Working with the Sidebar
Making Selections
Selecting a Site
In the sidebar, you'll see a single selection menu that says Select a Site. This is the first step needed to reach the data management part of the application.
When reviewing the contents of the dropdown, you should see Schema Names associated with each site. This is intended for additional clarity so that in the event that you know what schema you need to connect to but not which site, you can still find it.
Selecting a Plot
After selecting a site, an additional dropdown should slide downwards from the site selection box, allowing you to select a Plot.
When choosing a plot, you should also see how many quadrats are associated with that plot!
Selecting a Census
After you choose a Plot, a third dropdown should appear, allowing you to select a Census. In addition, a navigation menu should also become visible. However, until you select a Census, this menu will be disabled.
It's not a fixed period, and is instead described and determined by the first and last measurement recorded as part of that census. When you open the dropdown, you should see a First and Last Measurements display as part of each selectable census. If there aren't any measurements associated with the census, it should say No Measurements.
Once you select a census, the navigation menu should become enabled and interactible!
Creating a New Census and Using the Rollover Modal
As you interact with the Census dropdown, you should see a small plus icon in the top right corner of the dropdown that says Add New Census. This will trigger a new modal that will provide a series of options before you create a new census.
The Rollover Modal will then appear, providing you with two options:
Rolling over personnel information
Rolling over quadrats information
Personnel and Quadrats information are census-dependent:
In the event that you have some of the same people working on a new census that were working on one before, or if you have some quadrats that have not changed (coordinates, dimensions, etc.), you will need to re-add them to the new census.
The Rollover modal is intended to simplify this process. If you open the dropdown for either Personnel or Quadrats, you should be able to see past censuses and whether they have respective information that can be rolled over into the new census you're making.
If you don't want to roll over ANY information into your new census, click the confirmation button for either case. You aren't required to roll over existing data into a new census, but it's important to note that you won't be able to roll over data later.
If you decide to roll over existing information, simply select the census you want to roll over data from.
The system will automatically attempt to roll over all existing (personnel or quadrats) information from the selected census. However, if you want to only move over partial information, click on the Customize Selections button! This will open a table with checkboxes that will allow you to specify which quadrats or personnel you want to roll over.
Understanding the Navigation Menu
The navigation menu is a quick and easy way to navigate around the site!
Dashboard
The Dashboard page is the home page you're redirected to when you first log into the app. Please see the [Dashboard] (Understanding-the-Dashboard.md) page for more information on what's displayed in the Dashboard itself!