[Archivesspace_Users_Group] Bug related to additions to a controlled value list (event type)

[Peterson, Christie]

And this is why I sent it to the list first. :)

Thanks, Mike,

Christie

On Wed, Aug 31, 2016 at 3:27 PM, Rush, Michael <michael.rush at yale.edu>
wrote:

> Christie,
>
>
>
> What you are seeing isn’t a bug. When you add a value to a controlled
> value list, it only adds the list value. It doesn’t add the translation.
> There’s no way to do that in the application. You need to edit the YAML
> files. In your case, you’ll find the file you need to edit in the
> application files under locales/enums/en.yml (en.yml being the YAML file
> for an English-language instance of ASpace).
>
>
>
> It’s a bit of a pain to edit the .yml files – I know other people have
> requested a way to edit them through the application. I was just editing
> Yale’s this morning. We maintain ours in a GitHub repo for ease of sharing
> with our hosting providors (Lyrasis). See https://github.com/
> YaleArchivesSpace/YAML if you want to see ours. Also includes YAML for
> our plugins.
>
>
>
> One thing to be careful about: be sure to validate the YAML files before
> adding them to the application. I neglected to do so once and crashed the
> app for a few minutes before Mark Custer saved my bacon. There are many
> YAML validators online – I use http://www.yamllint.com/.
>
>
>
> Mike
>
>
>
> *From:* archivesspace_users_group-bounces at lyralists.lyrasis.org [mailto:
> archivesspace_users_group-bounces at lyralists.lyrasis.org] *On Behalf Of *Peterson,
> Christie
> *Sent:* Wednesday, August 31, 2016 1:57 PM
> *To:* archivesspace_users_group at lyralists.lyrasis.org
> *Subject:* [Archivesspace_Users_Group] Bug related to additions to a
> controlled value list (event type)
>
>
>
> Hi,
>
>
>
> Here at GW, we've encountered what may be a bug in the staff interface for
> 1.4.2, but I wanted to throw it out to the list before reporting it.
>
>
>
> We've added a few custom event types to the controlled value list, but
> they aren't displaying properly in the main "Add Event" dropdown. I haven't
> tested if this occurs with other types of controlled lists.
>
>
>
> Here are the steps to recreate the bug:
>
>    1. from the screen for the controlled value list event_event_type,
>    click "Create value"
>    2. enter the event type name (e.g., "new_event_type") in the Value*
>    field
>    3. click "create value".
>    4. new_event_type now appears in the controlled value list
>    event_event_type as both the Value and the Translation
>    5. view an accession, resource or digital object
>    6. click on "Add Event"
>    7. in the dropdown menu that appears, the newly created event type
>    appears as "translation missing: en.enumerations.event_event_
>    type.new_event_type"
>
> Not a critical bug, but annoying nonetheless.
>
>
>
> Oddly, the new event type appears just fine in other portions of the
> application, including the facets on the Browse Events page and the "Type"
> dropdown on the Create Event page.
>
>
>
> I didn't see this reported yet on the bug list. Could someone please
> correct me if it has been reported. Also, does anyone know if this problem
> is more widespread than just the event type list, or if it has been
> corrected in 1.5?
>
>
>
> Many thanks,
>
>
>
> Christie Peterson
>
>
>
> --
>
> Christie S. Peterson
>
>
>
> University Archivist
>
> George Washington University Libraries
>
> 704H Gelman Library
>
> cspeterson at gwu.edu
>
> 202.994.3925
>
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Christie S. Peterson

University Archivist
George Washington University Libraries
704H Gelman Library
cspeterson at gwu.edu
202.994.3925
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