reports on that work are available on the ArchivesSpace wiki at https://archivesspace.atlassian.net/wiki/display/ADC/Public+Interface+Enhancement+Project.

Collectively, the surfacing of these problems, and their eventual resolution, represents a new stage in the ongoing maturation and refinement of the ArchivesSpace application. Our overall goal remains to provide an archives information management application that accelerates processing of archival materials, supports effective collection management, and can be used to support discovery and access among the research community.

Thank you to all ArchivesSpace members for your continuing support and involvement.

Brad W.

Bradley D. Westbrook

Program Manager

brad.westbrook at lyrasis.org<mailto:brad at archivesspace.org>

800.999.8558 x2910

678.235.2910

bradley_d_westbrook (Skype)

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