Significant changes in Recorder 6 version 6.15

If "Auto-complete search in Import Wizard" is ticked on the General tab in Tools - Options, then when you use the Get  button to find matches for species in the Import Wizard, the Find Taxon dialogue will open with the Search Text box populated with the species name from the Imported Data column. You can then edit the Search Text to help find a match. If you also have "Enable partial name search for taxa" ticked you will have more options for editing the Search Text, e.g. you will be able to remove characters from the end of the genus. This will often speed up the matching process.

If "Ignore Previous Import Wizard Matches" is ticked on the General tab in Tools - Options, then the matches remembered from previous imports done using the Import Wizard will be ignored.

Abundance data in the Import Wizard ending in a ), a bracket, no longer causes all the data to go into Measurement Data. The rule now is: If a set of abundance data ends in a character that isn't alphabetic or a ), it is assumed that it consists of Measurement Data only so the whole set goes into Measurement Data and Measurement Qualifier is set to "None".

The way the Import Wizard splits the contents of the Observer(s) column into separate names has been improved. It now splits names like "Dr G R and K Wood" into two names: "Dr G R Wood" and "K Wood". Likewise with "Richard & Susan Brown". It also handles names with two initials after the surname correctly so "Wood, Mr J.C." is interpreted as "Mr J.C.Wood". See Examples for more information.

The Import Wizard now imports another three column types:

Abundance Accuracy
Determination Type
Determiner Role

See supported columns for all the column types the wizard will import.

If you are using the Import Wizard to import data from Excel files, or any file that has not been exported from another copy of Recorder, and invalid items are reported at the analysis phase, the [Save Details] button allows you to save the details of them in a file. In v6.15, the information will be saved in a .csv file along with the data from the offending rows in the file you are importing. This data and the error messages should enable you to locate and correct the problems more easily. Prior to this you had to track them down by trial and error or use the temporary database created by the import.

In the Find Taxon dialogue box names are shown with their complete names, including the attribute, e.g. "auct., non L." for Geranium pratense when it is a synonym of Geranium himalayense. This attribute is now displayed as part of the name in the detail pane in the taxon dictionary browser.

The Filter Result in the report wizard now has a green filter bar at the top of the window that allows you to filter the observations. Typing some filter text in the green box at the top of the appropriate column and pressing <Enter> will return just the observations where the data in that column starts with the text entered. Precede the text with "%" to return observations containing the text entered. Delete the text and press <Enter> to remove the filter.

The [Report output] button on the Filter Result in the report wizard now has two Copy options. Copy copies just the selected cell to the Windows clipboard so that it can be pasted into a file such as an excel spreadsheet or word document. Copy All copies all the data in the Filter Result to the Windows clipboard.

Significant changes in Recorder 6 version 6.16

The major change in version 6.16 was to speed up exports. Exports well in excess of 100,000 observations are now done relatively quickly.

Selecting a recorder's name in the Names and Addresses window and using the [Related Data] button to view the related "Occurrences" now opens the Observations window showing the surveys in the observation hierarchy that contain observations recorded and/or determined by the selected recorder. Previously it only showed the observations determined by this person.