Creating Catalogue Records
There are several ways to add catalogue records to the database, either one or several at a time. You may create catalogue records from the Entry database by adding an Entry record to the catalogue, by choosing New from the Catalogue Menu button or from within the catalogue database using a variety of methods.
If you decide to make use of the facility for creating Tree hierarchies Calm is designed to work most efficiently if you create records at the top of the hierarchy (ObjectCollection level) first, then work down the hierarchy creating records at the lowest (Object) level last.
Creating a new catalogue record from the main menu
- From the main menu, click the
button - Click the
button - Click the
button - The Choose type dialogue box appears, select the record type you wish to use to create the new record, click OK, the new record is created
Creating a new catalogue record from within the catalogue database
To create a new catalogue record with a museum catalogue record on the screen:
- Click the
button in the button strip - Click the
button, the Choose Type dialogue
box appears
- Select the record type you wish to use, NB: you will be offered a list of the record types which have been classified as Museum record types, click OK
- The new blank record is created
Please note that you may
also create new records by Copying and Cloning the current record. The
and
buttons are also positioned under the
button in
the button strip.