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    3.7 Hands-On: Material Flows

    Managing Material Flow Data Sources
    Motivation: Familiarize yourself with creating the material flow's components.
    Scenario 1: The Deposit Manager Creates Metadata Forms and Submission Formats
    The Deposit Manager creates metadata forms and submission formats.

    Let's start:

    1. Open your Web browser and enter the URL of the Management area:

    http://[rosettatest.com]:1801/mng

    1. Log in using your user. Be sure to select the Training institution.
    2. Go to Deposits > Deposit Arrangements > Metadata Form
    3. Click Add Metadata Form.
    4. Fill in the fields in the Design Information tab.
    5. Select the Fields Information tab.
    6. Create a metadata form.
      1. Don’t forget to click on Add New field and save field.
      2. Make sure you preview your work periodically to check what you are doing.
    7. Save the form.
    8. Go to Deposits > Deposit Arrangements > Submission Format
    9. Select Http Load and click on Add
    10. Fill the form and Save

     

     

    Scenario 2: The Deposit Manager Creates One Material Flow and Assigns it to the Producer

    The Deposit Manager creates a manual material flow (using the metadata form and the appropriate submission formats created in Scenario 1) and assigns it to a Producer.

     

    Let's start:

    1. Go to Deposits > Deposit Arrangements > Material Flows
    2. Click on Add Material Flow
    3. Fill in the Name and choose Manual
    4. Fill the form
      1. Make sure to select your submission format created in Scenario 1
      2. Make sure to select your Metadata Form created in Scenario 1
    5. Save
    6. Go to Deposits > Producers and Agents > Producer Profiles
    7. Update the Producer Profile Training – Default
    8. In tab Material Flow List, select the material flow you have just created and add it.
    9. Go to Deposits > Producers and Agents > Producers
    10. Edit the producer you created in the first Hands-on
    11. Adjust the field Profile to select Training – Default and Save
    12. Logout and enter the URL of the Deposit area:

     http://[rosettatest.com]:1801/deposit

    1. Log in using the credentials of one of the Producer Agents you selected. Be sure to select the Training institution.
    2. See that you can submit material with your materiel flow and see your metadata form.
    3. Submit some materials.
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