Campaign

The CAMPAIGN table contains campaigns (synonyms are cruises, expeditions or legs) related to a certain project. The table contains the following fields

on the first card, named Basics - label of the campaign/cruise - basisused for the campaign, e.g. a ship or a research station > related to table Basis - date begin and end - Responsible scientist(s) > multiple choice relation to Staff - Area > related to table Area - Project > related to table Project on the second card, named Details - Report > related to table Reference; e.g. reference of the cruise report - Comment > free text - URL > link to a web page about the campaign (if applicable)

If a campaign is defined, it enables you to separate your sampling locations or data into different campaign lists.

Define a single campaign by clicking on an empty line in the list of campaigns in the project window. A list can be uploaded using the import form for campaigns and the 4D Menue File/Import, choose 'Campaigns'.

Use the campaign level only, if the necessary metainformation is available. Otherwise use a generic campaign label or 'not_given'.