[Archivesspace_Users_Group] Editing display columns for Collection Management in AS

[Andrew Morrison]

The collection management columns are set up here:

https://github.com/archivesspace/archivesspace/blob/master/common/config/preference_defaults.rb#L91-L97

But that is not a file you can edit in a production instance of 
ArchivesSpace. It sets the defaults which can then be overridden. 
However, the staff interface does not include collection management 
columns in its UI for doing so.

If you have an urgent need to change the columns, you could probably use 
the backend API to override the defaults. I've never tried it myself, 
but it looks like you'd need to find the ID number of the preference 
record for the repository you want to change, download its JSON data 
structure, add those seven collection management browse columns 
reconfigured however you wish, and send it back. But you could only add 
the following: processing_funding_source, processors, publish 
(true/false), audit_info (created/last-modified).

Otherwise, you could raise an issue 
<https://archivesspace.atlassian.net/projects/ANW/issues/?filter=allopenissues> 
requesting future versions of ArchivesSpace either have the ability to 
customize collection management columns via the staff interface, or to 
change the defaults to include what you think is missing.

Andrew.


On 18/06/2020 22:52, Suszczynski, Jeffrey wrote:
>
> Hello, everyone –
>
> We are trying to modify the columns that display in Collection 
> Management (Browse è Collection Management … We’ve looked in various 
> places within the web admin interface, as well as the most 
> often-edited configuration files on our AS server, but thus far have 
> not been able to find where these columns are set.  For reference, 
> here is a screen shot from our web admin interface:
>
> Does anyone know where we might make changes to this display?  
> Hopefully it’s something simple that we overlooked – thanks in advance!
>
> Jeff
>
> Jeff Suszczynski
>
> Web Developer, River Campus Libraries
>
> University of Rochester
>
>
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