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-In this tutorial I will be teaching users our best practices for adding data to ICE-D through the admin+In this tutorial we will be teaching users our best practices for adding data to ICE-D through the admin
 page on the ICE-D website. In the past, we had folks from the community add data directly to the database page on the ICE-D website. In the past, we had folks from the community add data directly to the database
 through SQL clients such as Heidi and Sequel Pro, but users will now be adding data in excel spreadsheet through SQL clients such as Heidi and Sequel Pro, but users will now be adding data in excel spreadsheet
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 and one of us will get you set up as a standard editor on the ICE-D admin page. and one of us will get you set up as a standard editor on the ICE-D admin page.
  
-Also see [[applications:add-special-cases|a page with notes on some less common data entry cases]]+Also see [[applications:add-special-cases|a page with notes on some less common data entry cases]] if what you are looking for is not covered here.
  
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 You will notice there are several links to various ICE-D tables on the left side of the screen. In this You will notice there are several links to various ICE-D tables on the left side of the screen. In this
-tutorial, for simplicity, I am going to focus only on the four most relevant tables for users adding new 10Be simple exposure entries (Regions, Sites, Samples and Be10 Al26 Quartz). Furthermore, these four tables +tutorial, for simplicity, we are going to focus only on the four most relevant tables for users adding new 10Be simple exposure entries (Regions, Sites, Samples and Be10 Al26 Quartz). Furthermore, these four tables 
-have more columns/attributes beyond those necessary to calculate exposure ages but I am going to focus+have more columns/attributes beyond those necessary to calculate exposure ages but we are going to focus
 only on those that are necessary to calculate simple exposure ages (and make proper table relations; more only on those that are necessary to calculate simple exposure ages (and make proper table relations; more
 on that below). on that below).
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 find the unique id for that Region since you will need it for the Sites table.) find the unique id for that Region since you will need it for the Sites table.)
  
-For the remaining tables except Sites and Publications - Samples, Be10 Al26 Quartz, Sample Publication matches - the admin page allows users to directly upload excel spreadsheets. For each table, I am including a screenshot of the basic columns needed to set up proper table relations and allow for calculating simple exposure ages using the version 3 Cronus Earth calculator.+For the remaining tables except Sites and Publications - Samples, Be10 Al26 Quartz, Sample Publication matches - the admin page allows users to directly upload excel spreadsheets. For each table, we are including a screenshot of the basic columns needed to set up proper table relations and allow for calculating simple exposure ages using the version 3 Cronus Earth calculator.
  
 **IMPORTANT: If you miss any of these entries your samples will not show up properly and you may cause an error on the ICE-D web page (don’t worry you won’t kill ICE-D, you just need to amend your entries for the error to go away.)** **IMPORTANT: If you miss any of these entries your samples will not show up properly and you may cause an error on the ICE-D web page (don’t worry you won’t kill ICE-D, you just need to amend your entries for the error to go away.)**
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-**Step 4.** Once you have these three excel tables set up, one by one import (or manually enter) them into their respective ICE-D tables in the admin page. I will show what it looks like to import entries for the Samples table, but the process is essentially the same for other tables that work for importing.+**Step 4.** Once you have these three excel tables set up, one by one import (or manually enter) them into their respective ICE-D tables in the admin page. We will show what it looks like to import entries for the Samples table, but the process is essentially the same for other tables that work for importing.
  
 **NOTE: STANDARD EDITORS CANNOT BULK IMPORT SITES DUE TO RESTRCITIONS ON WHICH APPLICATIONS THEY HAVE ACCESS TO. SITE ENTRIES MUST BE MADE ONE AT A TIME!** We recommend creating an excel page for sites (similar to the other tables like samples, be10al26 Quartz, etc.) to keep track of each site and their attributes/fields to help with manual data entry. **NOTE: STANDARD EDITORS CANNOT BULK IMPORT SITES DUE TO RESTRCITIONS ON WHICH APPLICATIONS THEY HAVE ACCESS TO. SITE ENTRIES MUST BE MADE ONE AT A TIME!** We recommend creating an excel page for sites (similar to the other tables like samples, be10al26 Quartz, etc.) to keep track of each site and their attributes/fields to help with manual data entry.
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 Note here that all of the columns with their respective titles show up on this page in the order they Note here that all of the columns with their respective titles show up on this page in the order they
-need to be entered. If there is additional info you want to add besides the info I outline in this tutorial,+need to be entered. If there is additional info you want to add besides the info we outline in this tutorial,
 refer to the import page for column names and order. refer to the import page for column names and order.
  
 Choose the file you wish to import (be sure that it is saved as a .xlsx file), and from the format drop Choose the file you wish to import (be sure that it is saved as a .xlsx file), and from the format drop
 down menu select .xlsx (this works for other file formats such as csv, but xlsx is the simplest to work with down menu select .xlsx (this works for other file formats such as csv, but xlsx is the simplest to work with
-so I suggest sticking with that file format).+so we suggest sticking with that file format).
  
 Once you have done this, you can hit the submit button, which takes you to a preview page before the Once you have done this, you can hit the submit button, which takes you to a preview page before the