Adding a New Event
You must login to ISIS and have proper authorization to add a new event to the database. Navigate to the station history page of the station you are interested in [help].
Select
to add an event for this station. You will only be
shown this option if you are authorized to add a new event.
Screen 1
In the first screen you will be prompted to enter the date and select an event type.
First enter the date. The date and time fields are automatically filled in with the current UTC date/time, but they should match the documentation of the date/time this event occurs. The date must be UTC and in the format YYYYMMDDHHmmSS. If you attempt to enter the date in some other format, the software will not let you advance to the second screen. The time field is not required, and will default to 00:00:00 if left blank.
The event types are customized to the network you are logged in to. Each event type causes a different set of fields to be available on the second screen. Your network's ISIS documentation should describe what each of these event types should be used for.
When you are ready to advance to the next screen, select . If you have filled in a valid date and selected an event type, you will be taken to Screen 2.
Screen 2
In the second screen you will be prompted to enter an event description (optional) and fill in values for fields associated with the event type you selected in Screen 1. Follow the instructions below, and when you are ready to advance to the next screen, select . If you have filled in all fields with the appropriate type of data and completed required required fields, select and you will be taken to Screen 3. From this screen you may instead select to save this event to your workspace help.
Enter Changed Values
In ISIS, you only need to enter the values for fields which change. So if Temperature Sensor #1
is not replaced, you probably won't need to make any changes to the Manufacturer or Model. However,
if the sensor is recalibrated you will need to enter new calibration coefficients. Enter the new
values in the text boxes or select the value from the list. If you see a
next to a field, that field has a constraint. For example, in CRN the calibration coefficient must
be a number. Clicking the icon will open a popup window describing the constraint. Your browser
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title.
Removing Values No Longer Used
In some cases you may wish to remove a field which is no longer in use. This has the effect of
entering "null" into the database as the new value. This is the only way to enter "null" into the
database, since if you do not enter a value for the field, ISIS will assume this value did not
change. You may only remove a field if there is a 
next to the field name. This will
happen only when the instance of this field is optional - for example, if you may have three or four
temperature sensors, and this is Temperature Sensor #4.
You can also remove a group of fields. If there is a
next to a group of fields, selecting it will
remove the whole group. This has the effect of entering "null" in the database for all fields in
the group.
Adding Field Instances
If the maximum number of instances of a field do not appear in the form already, there will be
an "add" icon to add an additional instance. For example, a network may allow you to enter an
unlimited number of telephone numbers for a contact. In this case there will always be a button
to add another phone number for that person. Select
and hit
. A field will appear
with a message asking you to fill in the phone number. You can also add groups of fields, such
as another contact (a name, address, phone number, etc.), when the maximum number has not been
met.
Error Messages
If you attempt to advance to Screen 3 but have not entered required information or have entered a value which is not valid for a field, you will not advance to the next screen. Instead, a list of error messages will appear at the top of the page as well as next to the field they affect. For example, if you try to enter "1.3w" instead of "1.32" for a calibration coefficent, you will get an error message, because this field must contain a number. If this happens, you will not lose the data you have already entered. Fix each error referenced by the message before advancing to the next page.
Screen 3
Screen 3 shows you the changes as they will be submitted to the ISIS database. You may modify your entry or select to confirm you have input the event values correctly; nothing is entered into the database until you do. From this screen you may instead select to save this event to your workspace help.
Warnings
You may see a warning at the top of this page. For example, if you enter an event date which is within 24 hours of some other event for this station, you will see a warning messages and a link to the conflicting date. If you determine the warning requires no further research, you may override it by selecting . Warnings are different from error messages because you can override them. You can not override an error message.
On completion, you will be taken to the Event Viewer to view this new event.