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Recover a deleted Managed Area
If you accidentally delete a Managed Area, you can recover your data from the deleted schema and insert it back into the source schema. The attached zip fi...
Thu, 2 Aug, 2018 at 1:53 PM
Decimal values lost when exporting data
PROBLEM: When I run the following script in QB and save as a gdb/shp the EOSIZE_AC field is exported as a long when it should be a float or double and so d...
Tue, 23 Jul, 2019 at 3:12 PM
How do I query the list of users in my Biotics instance
You need to use quotes around the fieldname: select "User_ID", "Username", "Full Name", "E-mail" from SECURITY_USER...
Tue, 24 Feb, 2026 at 12:26 PM
How to create an Oracle view
An Oracle view is a virtual table that does not physically exist. It is stored in Oracle data dictionary and do not store any data. A view is created by a q...
Tue, 25 May, 2021 at 11:58 AM
Generate the link (URL) for elements in Explorer
Use the following string within a query to generate the link (URL) for an element in Explorer, using the necessary universal keys. An example of it in a qu...
Wed, 6 Oct, 2021 at 7:51 AM
Identify dependencies on a table
Following is a query to determine which (child) tables are dependent on another table, in this case ELEMENT_GLOBAL_RANK. select distinct c.TABLE_NAME fr...
Tue, 16 Nov, 2021 at 2:11 PM
Adding Custom non-IUCN Threat Category Domain values
The threat category domain (d_iucn_threat_category) table is locally extensible. We have established conventions that allow for the addition of custom level...
Wed, 29 Jun, 2022 at 3:58 PM
Identify duplicate Visit records
Although the Biotics application itself prevents duplicate Visit records from being created, if you run SQL statements, duplicates can be created as there i...
Mon, 2 Mar, 2026 at 2:31 PM
How to submit Species Habitat Model information to NatureServe
NatureServe is working to incorporate Species Habitat Model (SHM) information from model providers into the NatureServe SHM database, including metadata and...
Thu, 19 Mar, 2026 at 9:55 AM