A Non-Description Tech's Guide, V378P | July 2018

Introduction

This guide covers 16 of the most commonly asked questions by description and paleontology scientists about DESClogik. The guide is intended to assist technicians and scientists when the Description technician is unavailable. There are images and callouts provided with the answers; however, there are other resources and guides which may be very useful in answering these questions. Those guides, and this one, are located on the VOL1 server in the following location:

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The questions are listed below, click to see their answers.

FAQ Table of Contents

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1. I can't login to DESClogik.
2. Which template do I use?
3. I am a paleontologist, how do I enter my samples?
4. How do I find my samples in DESClogik?
5. How Do I upload data, and how do I know it's been uploaded?
6. How do I download my data/Why can't I download my data?
7. How do I delete (cancel) data?
8. How do I export an Excel copy of my data?
9. How do I import data to my template?
10. How do I move, widen, or remove columns/Can I change the look of my template?
11. My data looks different then when I uploaded it/there are duplicate descriptions?
12. DESClogik froze while uploading data, what do I do and how can I recover my data?
13. DESClogik gives a warning message when I try to exit/clear samples?
14. Do I need to describe the missing whole-round samples, like PALs and IWs, in DESC?
15. Where are hand lenses, scrapers, smear slide sheets, etc....?
16. I need to add a term to our value lists.

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