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Repository to store and track enhancements, issues and tasks regarding the iRecord website.
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LRCs cannot see Dragonfly abundances in their downloads #708

Open DavidHepper opened 4 years ago

DavidHepper commented 4 years ago

Dragonfly abundance values on most forms (including the generic iRecord App) are stored in custom attributes, not the standard Stage/Count fields. I'm informed (but cannot confirm) that LRCs have their own download system from iRecord and are unable to collect custom attributes because they cannot specify a Survey code. If true, this makes most downloaded records of dragonflies uselessly incomplete. Although I can think of several possible ways to overcome this they are too involved to list here and could have undesirable side-effects. Could we discuss please? I would expect that this issue applies similarly to other groups than Dragonflies. The more general related issue (helpfully suggested by GitHub whilst entering this) around downloading custom fields is #75 from three years' ago.

kitenetter commented 4 years ago

Needs to be considered as part of the wider issue of how to deal with custom attributes for downloads.

Single abundance attributes per record should be dealt with by the 'system function' feature. Multiple abundance attributes per record are more problematic.