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Arctos is a museum collections management system

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Arctos is a museum collections management system

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Arctos is a museum collections management system

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Arctos is a museum collections management system

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Arctos is a museum collections management system

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AI Summary: This issue is a direct question inquiring whether there are any defined limits to the number of parts and record attributes that can be associated with a single record within the system.

Complexity: 1/5
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Arctos is a museum collections management system

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Arctos is a museum collections management system

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AI Summary: Users @DerekSikes and mgwyatt are reporting an inability to move a list of containers using the "Container: Move" tool. Another user has requested more specific details, including the exact tool URL, any error messages encountered, and clarification on whether the bulk move tool is being utilized.

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Arctos is a museum collections management system

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AI Summary: The user's assistant, mgwyatt, is encountering a "You do not have access" error when attempting to upload a CSV file to designate unit trays in Arctos. This occurs despite the user confirming that mgwyatt still has the `update_container` and `manage_container` permissions, leading to confusion about the root cause of the access denial.

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Arctos is a museum collections management system

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Arctos is a museum collections management system

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Arctos is a museum collections management system

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Arctos is a museum collections management system

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Arctos is a museum collections management system

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Arctos is a museum collections management system

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Arctos is a museum collections management system

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Arctos is a museum collections management system

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Arctos is a museum collections management system

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Arctos is a museum collections management system

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Arctos is a museum collections management system

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Arctos is a museum collections management system

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Arctos is a museum collections management system

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AI Summary: The user needs to update collection administration data because the current collection creator is an inactive user. They are seeking guidance on whether to delete the inactive creator role or reassign it to an active user (themselves) to ensure there's an active contact and prevent potential system issues.

Complexity: 2/5
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Arctos is a museum collections management system

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AI Summary: This GitHub issue proposes cleaning up the `ctlithostratigraphic_formation` table by dropping approximately 1000 unused values that do not conform to its definition. A CSV file of these non-compliant values is provided for community review, requesting feedback on any that might actually comply or could be updated before the planned table update.

Complexity: 3/5
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Arctos is a museum collections management system

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Arctos is a museum collections management system

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Arctos is a museum collections management system

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AI Summary: The user needs help understanding why a search for publications citing OGL records in Arctos (a museum collections management system) returns only 30 results, while system statistics indicate 76 such publications exist. The task involves investigating the discrepancy between the search results and the reported system statistics, potentially requiring examination of the search query, database structure, or data inconsistencies.

Complexity: 4/5
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AI Summary: A user is reporting a bug in the citation statistics section of the Arctos database. The user is requesting assistance in resolving an issue where clicking 'go' on a citation statistics query for OGL:Genomic results in an error, as shown in a provided screenshot. The task involves investigating the reported error, potentially debugging the underlying code or data, and providing a solution or workaround to the user.

Complexity: 4/5
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AI Summary: Implement client-side form validation in the Arctos Specimen/Event editing interface to prevent server-side errors. This involves adding checks to ensure required fields are filled before submission, providing user-friendly error messages instead of cryptic server error messages. The validation should handle both creating new Specimen/Events and editing existing ones.

Complexity: 4/5
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AI Summary: Debug a bulk loan item loading error in the Arctos museum collections management system. The error message indicates a constraint violation in the `specimen_part` table, and the user needs help understanding the cause and resolving the issue using the provided CSV data.

Complexity: 4/5
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AI Summary: Debug a "partID query fail" error in the Arctos Bulkload Loan Item Tool. The error occurs when attempting to bulkload loan items using part IDs downloaded from Arctos, even though the IDs resolve to a single part. The user also reports issues using part barcodes. Requires investigation of the error message, the provided CSV data, and potentially the Arctos database and codebase.

Complexity: 4/5
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AI Summary: The user is encountering a 'noprint' error when attempting to add a project to a loan in the Arctos system. The error message indicates a violation of a check constraint on the loan's instructions field. The task involves debugging the SQL error, likely by identifying and resolving the issue within the loan instructions that violates the 'ck_loan_instructions_noprint' constraint. This might involve examining the length, content, or specific characters in the loan instructions field.

Complexity: 4/5
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AI Summary: The user needs help troubleshooting why publications linked to catalog records within a project in the Arctos collections management system are not appearing on the project's page. The task involves investigating the Arctos database and potentially its code to identify the cause of this display issue.

Complexity: 4/5
Priority-High (Needed for work) Function-PublicationOrProject Help wanted

Arctos is a museum collections management system

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AI Summary: The task is to troubleshoot a DOI creation error in the Arctos museum collections management system. This involves analyzing an error message (shown in an image), understanding the Arctos system's DOI creation process, and potentially consulting the Arctos Handbook or contacting the Arctos support team for assistance.

Complexity: 4/5
Priority-Normal (Not urgent) Function-PublicationOrProject Help wanted Error Messages

Arctos is a museum collections management system

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AI Summary: The task is to determine why a volunteer cannot create a TACC account using a non-institutional email address (prodigy.net) to access Arctos. The solution needs to allow volunteers to access Arctos without institutional emails, possibly by investigating if using a general email address for multiple users is feasible or exploring alternative authentication methods.

Complexity: 3/5
Priority-High (Needed for work) Help wanted

Arctos is a museum collections management system

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AI Summary: The user needs help deleting a collection object (barcode Z04CH) from Arctos, a museum collections management system. They are encountering errors when attempting to delete the object, and have provided screenshots of the error messages. The task involves troubleshooting the deletion process within the Arctos system and potentially involves understanding the system's data relationships and constraints.

Complexity: 4/5
Priority-Normal (Not urgent) Help wanted object tracking

Arctos is a museum collections management system

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AI Summary: The user needs help troubleshooting an error encountered while updating record-event information in the Arctos museum collections management system. The error message is an image, and the user is requesting assistance in understanding and resolving the issue.

Complexity: 4/5
Priority-High (Needed for work) Function-Locality/Event/Georeferencing Help wanted

Arctos is a museum collections management system

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AI Summary: A user is unable to delete encumbered catalog records in the Arctos system because the 'Delete Encumbered Records' option, documented in the handbook, is missing. The task is to investigate why this option is absent from the user interface and either restore the functionality or update the handbook to reflect the current interface.

Complexity: 4/5
Help wanted

Arctos is a museum collections management system

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AI Summary: The task is to assess the feasibility and implementation details of requiring GitHub accounts for Arctos users with specific roles, enabling public communication regarding high-level data edits (e.g., agents). This involves evaluating the impact on existing workflows and determining the technical requirements for role-based GitHub account linking within the Arctos system.

Complexity: 4/5
Help wanted Accessibility

Arctos is a museum collections management system

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AI Summary: The user needs assistance downloading a large attributes dataset (MSBMamm numbers) from the Arctos collection management system. The current download attempt is failing due to excessive processing time.

Complexity: 3/5
Help wanted Grant funded (Arctos member)

Arctos is a museum collections management system

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AI Summary: Investigate why media thumbnails are not generating for a specific accession (UA2025-008) in the Arctos museum collections management system. Determine if the issue is user-side, requires backend intervention, or points to a system-wide problem. The solution may involve troubleshooting the thumbnail generation process, potentially requiring code review or database checks.

Complexity: 4/5
Priority-High (Needed for work) Function-Media Help wanted

Arctos is a museum collections management system

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Help needed in Arctos about 1 year ago

AI Summary: The task is to determine the fields returned by the `cf_getLoanFormInfo` ColdFusion custom tag used in the Arctos museum collections management system's loan reports. This information is needed to update UWBM loan reports. The requestor needs a list of these fields.

Complexity: 3/5
Help wanted

Arctos is a museum collections management system

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AI Summary: Investigate why the "Empty Positions" search in the Arctos Object Tracking system for OGL21 is not returning expected results. The user is reporting a discrepancy between the results of the "Empty Positions" search and a direct "Positions" search, both for freezer racks in OGL21. The task involves analyzing the system's search functionality and potentially identifying a bug or data inconsistency.

Complexity: 4/5
Priority-High (Needed for work) Help wanted object tracking

Arctos is a museum collections management system

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AI Summary: The user is encountering an error while updating a collecting event in the Arctos database. The error message suggests a problem with coordinate conversion within a database trigger, not directly related to the date changes. The task involves investigating the error message, determining the root cause (likely an issue with existing coordinate data), and potentially advising the user on solutions such as creating a new locality and collecting event, or directly addressing the coordinate data issue within the database.

Complexity: 4/5
Help wanted Error Messages

Arctos is a museum collections management system

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