[Archivesspace_Users_Group] batch re-ordering of controlled value lists; script/plugin, anyone?

[Jason Loeffler]

Agreed. I opened a ticket on this issue last June.

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https://archivesspace.atlassian.net/browse/AR-1512

Draggable interface elements would solve this on the front end though I'm
not sure what's required at the controller level.

On Wed, Oct 18, 2017 at 11:06 AM, Fox, Bobbi <bobbi_fox at harvard.edu> wrote:

> In the course of adapting ArchivesSpace to Harvard’s needs, we’ve ended up
> with some very weedy controlled values lists (extent type > 200 values! --
> of course, some of them need to be removed) with arbitrary positioning.
> Our support team is tasked with the job of wrangling the lists with a
> defined order, and the interactive “move up/down one position at a time,
> wait for the server to refresh, etc.” is really tedious.
>
>
>
> Has anyone written a script/created a plugin that would do this with less
> effort?  I’m inclined to do it at the mysql level, rather than write an
> extension to the backend/controller/enumeration.rb, but maybe someone has
> done this already?
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bobbi
>
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