<div dir="ltr"><div>In general, I'm interested to know more about how people currently perform bulk operations on ArchivesSpace objects, including record creation (without the RDE), bulk updates, deletions, etc. <br></div><div><br></div>Just curious if any of you have command line access to the server running your ArchivesSpace instance and are able to work with the API. Without it, you have to resort to workarounds which, though helpful, can be a little clunky and/or error prone.<div><br></div><div><div class="gmail_extra">It would be great to include a set of bulk operation tools in a future ArchivesSpace release. </div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><font size="2" face="garamond, serif" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" color="#666666">Jason Loeffler</font></div><div><font size="2" face="garamond, serif" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" color="#666666">Technology Consultant | </font><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:garamond,serif">The American Academy in Rome</span></div><div><font size="2" face="garamond, serif" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" color="#666666">Minor Science | Application Development & Metadata Strategy</font></div><div><font size="2" face="garamond, serif" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" color="#666666">Brooklyn, New York</font></div></div><div><font size="2" face="garamond, serif" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" color="#666666"><a href="mailto:jason@minorscience.com" target="_blank">jason@minorscience.com</a></font></div><div><font size="2" face="garamond, serif" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" color="#666666">(347) 405-0826</font></div><div><font size="2" face="garamond, serif" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" color="#666666">minorscience (Skype)</font></div><div><br><br></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Dec 15, 2016 at 10:07 AM, Noah Huffman <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:noah.huffman@duke.edu" target="_blank">noah.huffman@duke.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)">Suzanne,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)">In addition to Mark’s strategy (I’d never thought of that), here’s another way to batch delete components, especially if you need to search for them:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="gmail-m_-837248874828261762MsoListParagraph"><u></u><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"><span>1.<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"times new roman"">
</span></span></span><u></u><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)">Go to Browse>Resources<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="gmail-m_-837248874828261762MsoListParagraph"><u></u><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"><span>2.<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"times new roman"">
</span></span></span><u></u><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)">Check the “show components” box<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="gmail-m_-837248874828261762MsoListParagraph"><u></u><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"><span>3.<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"times new roman"">
</span></span></span><u></u><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)">Search for matches in the “Filter by text” box<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="gmail-m_-837248874828261762MsoListParagraph"><u></u><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"><span>4.<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"times new roman"">
</span></span></span><u></u><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)">Use facets to filter results if necessary<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="gmail-m_-837248874828261762MsoListParagraph"><u></u><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"><span>5.<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"times new roman"">
</span></span></span><u></u><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)">Check all the archival object records you want to delete<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="gmail-m_-837248874828261762MsoListParagraph"><u></u><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"><span>6.<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"times new roman"">
</span></span></span><u></u><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)">Click Delete.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)">-Noah<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> <a href="mailto:archivesspace_users_group-bounces@lyralists.lyrasis.org" target="_blank">archivesspace_users_group-<wbr>bounces@lyralists.lyrasis.org</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:archivesspace_users_group-bounces@lyralists.lyrasis.org" target="_blank">archivesspace_users_<wbr>group-bounces@lyralists.<wbr>lyrasis.org</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Custer, Mark<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, December 15, 2016 9:49 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Archivesspace Users Group <<a href="mailto:archivesspace_users_group@lyralists.lyrasis.org" target="_blank">archivesspace_users_group@<wbr>lyralists.lyrasis.org</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Archivesspace_Users_Group] Deleting in Bulk From the Staff Interface<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)">Suzanne,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)">Here’s one workaround for that:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="gmail-m_-837248874828261762MsoListParagraph"><u></u><span style="font-family:symbol;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><span>·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"times new roman"">
</span></span></span><u></u><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)">Add a child-level component to the resource, and name it something like “delete-me”, and give it any level whatever (since those two fields are required to create a new archival object).<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="gmail-m_-837248874828261762MsoListParagraph"><u></u><span style="font-family:symbol;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><span>·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"times new roman"">
</span></span></span><u></u><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)">Select all of the archival components that you want to delete (you can use the shift and/or control keys to select whatever you need to select), and then use the “move” function to move them into the
newly-created delete-me wrapper.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="gmail-m_-837248874828261762MsoListParagraph"><u></u><span style="font-family:symbol;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><span>·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"times new roman"">
</span></span></span><u></u><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)">Then, just delete that delete-me component.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)">Mark<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> <a href="mailto:archivesspace_users_group-bounces@lyralists.lyrasis.org" target="_blank">
archivesspace_users_group-<wbr>bounces@lyralists.lyrasis.org</a> [<a href="mailto:archivesspace_users_group-bounces@lyralists.lyrasis.org" target="_blank">mailto:archivesspace_users_<wbr>group-bounces@lyralists.<wbr>lyrasis.org</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Stasiulatis, Suzanne<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, 15 December, 2016 9:32 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:archivesspace_users_group@lyralists.lyrasis.org" target="_blank">archivesspace_users_group@<wbr>lyralists.lyrasis.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Archivesspace_Users_Group] Deleting in Bulk From the Staff Interface<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Is there any way to delete multiple archival objects in a resource. Can you select multiple archival objects and delete them in bulk? What are your workarounds or solutions?<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks in advance,<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Suzanne<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:verdana,sans-serif;color:navy">Suzanne Stasiulatis
</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:verdana,sans-serif;color:navy">| Archivist II<br>
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission<b> </b>| Pennsylvania State Archives<br>
350 North Street | Harrisburg, PA 17120-0090<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:verdana,sans-serif;color:navy">Phone: <a href="tel:(717)%20787-5953" value="+17177875953" target="_blank">717-787-5953</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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