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EMu 3.1 / 3.2 – New Features

EMu 3.1 / 3.2New Features

Bernard MarshallChief Technology Officer

KE Software

Collections Management Museums

EMu 3.1 / 3.2 – New Features

EMu releases in 2006

• Three versions released: 3.1.01 – 28 Feb 2006 3.1.02 – 16 Apr 2006 3.2.01 – 26 Jun 2006

• Two versions remaining for EMu 3.2: 3.2.02 – 15 Sep 2006 3.2.03 – Dec 2006

• Policy of frequent releases.• Clients select releases based on features they require.

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EMu 3.1 / 3.2 – New Features

Record Level Security 3.1.01

• Provides security on a per record basis for: Display Edit Delete

• Can use any fields to form part of security (e.g. Department).• Security can be set for users, groups or everyone.• Require daSecurity privilege to change security settings.• [restricted] displayed for “hidden” records, empty for reports.• Security built into server, so enforced for all access.

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EMu 3.1 / 3.2 – New Features

Data Import Facility 3.2.01

• Import data in Tab delimited, CSV or XML format.• Replicates the interactive insertion mechanism:

Default values added Uniqueness checks performed Unique number assignment Mandatory fields checked Auto fill applied Any special on-save processing executed

• Requires daImport privilege in addition to normal permissions.

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EMu 3.1 / 3.2 – New Features

Data Import Facility 3.2.01

• Wizard to guide you through the import process.• Record creation and update supported.• Multimedia can be imported with resolutions generated.• Record attachment supported for references:

Create new record Use first match Ask which match to use Generate an error

• Import report and error file produced as output.• Batch identifier can be assigned to records imported.

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EMu 3.1 / 3.2 – New Features

Page View 3.1.01

• Fully customisable record display view.• Any XSLT based report can be used.• Access to data fields controlled by field/record security.• Support for simple HTML documents.• Support for complex XSLT templates.• View integrated into standard EMu environment.

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EMu 3.1 / 3.2 – New Features

Help System 3.1.02

• Help converted from HTML to Windows CHM format.• Help restructured to present consistent view.• Administration section added.• FAQ section added.• Context sensitive help for all commands and dialogues.• Documentation complete for all aspects of the system.• Field level help module.

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EMu 3.1 / 3.2 – New Features

New Index Types 3.1.01

• Index support for ISNULL and NOT ISNULL searching(that is !* and * queries).

• Index support for leading letter pattern searches(that is a*, abc{a-e}*, ^ab?, etc.).

• New Admin Task to view current indexing information.• Registry entries used to configure indexing:

System|Setting|Table|table|Stem Index|colname;colname;...System|Setting|Table|table|Phonetic Index|colname;colname;...System|Setting|Table|table|Null Index|colname;colname;...System|Setting|Table|table|Partial Index|colname=parts;colname=parts;...

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EMu 3.1 / 3.2 – New Features

HTML mark-up for Narratives 3.2.02

• Narratives module supports HTML mark-up.• Integrated HTML editor with support for external editors.• Only “body” part of mark-up stored in module.• Formatting allows for greater control over narrative layout.• Text only narratives still supported.

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EMu 3.1 / 3.2 – New Features

Copy/Paste from List Mode 3.1.01

• Current or selected rows copied to Windows clipboard.• Various formats supported:

BIFF (Excel) HTML CSV Text

• Copy limited only by amount of PC’s memory.

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EMu 3.1 / 3.2 – New Features

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EMu 3.1 / 3.2 – New Features

Resources 3.1.01

• Allows web searches to be launched based on data in current record.

• Resources defined in Registry, with Resource menu built dynamically.

• Simple XML based language used to define resource.• Resource can be any document type (e.g. Word document).

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EMu 3.1 / 3.2 – New Features

Collections Management Museums

EMu 3.1 / 3.2 – New Features

Batch update tools

• Tools to allow batch updates of related data: Relocation tool 3.1.01 Taxonomic Re-identification tool 3.1.01 Revaluation tool 3.2.02 Condition check tool 3.2.03

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EMu 3.1 / 3.2 – New Features

Collections Management Museums

EMu 3.1 / 3.2 – New Features

Image resolution for Reports 3.2.02

• Set image resolution to use for reports with multimedia.• Reduces network traffic when generating reports.• Allows high resolution master images to be hidden.

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EMu 3.1 / 3.2 – New Features

Collections Management Museums

EMu 3.1 / 3.2 – New Features

Web Services Integration 3.2.02

• Standard Web Services structure added to EMu.• Web-based support for:

Object Locator Web maps DiGIR (Distributed Generic Information Retrieval) Portal

• Client-based support for: Object Locator Web maps

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EMu 3.1 / 3.2 – New Features

Other features

• Global Edit option to remove blank rows. 3.1.02• New Find a Prompt facility. 3.1.02• Objects (Perm) and Objects (Temp) added to Locations. 3.2.02• Search feedback. 3.1.01• Add terms to attachment lookup. 3.1.01• Change of Ditto record applied to all windows. 3.2.01• Ditto Tab. 3.1.01• XSLT reports. 3.1.01