Welcome to Specify!

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Welcome to Specify!

This is intended to be a jumping off point for new Specify users.

About Specify

What is the Specify Collections Consortium? [Specify Collections Consortium Logo] The Specify Collections Consortium (SCC), founded in 2018, is a collaborative, open-source software community of engaged collection institutions with a vision to advance research and education uses of biological specimen and sample information. A Board of Directors, along with Research and Technology Advisory Committees drawn from member institutions, govern the Consortium and determine its software and technical…

Install Specify

• Specify 7 Installation Instructions 
  • Install Specify 7 with Docker
  • Video: Specify 7 with Docker (macOS & Ubuntu)
• Specify 6 Installation Instructions 
  • Specify 6 Hardware & Software Compatibility
    • Install Specify 6 on Windows
    • Install Specify 6 on macOS
    • Install Specify 6 on Debian-based Linux
  • Setting Up Specify to Use on a Network Server
  • Previous Versions of Specify 6

Specify Setup & Configuration Checklist

Specify Configuration Checklist Read the documentation and learn about Specify See the above section – Introduction to Specify Learn about the Specify Data Model: Download and install Specify. Specify 6 and 7 are interoperable, meaning that you can use both applications with the same database. They use the same database and schema, meaning that the two applications are just different front-end applications for the same database. If you have any questions about this, you can create a topic…

Getting Started with Specify

• Webinar: Introduction to Specify
  • Specify 7 Introduction & Demo Database
  • Specify 6 vs. Specify 7 – Feature Comparison
• Specify Wizard: Creating a Database
  • Edit a Tree Structure
  • Add a Division, Discipline, or Collection
• Database Basics
  • Specify’s Organizational Model
  • View the Specify Schema
• Using the Forms
• Institutional Model

Using Specify

• Data Entry
• Using Forms
• Interactions in Specify
• Query Building
  • Specify 6 Query Builder
  • Specify 7 Query Builder
• Record Sets
• Reports & Labels
• WorkBench
• Specify Attachments
• Schema Config
• Statistics

Advanced Topics

• Form Editing
  • Form System Documentation [GitHub]
• DwCA Data Exporting
• Building Reports & Labels
  • SpiReport (Specify 6)
  • Jaspersoft Studio (Specify 7)
• Web Portal Exporting
  • Specify Data Exporter in Specify 6
  • Export Data Using the Data Exporter
  • DwCA Data Exporting in Specify 7
  • Data Exporting in Specify 7 (DwCA Export)
• Security and Accounts panel
• Advanced WorkBench Concepts

IT Administrator Resources

• Specify 7 API
• Single Sign-On Configuration
• Specify 6 Remote Access