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Origin Management HELP PAGE

Origin Management Help Page

Accessing the Origin Management Page

In the data entry IN table on the left hand side of the page is a link to the 'Origin Management' table. Click on this link.

Entering material origin details

You can enter the material origin details into the table on the right hand side of the page.

Click in the material origin box to add or edit the name of the producer or the origin of the material. The details you enter about your material origin are entirely up to you for your records (you can just put the name of the producer if you wish).The material origin name is the only box that it is essential an example of a producer or material origin could be Henbury School or Filwood Civic Amenity Site or collection round one.

Click in the Address 1 box and add or edit the first line of the address. This may be the full organisation name, name of the floor of the building in which they are based or the name of the road or street.

Click in the Address 2 box and add or edit the second line of the address. Click in the Address 3 box and add or edit the third line of the address These three boxes are provided in case your material origin has a particularly long address.

The other boxes are self explanatory click in each one to add the relevant details city, county, postcode, phone number, fax number, e-mail address.

To edit any of the information that you have entered simply click back into the box and change the details. When you are happy with all the details, you are ready to add the material origin to the data entry table.

Adding material origin details to the data entry IN table

To add the material origin details to the data entry IN table click on the 'Add this entry as a new origin' button. When you have clicked on this button your entry will be shown in the table of material origin entries at the bottom of the page. This is the table that allows you to view the material origins that you have entered and edit them.

If you wish to edit any of these details click on the link that says edit next to the entry you wish to change. This will take you back to the producers entry table where you can enter the details as before. To enter these changes click on 'update this entry'.

If you wish to delete a material origin from the list just click on the word delete next to the entry that you wish to remove.This will take you to a new page on which the record that you have selected to delete will be displayed. Choose either 'Yes do it!' to delete the record or 'No forget it! Take me back' to keep the record.You will automatically be taken back to the material origin table so you can see the changes you have made.

Viewing your material origin list on the data entry table

Once you have added a material origin when you go to the data entry IN table you will find that the material origin box has a drop down menu containing the names of the material origins that you have entered so that you can select them easily.