DataManagement

This page is used to store codes, protocols, and procedures for use by the Data Managers.

Babase Technical Information

These links are primarly of interest to the Babase support staff.

• Ranker Program -- The ranker program is used to develop and input Baboon social ranks.

• The Babase VPN -- The Babase Virtual Private Network is available to those people who have a Unix Login on Papio. It is primarly used to run the ranker program.

• The Psion Data Format -- The Psions are handheld data collection devices. They output their data in a custom format.

• User Management

• Duke OIT Tools

• Firewall Tools

• Babase 2.0 Changelog

• Systems Administration -- Info about how to do some common administrative tasks for our VM and our backup units.

Programs

• Babase's Bespoke Programs

Protocols

• Behavioral and Group Movement Data Management Protocol (last updated 2023-07-03) -- Protocol for maintenance of interaction data, focal sampling data, GPS/SWERB data, male ranks, dartings, and predation and human disturbance data. Also known as the "Duke Protocol".

• Census and Reproductive Data Management Protocol (last updated 2023-03-31) -- Protocol for Data Checking and the Demography/Reproduction Update

• Data Storage.pdf -- See attachment for information on how data that come from the field are stored

• Electronic Data Handling.pdf -- See attachment for information on how electronic data are processed

• Paper Data Handling.pdf -- See attachment for information on how paper data are processed

• Forms for adding new data to the genetics tables

Wiki Administration

• BabaseWikiAdminGroup

• BabaseWikiEditorsGroup

• DatasetStatus

• DatasetStatusTable

• EmailManagement

Misc Links

• Tabby's test page

• SandboxPage -- Sandbox page for sharing code remotely

• RankerDiffs

• TheJeanneAndSusanAttachmentPage

• WritingAComplexQuery

• ExtendedQuizQuestions

• Historic Agonism Summary.xls

Copying the Babase Schema

The babase-copy-babase-schema Unix program copies the entire babase schema, including data, table definitions, validation, and everything else, from one database to another. All existing data, table definitions, validation, etc is deleted from the babase schema in the target database. You must be logged in to papio and at the Unix prompt to run the program.

The following example copies the babase schema from the babase database to the babase_test database. The first database (babase) is the database to copy from, the second (babase_test) the database to copy into.

PGPASSWORD='*********' babase-copy-babase-schema YOURADMINNAME babase babase_test

• The ********* here would be the password of YOURADMINNAME

The next example copies the babase scheme from the babase_test database to the babase_database. The program will not copy into the babase database unless the -f (force) flag is given.

PGPASSWORD='*********' babase-copy-babase-schema -f YOURADMINNAME babase_test babase

• When Backing up the DB, the 'help' directory can offer some direction

[YOU@papio ~]$ pg_dump --help

Killing a Process in PPA

Log in to phpPgAdmin as an administrator, then select the babase database.

There is a tab along the top of the browser window with a button for Processes. Click this button.

You will see a list of ongoing processes (queries, usually). Click the "Cancel" button next to whichever process you want to kill. You may have to click cancel on the process you are killing a couple of times. It might tell you that the function has failed, but you can ignore that; it's an error in phpPgAdmin, not with Postgres.