[Archivesspace_Users_Group] Unlinking locations in 1.4.1 and 1.4.2

[Dainan Skeem]

Okay, good to confirm. No, I wanted to make sure others were seeing what we
were seeing. We'll submit one. Thanks, Patrick.


On Fri, Nov 6, 2015 at 3:51 AM, Galligan, Patrick <PGalligan at rockarch.org>
wrote:

> I can confirm that we are having the same issue in 1.4.2 on our
> development server.
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> It essentially means that we have to delete the entire instance if we want
> to remove a location. This isn’t a high priority for us, but wanted to
> chime in and say that we are seeing it also.
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> Dainan, have you created a JIRA issue for this yet?
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> Patrick Galligan
>
> Rockefeller Archive Center
>
> Assistant Digital Archivist
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> 914-366-6386
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>
> *From:* archivesspace_users_group-bounces at lyralists.lyrasis.org [mailto:
> archivesspace_users_group-bounces at lyralists.lyrasis.org] *On Behalf Of *Dainan
> Skeem
> *Sent:* Thursday, November 05, 2015 7:24 PM
> *To:* archivesspace_users_group at lyralists.lyrasis.org
> *Subject:* Re: [Archivesspace_Users_Group] Unlinking locations in 1.4.1
> and 1.4.2
>
>
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> Thanks to Miloche for attempting to help. We are actually looking to
> unlink, or more appropriately said, remove, all locations from our database
> since they were not done consistently. I apologize for the confusion and
> for not including screenshots to better explain. I'll try again.
>
>
>
> Here's a screenshot of the Instance and Location in ArchivesSpace 1.1.2.
> Notice the red circle indicating where you can remove a location from the
> record.
>
> [image: Inline image 1]
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> However, in 1.4.2 (below), the X button is gone so there's no way to
> remove the location element from the Instance.
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> [image: Inline image 2]
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> As Miloche pointed out, I can click on the small x button on the location
> itself, which unlinks that specific location, but I actually want to remove
> the entire location element. Since I cannot remove it, and it's a required
> field, I still have to have something in it in order to save the full
> resource. If I could remove the location field, I could then save the
> record without entering a new location. I thought maybe the process
> changed, but the user manual still indicates that this is the appropriate
> way to remove locations from a sub-record:
>
> [image: Inline image 3]
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> I hope this was more clear on what I am trying to do. I think it's a bug
> but wanted to hear if anyone else has noticed this.
>
>
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> Thanks,
>
> Dainan
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>
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> On Tue, Nov 3, 2015 at 8:46 AM, Dainan Skeem <dainan at hawaii.edu> wrote:
>
> Has anyone else noticed that the X button to unlink locations is nowhere
> to be found in 1.4.1 and 1.4.2? I was hoping it had been restored with the
> newest update, especially when it said it fixed locations. Well, the button
> is still not there. The user manual still says that that's how you are
> supposed to unlink locations so I don't think it was changed. Can anyone
> verify this or if there is a workaround?
>
>
>
> Aloha,
>
> Dainan
>
>
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>
> Mr. Dainan M. Skeem, MLISc, CA
> University Archives & Manuscripts Department
>
> University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
> 2550 McCarthy Mall
> Honolulu, HI 96822
> (808) 956-3767
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