Hi @markp,
Specify 7 displays the current table’s format in the query combo box. This ‘table format’ is set at the discipline level, and for Storage, is most likely the ‘full name’.
(Specify 6 shows the ‘Display Columns’ in the query combo box unless otherwise customized, but that’s a story for another time.)
For example, the Storage QCBX searches on the name
field. This cannot be customized in Specify 7 at this time.
You can create a new ‘table format’ for each discipline in your database, bur not for each collection. The format you create for Storage will be used by all collections in that discipline once assigned in the Schema Config tool.
You can follow these instructions in Specify 6 or you can edit the DataObjFormatters
file at your discipline level to create a new table format (link for more information).
By default, it looks like this in Specify 7, and this format is used by every discipline:
<format
name="Storage"
title="Storage"
class="edu.ku.brc.specify.datamodel.Storage"
default="true"
>
<switch single="true">
<fields>
<field>fullName</field>
</fields>
</switch>
</format>
While you can edit this and add additional fields or customize it to use only the name
field (which would just be the 1.1.1
for instance), you might just want to modify the tree definition using Specify 6.
You can learn more about this in this article:
- In Full Name will use the rank when displaying the full name for any associated Collection Objects (which appears in the Taxon Full Name field of the taxon table). The Full Name is also displayed in the Preferred Taxon field on the Determinations form and is useful when running queries and reports when the full name is desired.
I would make it so that the lowest rank is not included in the full name so that you only see it’s name instead of modifying the table format to change what the query combo box displays, but both methods have their advantages.
I hope this sheds some light on your options! Let me know if you have questions!
Thank you so much!