Initializing data
In order to make a newly-created tenant fully functional, you must initialize data for that tenant. The process of initializing data involves reading configuration files in CollectionSpace's Application layer and, from that configuration, creating: The process of initializing authorities and vocabularies/term lists involves two steps: For instance, when you install a brand-new CollectionSpace system, you'll need to initialize data for the demonstration For Linux, Mac OS X, and other Unix-like systems, there is also a shell script available to automate the process of initializing default authorities and term lists for one or more tenants. You can optionally run that script as an alternative to the manual process described above.Initializing default authorities and term lists
1. Logging into the tenant in which you wish to initialize data.
2. Visiting a specific URL to begin the initialization process. (You'll then see on-screen messages describing its progress.)core
tenant. To do so:http://<ip-address>:8180/collectionspace/tenant/core/authorities/initialise
You can optionally choose to populate a CollectionSpace tenant with a set of sample records. These include over 2,000 authority term records for persons and organizations. Typically you would only populate a demonstration or "play" tenant with sample records, to avoid intermingling sample records with "real" records. To populate the demonstration This process of adding sample data is time consuming - it can take 20 minutes or more. During that time, you will see a succession of progress messages in your browser window.Populating with sample records
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tenant with sample records:http://<ip-address>:8180/collectionspace/tenant/core/reset