Record Editor Tabs

This page explains the tabs at the top of the Occurrence Editor tool.

Upon opening the Record Editor page, you will see 4-5 tabs, depending on your level of permissions. The image shown below is of the Record Editor page for a user with administrative permissions. A brief explanation of each tab is provided below.

Occurrence Editor Tabs

Occurrence Data – See Symbiota Data Fields

Determination History – where annotations are shown and can be entered. Annotations can also be batch uploaded from separate files. See Annotations

Images – provides information on image(s) associated with the record. See Images

Material Sample - allows for association of multiple material sample records per specimen occurrence. For this tab to be visible, it must be configured per portal and activated per collection. Contact your Collection Administrator for more information. See Material Sample

Linked Resources – allows linkage of checklists, duplicates, and genetic resources to the record. See Linking Records/Resources

Traits - allows for scoring of trait data. For this tab to be visible, it must be configured per portal and activated per collection. Contact your Collection Administrator for more information. See Traits

Admin – tracks changes made to Edit History, allows for transfers of specimens between collections, and provides a means for deleting an occurrence record. Only users with administrative permissions can view this tab

Cite this page:

Katie Pearson, ed: Lindsay Walker. Record Editor Tabs. In: Symbiota Support Hub (2021). Symbiota Documentation. https://biokic.github.io/symbiota-docs/editor/edit/tabs/. Created on 26 Oct 2021, last edited on 29 Sep 2023.