Individuals List

Purpose

This screen is used to browse the entire Individuals list, based on a chosen sort order. The list will be split across several pages, each with the maximum number of entries (value defined globally for the application -- see Global Definitions File), to avoid saturating the browser when dealing with very long lists. Controls are available to navigate between the different segments of that list.

This screen also serves as the main entry point to the creation and edition of individual Individuals.

For further information about the creation, edition and management of Individual objects, please refer to the Individuals Edition Page and the Individuals Management Workflow.

Getting There...

From the Main Application Menu (or indeed almost any other Project Hirtius page), click on the "Manage Persons" icon in the header ().

Fields

Each entry in the list will use the following layout:

object ID

full name

nickname

sex

birth date

death date

[actions]

For the description, format and meaning of each field, please refer to the Individuals Edition Page. The field called "full name" in the table above is built by the program based on the individual's name components.

Controls

Sort order bar

The first row of controls beneath the page header allows the user to select the desired sort order for the list. The currently active sort order is rendered as text, whereas all other available choices are rendered as HTML links. Here are the four available choices:

by ID# (default): ordered by increasing object ID.
by birth: ordered by increasing birth date, then by object ID.
by name: ordered by increasing full name.

Selecting a different sort order always returns you to the top of the list (as defined by that order).

Navigation bar

The second row of controls beneath the page header allows the user to navigate the Individuals list based on the currently selected sort order (see above). Some action links (prev and next) may be rendered as text when not applicable.

Here are the available actions:

First: jump to top of list (first record).
Prev: show previous page (i.e. previous chunk of 'N' records, where 'N' is a value defined in the Global Definitions File).
All: show all records on a single page. Depending on the length of the list, this may be more than your browser can handle, and it may make it crash.
Next: show next page (i.e. next chunk of 'N' records, where 'N' is a value defined in the Global Definitions File).
Last: jump to bottom of list (last record).

For really large collections (10.000 individuals or more), this navigation method will show its limits. The larger your individuals collection, the more you should rely on the search interface or the project management features to locate your individuals. For more details, see Navigation Tips.

Individual actions

For each Individual in the list, the first and last columns of its row contain links that correspond to actions to be performed on the Individual object.

object ID: the object ID (left-most column) is a link that opens the Individuals Edition Page in view mode for the selected Individual.
Edit: opens the Individuals Edition Page in edit mode for the selected Individual.
Clone: opens the Individuals Edition Page in clone mode for the selected Individual (use it to create a new Individual record based on a copy of the original one: all fields will be pre-filled; further edit them as needed before hitting Submit).
Del: opens the Individuals Edition Page in delete confirmation mode for the selected Individual. You can then confirm to proceed with the deletion or cancel it and return to the list.

In addition to this, a global action is available on the last row (bottom right corner) of every segment of the list:

Add: opens the Individuals Edition Page in add mode (displays a blank HTML form to be filled in order to create a new Individual record).

Related pages menu

At the bottom of the page, between the Individual list and the page footer, a small secondary menu is located that will give you access to pages related to the task at hand (such as Families management), pages that are not directly reachable through the header toolbar.

Here are the menu entries in question:

Families: opens the Families List.
Name Types: opens the Alternate Name Types Management Page.