Moving multiple tags from the unallocated tag list into Stockbook
Step 1. View Unallocated Tag List
- Click on Electronic ID > Unallocated Tag List menu option.
This screen shows a list of all unallocated tags that have been entered into Stockbook.
These have been saved from the EID link from Reader/Tag Bucket (i.e. by (1) transferring a list of EID's that you have saved in your Reader, directly into Stockbook and then assigning a visual ID to each uploaded EID's or (2) Importing a Tag Bucket File given to you by your tag supplier or from the NLIS database) screen.
An unallocated tag is normally a tag linked to an electronic Id., that represents an animal not yet entered into Stockbook.
Step 2. Add Unallocated Tags (ID's) into Stockbook:
- Click on the Animals toolbar icon
- Down the bottom of the main Animal screen Click on the Multi-Add button
- Click the Unallocated Tags option in Assign Ids. by box
- You will be presented with a list of all pending new animals.The Primary Ids. shown represent tags that have been cross-referenced to an electronic ID, but have not yet been placed on file as animals.
- Select the tags for which you want to create animals:
- A Green background means that you have selected an animal.
- Click on the Select All button to select all tags in the list.
- To select tags in a contiguous group, click on the first tag in the group, hold down the Shift key and then click on the last tag in the group.
- To select (or deselect) individual tags, hold down the Ctrl key and click on the tag/s you require.
- Click on the Back button to return to the Multiple Animal Addition window and enter the remaining animal details.
Step 3. Fill in the required information
- Enter any information about these animals that you would like to bring in with the new ID's
- Click on the OK button
- Click Yes to Confirm message: ' Are you sure that you want to add 18 selected animals?'
- Click OK to Information message: ' Multi-add complete. Click on Cancel to exit, or you can enter new data.'
- These animals have now been added to your Animals list and removed from your Unallocated Tag List.
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