NPGS GRIN-Global News & Training Page
SMTA - NPGS
On November 29, 2023, NPGS held a webinar to review these changes. Please refer to the SMTA section on this site's User Documentation page for the video from that session and SMTA-related documents. See http://grin-global.org/userdocs.htm#smta
NPGS Advisory Committee
AdCom Priorities Brainstorming Session
April 11 & 25, 2023
In two sessions in April, the AdCom brainstormed with the goal of identifying needs and generating ideas that if acted on would improve NPGS effectiveness.
ZOOM DIRECTIONS
Unless notified, all Q&As and webinars will be using ZOOM with the following:https://www.zoomgov.com/my/gringlobal
Meeting ID: 160 3144 7305
Audio If you prefer using the phone, use ZOOM's call back feature or dial by your location:
+1 669 254 5252 US (San Jose)
+1 646 828 7666 US (New York)
Employee Entrance / Exit Checklist
A new employee joining your GG team? Or someone leaving soon? We have a brief list of actions that pertain to GG for both scenarios. These actions are easy to forget, hence the list - check it out!
New NPGS staff should also review this brief overview of the GRIN-Global environment. check it out!
NPGS sites: Wondering if there is a more efficient way in GG? Consider having customized training at your "doorstep." Contact Marty to set up ZOOM sessions to meet the needs of your site - address new staff learning needs, common GG hurdles, ...
Intro to GG & the Curator Tool Series
A GRIN-Global / Curator Tool 5-part series began on February 22. After each session, participants were expected to complete a "homework" exercise. You can complete this series on your own - the video recordings and exercises are on the Video page https://www.grin-global.org/videos.htm
To practice completing the exercises, participants should have a TRAINING database Curator Tool account set up. (This is not the same as the NPGSWEB database.) Please contact the GG database administrator, Benjamin Haag if you need accounts. Contact
2024 - Q & A Series
Virtual Inventory
Tuesday
On November 5 & 19, we had QnA sessions where we explored the "virtual inventory" feature that is being developed. See
Previous QnA sessions
60 minute ZOOM sessions typically, 2:00 PM Eastern. All are welcome. Please suggest topics for consideration to marty.reisinger@usda.gov
Previous Q & A Topics
Virtual Inventory (2nd session)
In this follow-up session, we conducted a review and an open forum on the new virtual inventory feature in which participants expressed their questions and concerns. See also Nov. 5th's session (below).
Virtual Inventory
A new feature is under development that will make it possible to distribute germplasm forms that do not have corresponding inventory records. These forms will be termed "virtual inventory." In this session, we saw the basics that are currently proposed. A follow-up forum session will be conducted in which participants can express their questions and concerns.
Field Book
Trevor Rife, Assistant Professor of Phenomics and Crop Improvement at Clemson demonstrated Field Book. The Rife Lab focuses on developing efficient tools, technologies, and methods to optimize plant breeding and genetics research. Field Book is an open-source Android app for collecting phenotypic data, facilitating increased collection speed with greater data integrity.
Labels Forum
The Q and A was an open discussion on labels -- packing, field, greenhouse, storage, etc. Participants shared ideas, experiences, concerns, and recommendations as well as limitations facing them in printing labels.
GGCE Overview
GRIN-Global Community Edition ("GGCE") is the new genebank information management system being designed and developed by the Crop Trust. In this overview, we do a quick overview of GGCE and compare its similarities and differences with GG.
Dynamic Queries
Super Coops – CT users included in the manage_cooperators permission group can edit any Cooperator or Cooperator-Map record. We discussed the "how to's" and other considerations, as well as how to upsadte a site's page with current curator information.
Attachments
In the review of three broadly-defined groups of inventory: traditional, seasonal, and virtual, we focused on the new Virtual Inventory feature that is being tested and considered.
Dynamic Queries
We discussed some best practices when working with Dynamic Queries. Participants shared and explained some of their favorites.
Attachments
We reviewed attachments and the Attachment Wizard. (An attachment is a file or link associated with a GG record.) New users and folks who haven't made any attachments for awhile should find this session helpful.
Inventory: Traditional, Seasonal, or Virtual?
We reviewed how inventory is currently being handled by the Public Website and also examined the "Virtual Inventory" feature that is under current development.
A continuation of the SQL Basics session held on March 2. This session explained how to use the dumpsql tool to generate SQL, especially when working with JOINs and multiple tables.
Visibility & Availability
Various messages display on the Search Results page depending on the availability of the inventory. This session explained how these messages originate.
Inventory - Review of the Availability Trigger
Inventory is probably the most important table in GRIN-Global. Today's session focused on the current availabilty trigger and the relationship between an Inventory Maintenance Policy and inventory records.
Overview of GGCE
We discussed the Crop Trust's exciting new GG Community Edition. A brief demo was given.
SQL queries can be submitted via the Public Website interface and the query results can then be easily extracted to Excel for further analysis. Using SQL, you can quickly determine database contents and information. In this session, we provided a good foundation on SQL basics.
Adding Crop Observations (Part 3)
Intro & demo on adding crop observations. This session is a follow-up to the first two Q&A Observations sessions held on February 2 and February 16.
Adding Crop Observations (Part 2)
Intro & demo on adding crop observations. This session is a follow-up to the first Observations Q&A session held on Feb.2
USDA Pecan Database
Ellen Provin at Brownwood will demo their application used in the Pecan orchard for managing many functions, such as tracking the history of each tree, providing summary observation data, and incorporating fieldbooks via tablets.
Adding Crop Observations (Part 1)
What's New? (with GRIN-Global)
Recent changes to GG server features and GG project pages were briefly reviewed. An open forum and participant suggestions for GG.
Orders/Shipping: FAQs & Best Practices
We discussed steps that are taken or could be taken to improve requester communications related to their order's status & tracking.
Updating Site Details
"Sites" - How do you update your site's PW details page? These and other site-related questions were answered in this week's session. Several related files are available:
Crop Wild Relatives & Mapping Application
Dan Carver demoed locating Crop Wild Relatives with a web mapping application. This resource showcases data from Khoury and Carver et al. (2020) and was developed in collaboration with the USDA-ARS Partnerships for Data Innovations.
Public Website Wish List
Marty Reisinger demonstrated some of the Public Website's Wish List changes being made in the next server release.
Seasonal Availability
Reviewed the recently released Seasonal Availability feature. Primarily used by clonal crops, with this new feature it is possible to specify a range of dates, starting and ending, to restrict PW distributions for a given form (cuttings, leaves, pollen, etc.)
"smile"
Cullen McGovern demonstrated the "smile" tool he has been developing. smile enables users to access data, create reports, barcodes, etc. using the GRIN-Global database, directly from a browser.
Attachment Wizard - What's New?
Marty Reisinger reviewed the changes implemented since the prior attachment wizard. Related reference links:
Using Dynamic Folders to Find Stuff
Marty reviewed the basics of the Curator Tools' Dynamic Folders capability.
Recording Citations
NPGS's taxonomist, Melanie Schori, explained how to properly create citations and literature references in GRIN-Global.
Joining Cooperator Records
Marty demo'd how to associate multiple cooperator records for the same cooperator when addresses are different.
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