To see a list of events entered so far, select the List tab.
To see a subset of events use the quick filters in the upper right of the window.
For example, to see all of the OBS events, select OBS from the Instrument drop-down list in the middle filter. You can combine filters (e.g. Action = Start).
Remove the filters to see the full list again.
This can be very handy to check that each instrument 'Start' has a corresponding 'End'.
To see the full list of events while you are entering a new event, simply open another browser window and List All events in one browser window, and enter the new event in the second window.
Click on the Cruise tab in the upper left corner from any screen to display a page of the most recent events.
To enter an event:
Select New at the top of the list of events. The following screen is displayed:
Fields with a red asterisk (*) are required. Others are optional.
Select the Instrument (sampling device) from the drop-down menu.
The 'Action' field will change to a list of choices for that instrument.
Select the Action (Start, End or Other action on the list)
Select the Author (person entering this event information)
Enter the appropriate Transect, Station and Cast number (just the number not a file name)
Add an optional comment. Please be as brief as possible.
When the form is complete and ready to enter the event, click on the Submit button (at the top or bottom of the window). A screen showing a summary of the entered event will be displayed. Click List to return to full listing of events.
When Submit is clicked; date, time, and GPS are updated to the time of the Submit.
It is possible to edit an event if something needs to be changed.
First select the event to be edited from the list of events, then select Edit.
The Edit screen looks almost exactly like the New screen above and works the same way.
When the desired edits have been made, select Submit to submit the changes.
A note on time: when editing the time field in 'GPS_Time' the format should be: yyyy/mm/dd hh:mm:ss
Events can be deleted. Use with caution, a deleted event cannot be recovered.
Not currently used.
Select the event you wish to duplicate, e.g. the Start of the current event that is about to end.
Select Duplicate
Change information as needed, perhaps only changing the Action to 'End' and Submit.
Find allows a more sophisticated search/filtering of the events and exports the results to CSV, XML, or raw formatted files.
Selecting Help will display the documentation pages.
For more information or if you have questions about the Current Cruise ELOG send email to: elog@rvdata.us