The Specify Collections Consortium is pleased to announce an update to the Specify 6 collection management platform. In development for almost nine months, this release adds a significant new capability: Batch Editing.
Batch Editing is a powerful capability for bulk changes to Specify data. It will be particularly useful for enhancing data quality by correcting inconsistencies and by bulk filling empty data fields. The Batch Editing process begins with a query on one of five data tables: Agent, Collecting Event, Collection Object, Locality, or Preparation. Query results in toto or selected subsets can then be edited with cut-and-paste, and drag-and-fill mouse operations, reviewed, applied, and saved. Embedded context sensitive help for Batch Editing is included within Specify, and a video introduction to Batch Editing is accessible at: https://vimeo.com/264674965.
With Batch Editing you can change thousands of records with a few mouse clicks. It is important to have a basic understanding of core Specify data table relationships before using it. Once changes are reviewed and applied, they become permanent. This major new tool will complement Specify’s data entry, and upload capabilities by providing a mechanism for the review of thousands of records at a time, and the application of any changes and corrections to those records in one easy edit transaction. In this release, Batch Editing is available to Manager and Administrator level users.
Specify 6.7 also updates the database schema to add several requested data fields. And the release fixes several engineering defects. The Specify 6 “Downloads” page includes a link to the Specify 6.7.00 installer packages.
We hope you are as enthused as we are with the enabling power and ease of use of the Batch Editing feature. We would be delighted to receive your feedback.
If we can help evaluate Specify for your collection or if you would like to know more about the Specify Collections Consortium, reach out to us! We would be happy to discuss with you these or other Specify matters.
–Specify Collections Consortium Team
Where I can download Specify 7.0 (specify_unux_64.sh) ?
I am user of 6.06, and when run Specify ask to upgrade to 6.7.01,
I did, but after upgrade receive a message like “the installed version are a version 6.701 but internal are 6.700.”
even if I make a clean install receive the same message.
I guess that I need to install 6.700 before 6.701.
Then how I can get? Or there already a solution?
Dear Job,
We discovered a complication with the upgrade that is specific to the Portuguese version o Specify 6.7.01. We will email you the solution in detail from our [email protected] account.
Thank You,
– Norine
I installed version 6.7.01, but I can not enter it and I do not know where I need to be registered
I had the same problem as Job Diogenes after upgrading to Portuguese version 6.7.01. How can I solve?
Thank you very much.
Roberto Oliveira
Hi Roberto,
We will email you the solution with details for installation specific to the Portuguese version of 6.7.01 from our [email protected] account.
thank you!
– Norine
I’m also having this trouble, trying to install for the first time in a new pc. Can you help me?
I am stumped by the need to enter an IT Username and an IT Password when running the “Configuring a Database 6.7.01” wizard. I am attempting to set up Specify 6 to run on a Windows 7 computer with access only from that computer. I have installed MySQL and Java.
Hi Ted,
The IT Username and Passwork referred to on the first screen of the Specify Wizard is the IT Username and Password in MySQL. This information allows the Specify Wizard to gain access to MySQL and create the Specify database during the Wizard processes.
thanks,
– Norine