Source Box

Mark McKenzie_1

When it comes to the Source Box I obviously have just the one, but now that I have CET active what's displayed in the Source Box depends on how I get there. Not so much what's shown for titles in the list, but more with the Attached paperclip and when you look at 'View' or 'Attached to' in the Source detail window. It may show individuals in the FamilyTree or individuals in a CET depending on how you navigated your way to the Source Box. All is as you'd expect if you arrive at the Source Box from the Sources tab and by using 'Add Source'… 'Attach from Source box'. But if you use the drop-down under your User Profile, what you get depends on what is 'remembered' from a previous visit. Could see Source connections associated with FamilyTree or those associated with a CET, hard to say. The 'copies' of the Source Box used for CETs need to be somehow identified as such

Mark McKenzie_1

Okay... so some further thoughts how to handle Sources when dealing with multiple trees.

Let's say we have two CETs [CET-A and CET-B]. It seems like it would help to 'tag' a Source if it is associated with one of those trees.

For example, while in CET-A if in the Sources tab, by using Add New Source/New Memory Source it would automatically 'tag' the created Source as being associated with CET-A. When selecting 'Attach From Source Box' the subsequent window would show a listing of ONLY those Sources 'tagged' to CET-A. This list would also display the 'Paper Clip' for those Sources already attached to a PID in CET-A. CET-B would act similarly tagging and selecting Sources associated with CET-B

If you navigate to the Source Box from the User Name Drop Down menu then how would the Sources be organized/displayed given we may have CET-A and/or CET-B associated Sources? Filters may be useful by having an option to select which CET Sources to display. By Filtering on CET-A we'd see a display just as if we navigated to the Source Box from a CET-A PID [essentially a CET-A filter automatically applied]

Filter options would be needed for any CET and also for FamilyTree with each acting similarly. The Source Box would essentially always have a Tree filter applied, even if it's just the FamilyTree filter. I'm not sure it would make sense to allow multiple Tree filters to be applied at one time…

Using this concept of 'tagging' would necessarily allow the same Source to be tagged to more than one tree.

Anytime 'Create Source' is used from the Source Box, the dialog box should include a requirement to specify a Tree 'Tag' as every Source should be tagged to a tree [CET or FamilyTree].

The Source Box should prominently identify which Tree Filter is presently applied

Lastly, if you are working with a non-indexed image, you have two options. Either 'Attach to Tree' or 'Save to Source Box'. Having multiple trees, if you select 'Attach to Tree' it would be necessary to come up with a way to select the desired Tree [FamilyTree, CET-A, CET-B]. Likewise, if you select 'Save to Source Box' an option would be needed to specify the desired/required Tree 'Tag'

Anyway.... just one take on how this might be done....

Tomie K. Avant

@Mark McKenzie_1 Thank you for agreeing to test the "earl access CET". Your feedback is very important to the development of this product. I will bring these issues to the attention of the engineering team and keep you updated on the process.