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Tutorials & Guides

Get started and learn how to utilise the different features of IrisBG with step-by-step tutorials and guides. Sign in to access more material, including our video tutorials.

Getting Started with IrisBG: Video Tutorials

  • Video: Logging into IrisBG 📹
  • Video: Express search & Accessions screen intro 📹
  • Video: Basic search for records 📹
  • Video: Items–Update status and history 📹
  • Video: Create labels 📹

Getting Started with IrisBG

  • Set up your new IrisBG database
  • 1. Introduction to Getting Started with IrisBG
  • 2. IrisBG | Built-in Reference & Support
  • 4. What is the Knowledge Library?
  • 5. What is my login to the Knowledge Library/IrisBG forum?
  • 7. Find an Existing Accession
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Database management

  • IrisBG's Cloud Hosting: Demystified
  • Database Security
  • Protecting Plant Collections Data
  • IrisBG's Multilingual Data Add-on Module
  • Add personnel, define roles, & create user accounts: a workflow
  • Set user account roles & permissions
See all 9 articles

Labeling

  • Edit label template fields with Word's Mailmerge

Mapping

  • The Earth is not flat | The accuracy of your coordinates in IrisBG
  • The Mapping module | Five things to know
  • Map Providers | Adding a Custom Map

Mobile data collection

  • IrisBG-ArcGIS Mobile

Reporting

  • Export data for BGCI PlantSearch & BGCI Index Seminum
  • Contribute invasive plant data | Install the PGSIP add-on
IrisBG – Collection Management