| | 1 | = Updating to Reggie 4.21 = |
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| | 3 | == 1. Assign release ID values to No, Not asked, Retract and !RetroNo items == |
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| | 5 | Ticket #1077 is assigning unique release ID values to all biosource items that are not patient items. |
| | 6 | The release ID is a text value consisting of a single-letter prefix and six digits. |
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| | 8 | || '''Item type''' || '''Prefix''' || '''Note''' || |
| | 9 | || No & !RetroNo || N || || |
| | 10 | || Not asked || Z || || |
| | 11 | || Retract || R || Existing items that have a `Qnnn` external id should also be updated || |
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| | 14 | All existing items need to be assigned external ID values. A simple procedure is to export 3 data files with the internal ID of each item. One file for `No` and `RetroNo` items, one file for `Not asked` items, and one file for `Retract` items. Use a spreadsheet program to add a second column with auto-generated release ID values. Import the text files back into BASE using the built-in batch importer plug-ins. It is of course also possible to do this with a single file. Just make sure that the correct prefix is used for each of the item types. |
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| | 16 | '''Note! This can be done before or after Reggie is updated. Just make sure that no other user is creating new items during this process.''' |
