Gayle Silverman, Continuing Education, Axiell ALM (Chicago) &Chris Vassilakis, Senior Software Consultant, Axiell ALM (Ottawa)

1. ARCHIVES LIBRARIES
MUSEUMS
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Our Favorite Things: Mimsy XG Tips and Tricks

2. GO HOME: RETURN TO PERMANENT LOCATION
ARCHIVES LIBRARIES MUSEUMS
Did you know that you can enter “HOME” into the Quick
Add Location Fields to return an object to its Permanent
Location?

3. GO AWAY: REMOVE RECORDS FROM SET
ARCHIVES LIBRARIES MUSEUMS

4. BE MINE: PERSONAL PREFERENCES &
PASSWORDS
ARCHIVES LIBRARIES MUSEUMS
Users can change their password once they have logged
into Mimsy XG. They can also modify the Alternate Fields
and Child Count on settings

5. BE THE BOSS: CONFIGURE INFO DISPLAY
ARCHIVES LIBRARIES MUSEUMS
The Info Field?
cascading_container_fix.sql
• Information
Flexi
• Group
Manager
Columns and
Summary
• Hierarchy
Browsers
Summary

6. ARCHIVES LIBRARIES MUSEUMS
SAVE KEYSTROKES: SQL STATEMENTS

7. ARCHIVES LIBRARIES MUSEUMS
SINGLE FILE: AUTHORITY RECONCILER UPDATES
• The Authority
Reconciler has been
updated to support
transferring of Object
Authority links
• With slight variances in
installations (custom
database views), we
request that sites run a
diagnostic script from
the Help Desk before
we send installation
materials
• Transfers links; does not
merge records

8. BE CONSISTENT: SIZING IMAGES IN CRYSTAL
ARCHIVES LIBRARIES MUSEUMS
New Image Function Released
• Uses the function from
Mobius to dynamically
display pre-defined image
sizes
• Background color may be
defined
• Uses Apache / PHP on the
image server
• Submit a JIRA ticket to
request installation

9. PICK ONE: DISPLAY ONE THUMBNAIL
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Select the “first”
thumbnail
• Create a formula
• Group by MKEY
• Use 1.6 MEDIA_ITEMS_ALL view
• Use Primary Image function

10. PERSONALIZE DISPLAY: SUPPRESSING SECTIONS
ARCHIVES LIBRARIES MUSEUMS

11. STOP REPEATING YOURSELF: DYNAMIC
PARAMETERS
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Pass Records from
Mimsy XG Directly
to Reports
• Use KEYSET to
pass all records
• Use KEY for a
single record
• Variables can be
used for any
parent table
(Loans,
Conservation,
etc.)

12. ARCHIVES LIBRARIES MUSEUMS
GET IT TOGETHER: MEDIA LINKER
• Utility “crawls” through
designated folders
• New Media Authority
records are created
• The new Media records
are associated to
related items
• Uses a metadata
extractor to write to
MEDIA_DESCRIPTORS
• Linker uses a default set
of rules
• The linking algorithm
can be adjusted on a
time and materials basis