1. 1 www.isis.org 1003 Group Management CENSUS, COLONY, FULL AND PARTIAL TRANSACTIONS

2. 2 www.isis.org What is a Group? o Generally same Species Lowest common denominator o Not Individually Identifiable o Wish to manage as one Receives a single GAN

3. 3 www.isis.org What is a Colony? o Too many to count/impact on inventory Honeybees, fire ants o One entity of many/fragments Corals o Set inventory count in Institution Preferences o Check box in Census grid o Indicate count in Tax/Sex/Coll grid

4. 4 www.isis.org What is Tracking? o No Tracking Simple census numbers o Sex Type o Life Stage o Sex Type and Life Stage o Can change with each census Not recommended

5. 5 www.isis.org GROUPS – True Census Group Count Reset Must use a True Census to change tracking Census is used by the application for calculations for subsequent group numbers Births/Acquisitions/Merges will increase the number count Deaths/Dispositions/Splits will decrease the number count Nothing prior will affect this census count Number count will be calculated from the previous census

6. 6 www.isis.org To Record a Census Use the Census Grid

7. 7 www.isis.org GROUPS – Full versus Partial Transactions Full Happens to entire group Initial acquisition of the group Final disposition of the group Partial Happens to part of the group Add members Births/Acquisitions Merge Remove members Deaths/Dispositions Split

8. 8 www.isis.org To record a Full or Partial Transaction Use My Transactions

9. 9 www.isis.org GROUPS – Watch the icons

10. 10 www.isis.org GROUPS – Open or Closed Open Can still perform actions Will display in report/grid as 0.0.0 Status is “Open” Medical and Genetic tracking lost Closed Cannot perform any actions Will not display in reports/grid for time frame post Closing Status is “Closed Out”

11. 11 www.isis.org GROUPS – Closing Out

12. 12 www.isis.org GROUPS – Group Explorer Hyperlinks to Record

13. 13 www.isis.org Any Questions? BEFORE WE BECOME GROUPIES