{% load i18n %}
{% blocktrans %}This page is where you manage all of your Resource Models and Branches.{% endblocktrans %}
{% blocktrans %}If you don't see any listed here, you may want to consider loading a package. Alternatively, you can directly import individual Resource Model files through Add ... (close this panel to find the button). Finally, to start from scratch just Add ... > New Resource Model.{% endblocktrans %}
{% blocktrans %}Once you have some graphs loaded, there are a few management operations which are only accessible through this page. Use Manage ... on a graph to perform the following actions:{% endblocktrans %}
{% trans "Manage Graph" %} | {% trans "Enter the Graph Designer. This is where the magic happens!" %} |
{% trans "Manage Functions" %} | {% blocktrans %}Resource Models only{% endblocktrans %} {% blocktrans %}Enter the Function Manager. You must use the Function Manager to configure the display names of your resources! Otherwise, all your resources will just be labeled "Untitled" in the search results and on the map.{% endblocktrans %} |
{% trans "Create Mapping File" %} | {% blocktrans %}Resource Models only{% endblocktrans %} {% blocktrans %}You will need a Mapping File if you plan to bulk import resources from a CSV file.{% endblocktrans %} |
{% trans "Delete Instances" %} | {% blocktrans %}Resource Models only{% endblocktrans %} {% blocktrans %}Delete all resource instances that have been made with this Resource Model. This operation is not reversible! It's likely this operation would never be used outside of initial installation and testing.{% endblocktrans %} |
{% trans "Export" %} | {% trans "Export this graph to a .json file. It can then be imported into a different Arches installation, or copied into a package." %} |
{% trans "Clone" %} | {% trans "Create a duplicate of this graph. Useful during development if you want to alter a Resource Model that already has resource instances saved." %} |
{% trans "Delete" %} | {% trans "Delete this graph. If this is a Resource Model, all resource instances that have been made with it will also be deleted (as with Delete Instances operation above)." %} |
{% blocktrans %}At the core of an Arches database are a series of structures called "graphs", of which there are two types:{% endblocktrans %}
{% blocktrans %}Resource Models - When creating new Resources, a data entry user must decide which Resource Model to use, determining what information is collected for the Resource. Think of different Resource Models as categories of records in your database—"Buildings" vs. "Archaeological Sites" vs. "Cemeteries", for example. Every Arches database must have at least one Resource Model.{% endblocktrans %}
{% blocktrans %}Branches - You can think of Branches as "partial" graphs that can be aggregated to form the "full" graph of a Resource Model. They function as resuable building blocks, allowing you to avoid having to manually recreate complex structures in multiple Resource Models.{% endblocktrans %}