Unresolved initials (WAS Re: [Babase] Observers table- no null name)

kfenn kfenn at princeton.edu
Thu Apr 9 09:53:01 EDT 2009


Susan Alberts wrote:
>
> On Apr 8, 2009, at 2:59 PM, kfenn wrote:
>
>> I've been troubleshooting an upload on the observers table in 
>> Babase_test.
>>
>> A question for Jeanne and Susan:
>> I have three observers initials (LF, SES, TAW) with no name which I 
>> (sort of) cannot upload because the name field is NOT NULL.  Can I 
>> leave them off the list or do you want to take a stab at names...?
>
> So am I correct that  these are individuals that appear on the actual 
> data sheets, and so were in the field when the met data were 
> collected? Jeanne commented that the initials you listed below were 
> probably short term Chicago people (for instance, LF might be Laura 
> F.... who was a data person in Chicago) but that can't be true if 
> these were the people that collected the Met data.
>
These individuals are NOT on any min_max sheets.  They were in the xls 
file JA and SCA exchanged in Jan 2008.  I will not upload them to 
observers now.  I have them separated onto their own worksheet labeled 
"Unresolved" in my ABRPobservers excel file.  We can revisit them if the 
need arises.

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Tabby Fenn
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