Campaign

The CAMPAIGN table contains metadata about campaigns (synonyms: cruises, expeditions or legs) related to a certain project. Campaign, the second level in the data model, may be used as an option, but is recommended to more easily list separate sampling locations. If no metainformation is available, a generic campaign label or the label 'not_given' may be used.

Define a single campaign by clicking on an empty line in the list of campaigns in the project window and fill out the fields. For lists of campaigns use the import form for campaigns and import via 4D-Menue File/Import, choose 'Campaigns'. to fill out fields with relations to other tables, the required information must be defined first.

The table contains the following fields on the first card, named Basics:
 * Label of the campaign/cruise,
 * Basis used 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, also recognized by IDs,
 * Area > is related to table Area,
 * project > is related to table Project,

and on the second card, named Details:
 * Report > is related to table Reference; e.g. reference of the cruise report,
 * Comment > free text,
 * URL > link to the web page of the campaign (if applicable).