87.1.1.4 How to manage tapes

The toolbar present in the top part of the window provides access to all the operations available by the application which are explained below:

Create new - Create a certain number of new blank tapes, requesting for each one of them only the tape code.

Save - Save all changes to the current open tape.

Undo - Takes back the last performed modifications.

Delete tape - Removes the current tape (and all its associations) from the Tape Library.

Depending on whether the "virtual deletion" is disabled or not under the Etere Configuration > Settings > Basic > Media format section, the deletion will be either:

•Definitive: If disabled (default), deleted tapes will be definitively removed from the database.

•Virtual: If enabled, deleted tapes will remain in the database for consultation only, that is, they will be accessible only from the Tape Library through the "search also deleted" search filter.

NB: When a tape is "virtually deleted", its code is renamed by appending to it the "delete" prefix.

Create tape with the same info - Create a new tape featuring the same information (i.e. description, timecodes, etc) of the current open tape.

Create tape with the same info and content - Copy all current tape's information  (i.e. description, timecodes, etc) to a user-selected existing destination tape.

NB: Please note that in case the "Tape Library" module has been launched from the "Media Library", the system will   prompt the operator to link (or not) the asset in question also to the destination tape.

Report - Prints -without previewing- a report featuring the tape's main information and content.

Tape loan - Opens the Tape Loan module which provides an advanced interface for detailed tape loan operations.

Fast return - Set the tape -with just one click- as returned from a loan.

Tape info - Shows the Tape Info window for exploring the content of a certain tape under a detailed view.

View operations - List all operations performed for the tape (in case there exists at least one).

Quick creation - Create a series of new blank tapes just by entering the number of tapes to be created, their media format and their single codes:

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Quick deletion - This function opens a form which allows, by manually inserting the barcode of a VIDEO tape(s), to either 'delete their contents' (i.e. remove all asset associations) or 'delete the tapes themselves' (i.e. remove them from the database):

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