Timewalk plugin or similar functionality in v4.0?

[Wendy Scheir]

Hi,

In testing v4.0 to get ready for upgrading from v3.3.1, we wanted to see whether the Timewalk plugin had been incorporated into the core code, yet. It's an incredibly useful plugin and has been around for years. (For those not familiar, Timewalk parses dates entered into the Date Expression field to auto-populate begin/end dates.) Timewalk cuts way down on the potential for data entry errors and saves loads of time, and I figured it must by now have been incorporated into the application.

However, when testing in the Sandbox, indeed it does not appear that have been incorporated. Is a similar function easily configurable within v4.0? Or will we need to bring along the old Timewalk plugin when we do our upgrade?

Many thanks,

Wendy

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[Dan Michelson]

Hi Wendy,

Timewalk is not in core code.

Personally, I don't think using Timewalk as part of regular ArchivesSpace practice is a good idea.  It's a terrific tool if your data isn't structured, but it's inherently less reliable than starting with structured data.  Also, remember that the date expression field is superfluous unless you can't properly express the date in a structured way.  Unfortunately, until this ticket is implemented, a lot of institutions understandably feel the need to add date expression data in order to make precise dates easier for a human to parse.

I'll also take this opportunity to plug a ticket I proposed to improve the way the date subrecord works that would, among other things, reduce the cases in which a date expression is necessary.

All the best,

Dan

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[Regine I. Heberlein]

I’ll also add that we’ve tested the Timewalk plugin with 4.0 and ran into a dependency conflict that we haven’t been able to resolve, i.e. the Timewalk plugin may not be compatible with the new version of ArchivesSpace.

 

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[Laurin Penland]

We are interested in testing out Timewalk in 4.1.0. Has anyone been able to get it to work with 4.0 and above? I have installed the plugin, but I do not think it is working for us. 

Best,

Laurin Penland

[Mary Mellon]

So far, our forked version of the timewalk plugin has been working as expected (on 4.1; also tested on 4.0; Lyrasis-hosted)- it does rely on the minor fiction that all dates are inclusive dates, but I don’t know if that makes a difference or will help troubleshoot other folks’ issues. https://github.com/duke-libraries/timewalk

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[Laurin Penland]

Thank you, Mary! I was able to get it working.

 

In case it is helpful to others, we’ve seen an error occur with plugins that has to do with their Gemfile. Specifically, we have had to change the source from http to https like so:

source 'https://rubygems.org'

 

If you’re getting a strange error upon adding a plugin, you might want to check the Gemfile source and see if that fixes things.

 

Best,

Laurin

 

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