Name: aspace-import-excel
Owner: Smithsonian Institution
Description: Import resources, archival objects, etc. into ArchivesSpace using Excel spreadsheet files
Forked from: harvard-library/aspace-import-excel
Created: 2018-03-05 21:39:22.0
Updated: 2018-03-05 21:39:24.0
Pushed: 2018-03-09 02:16:01.0
Size: 2134
Language: JavaScript
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An ArchivesSpace plugin to support the bulk uploading via Excel SpreadSheet of Archival Objects and (optionally) their associated Creator Agents, Top Containers, Subjects, Digital Objects etc.
Also supports the inport of spreadsheets that will allow for the creation of Digital Objects to be associated with already-created Archival Objects for Version 2.2.2 and higher of ArchiveSpace.
For versions of ArchivesSpace before v2.2.2: v1.7.8 Note: This version does not support the creation of Digital Objects to be associated with already-created Archival Objects.
For ArchivesSpace v2.2.2 and higher: v2.1.5
The initial version supports interactive selection of an archival object (or resource) as the starting point of the bulk upload.
The Excel template will be found in the templates/ folder as aspace_import_excel_template.xlsx.
The intention is not to completely reproduce a Finding Aid as presented in an EAD XML, or to allow for every permutation of Archival Object creation within ArchivesSpace. We are aiming for the “80% rule”; that is, at least 80% of the work that would be done interactively can be replaced by an excel spreadsheet; additional refinements to individual archival objects (such as addition of agents-as-subjects, assignment of locations to top-level containers, etc.) would take place interactively.
See the user documentation for more information.
This functionality is turned on by default See the Installation instructions for turning it off.
The Excel template will be found in the templates/ folder as aspace_import_excel_DO_template.xlsx.
As with the original development, we are not completely reproducing all the functionality of ArchivesSpace: only one Digital Object, which can have either or both of one:
See the user documentation for more information.
This is a regular ArchivesSpace Plug-in.
To install this plug-in:
Download or clone the plug-in from this GitHub repository into the ArchivesSpace /plugin/ directory.
(Optional) To turn off the functionality for creating Digital Objects associated with already-created Archival objects, you must edit /plugin/aspace-import-excel/frontend/plugin_init.rb. Change the line
onfig[:hide_do_load] = false
to
onfig[:hide_do_load] = true
Run the scripts/initialize-plugin script
for Linux, that's scripts/initialize-plugin.sh aspace-import-excel
for Windows, that's scripts/initialize-plugin.bat aspace-import-excel
In the common/config/config.rb file, add 'aspace-import-excel' to the AppConfig[:plugins] array.
Stop and restart ArchivesSpace
User documentation is available