Data Model Changes in Biotics 5

Ecological Name Category updates
Changes to Ecological Name Categories were incorporated in the 5.12.29 release of Biotics on November 3rd. Please see the attached, updated document for...
Thu, 4 Nov, 2021 at 8:00 AM
Remove Export to Data Exchange Shapefile Views for all Managed Records
  We will be removing the following views from Biotics Instances:  EO_VIEW_ALL_ATT_DX MANAGED_AREA_VIEW_DX SITE_VIEW_DX SOURCE_VIEW_ALL_ATT_DX These...
Fri, 13 Nov, 2020 at 2:52 PM
Update to USESA (U.S. Endangered Species Act) domain values
Notification about an important update made to USESA (U.S. Endangered Species Act) domain values   USESA Codes, Descriptions, and Display Values in the ta...
Wed, 26 Aug, 2020 at 3:43 PM
Detected field in Visit grid with default value of 'Y'
Detected will be added as a single checkbox field to the Visit grid in the Source Feature record, with a default value of Yes.  Previous feedback (Forum to...
Fri, 13 Nov, 2020 at 2:29 PM
D_LANGUAGE.languge_desc
D_LANGUAGE.language_desc column increased from 20 to 25 characters.
Tue, 19 May, 2020 at 2:03 PM
Observation table renamed Visit
 The table in Biotics 4 formerly known as OBSERVATION (displayed as a grid in the Source Feature record) was renamed VISIT in Biotics 5. The columns in the ...
Mon, 2 Jun, 2014 at 4:46 PM
Columns added to EO_SOURCE_FEATURE table
The EO_SOURCE_FEATURE table is the database link between EO and Source Feature records. In addition to the "foreign key" columns eo_shape_id and s...
Mon, 2 Jun, 2014 at 4:45 PM
Rank Calculator Export for Biotics5
As of 28 Aug 2014, the rank calculator available on the NatureServe website contains export scripts for Biotics 5. They are also attached here in a ...
Wed, 11 Mar, 2015 at 10:55 AM
Data Model changes between Biotics 4 and Biotics 5.5
See the attached document which identifies data model changes between Biotics 4 and Biotics 5.5. EGR/ENR/ESR data model changes are included. ...
Fri, 10 Oct, 2014 at 10:57 AM
Changes to Element Ranking tables
Several changes were made to ELEMENT_GLOBAL_RANK, ELEMENT_NATIONAL_RANK, and ELEMENT_SUBNATL_RANK in Biotics 5 to make these tables compatible with the Rank...
Fri, 10 Oct, 2014 at 1:50 PM