[Archivesspace_Users_Group] editing/adding series

[Belair, Andrea]

Thank you so much, Alex. This is extremely helpful!
Best,
Andrea

On Mon, Nov 5, 2018 at 2:17 PM Alexander Duryee <alexanderduryee at nypl.org>
wrote:

> Andrea,
>
> If you're looking to declare the level of hierarchy in the RDE, you can do
> so via the Level of Description column, which has a drop-down for Series,
> Subseries, File, etc.
>
> If you're looking to add hierarchy to the RDE (e.g. a row for a series,
> then rows for subseries/files under it), that's unfortunately impossible
> via the RDE.  The RDE can only create components at one level at a time, so
> there's no way to create a series-level component and its children within a
> single RDE session.  There are methods to create many components within a
> series via RDE (such as starting the RDE session from the series-level
> component), but there's no way to do so all within one single session.
>
> Hope this helps,
> --Alex
>
>
> On Fri, Nov 2, 2018 at 3:35 PM, Belair, Andrea <belaira at union.edu> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>> I created a record and inputted via rapidentry at file level, and I'd
>> like to go back and add a column or hierarchical level to indicate series.
>> Is there a way to do this? I am not able to find it in my manual.
>> Thank you so much,
>> Andrea
>>
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>> Andrea Belair
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>> Union College
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Andrea Belair
Archives and Special Collections Librarian
Union College
807 Union Street
Schenectady, NY 12308
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