[Archivesspace_Users_Group] User defined values in en.yml file

Kate Dundon dundon at ucsc.edu
Wed Mar 23 17:06:30 EDT 2016


Thank you Brad!

Kate Dundon
Archivist, Special Collections & Archives
University Library
University of California, Santa Cruz
831-502-7587

On Wed, Mar 23, 2016 at 5:26 AM, Brad Westbrook <brad.westbrook at lyrasis.org>
wrote:

> Hi, Kate,
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> The documentation you reference is for editing the values on the user
> controlled value lists, aka enums, as well as all other controlled value
> lists.  The en.yml file in the enums folder contains only the
> value/translation value lists for all the controlled value lists in the
> ArchivesSpace application.
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> To establish the names of user defined values or change those of other
> data fields, you need to edit the en.yml file in the locales folder.
> Attached is a copy of an locales en.yml file edited per the example in the
> documentation and reflected in the screen clip below:
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> We’ll update the documentation so that modifying names / labels, as well
> as controlled value lists, is represented.
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> Brad
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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 *Kate
> Dundon
> *Sent:* Tuesday, March 22, 2016 5:23 PM
> *To:* Archivesspace Users Group
> *Subject:* [Archivesspace_Users_Group] User defined values in en.yml file
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> Hi all,
>
> We recently migrated to ASpace, and I'd like to edit a few of the user
> defined fields. According to the documentation
> <http://docs.archivesspace.org/Content/SubRecsUserDefined.htm#SubRecsUserDefined.htm%3FTocPath%3DManaging%2520Accessions%2520%7C_____19>,
> this is done in the en.yml file in the enums folder. But it looks like our
> file (attached) doesn't contain the same User Defined label options as
> those outlined in the documentation (below). Would it be possible we have
> the wrong file?
>
> Thanks for any help you can provide!
>
> Best,
>
> Kate Dundon
> Archivist, Special Collections & Archives
>
> University Library
>
> University of California, Santa Cruz
> 831-502-7587
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> Our file:
>     user_defined_enum_1: User Defined Enum 1
>     user_defined_enum_2: User Defined Enum 2
>     user_defined_enum_3: User Defined Enum 3
>     user_defined_enum_4: User Defined Enum 4
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> Documentation:
> [image:
> http://docs.archivesspace.org/Content/Resources/Images/UserDefined2a.png]
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