:open_book: This guide is for users to understand the Batch Edit functionality in Specify. Batch Edit allows users to modify, augment, or correct thousands of records simultaneously. The documentation also explains permissions, handling relationships, and user preferences. Specify makes it simpl…

Question for the roll back feature – is it limited in the same way that roll backs of workbench uploads are (i.e., that rollback cannot be done after a record in the set has been edited?)

Hi @nfshoobs , As you mentioned, there are some cases (such as when you add a new Determination to a Collection Object uploaded through the WorkBench) that prevent a roll back after uploading data in the WorkBench. Our developers do not anticipate anything that would prevent a roll back as of the l…

Hi @Grant , Thanks for this excellent documentation. Is Batch Edit still considered a beta tool with the release of 7.11? Best, -Warren

Hi @warrenbrown , Thanks for your question! As of v7.11.2.1 (latest release at time of writing) Batch Edit is still considered a beta tool due to a couple of remaining items we are planning to address before the “full release”. If there are two columns with the same caption in the query builder (…

Hi there, considering that Batch Edit still is a beta tool, we would like to keep this potential for institutional admins for now. Is there a way to withdraw this permission from other user roles (eg. Collection Manager, Full Access, …)? What would be the best approach for this? Bests, Zsuzsanna …

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