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=Getting Started with Advanced Relationships=
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[[Image:Alert.png]] '''[[To Do|ToDo]]: This [[How To|HowTo]] needs adjustment to interface changes.'''

Let's say that I'd like to add the information that [[Artist:ee1ed7fa-26d6-4022-be87-74ca4adcb681|Grinspoon]]'s album [[Release:805edd36-7bd2-4712-bfc2-c3574f49fd17|Easy]] was produced by [[Artist:bdb93de0-982d-4668-abfb-c6fd3118c759|Jonathan Burnside]]. Here are the steps:

==Login==

If you aren't already logged in, login to [[MusicBrainz]] (see [[Logging In|LoggingIn]]).

==Find the first element==

Browse to the first thing you want to relate. It doesn't matter which one you choose first. In this case, I'm choosing the release, [[Release:805edd36-7bd2-4712-bfc2-c3574f49fd17|Easy]].

==Select the first element==

To do this, click on the "Use this release in a relationship" link in the box just under the title box. That's the one circled in red in the following diagram:

[[Image:use-in-rel-circled.png]]

Once you've done that, the relationship box will change to show you all the things you've selected. So far you've only got one, which isn't enough to make a relationship, so the box will tell you this:

[[Image:easy-selected.png]]

==Find the second element==

Browse to the second thing you want to relate. You can take your time doing this - [[MusicBrainz]] won't "forget" about the element you've already selected<ref>IIRC the elements you selected are stored on the server-side and are related to your session-ID. Therefore the server will remember your selection for the whole session. You can always clear the list by selecting [Cancel].</ref>. You can even create a whole new database entry from scratch if you need to. In this case, I've created a new artist, [[Artist:bdb93de0-982d-4668-abfb-c6fd3118c759|Jonathan Burnside]], because he hasn't been entered in the database yet.

==Select the second element==

Once you've found the second element, click on the "Use this artist in a relationship" link. Now the relationship box will show both the elements you've selected so far, and since there are two, the "Create relationship" link appears.

[[Image:both-selected.png]]

==The relationship creator page==

Click on the "Create relationship" link. This will take you to a page where you have to choose which kind of relationship you want to use. This page will be different depending on whether you have [[JavaScript]] enabled in your browser. If you do, the page will look like this:

[[Image:HowToMakeRelationships_rel-creator-init-withjs.png]]

[[JavaScript]] allows the page to hide unnecessary detail depending on which values you choose. If you have [[JavaScript]] disabled, the page will look rather more complicated:

[[Image:HowToMakeRelationships_rel-creator-init-nojs.png]]

The rest of my screenshots are going to assume that [[JavaScript]] is enabled. However, the instructions are the same with or without [[JavaScript]].

==Choose the relationship type==

Select the correct relationship type from the drop-down box at the top. In my case I choose "{additionally} produced", in the "production" category. The words in braces ("{" and "}") are optional attributes. When I select "produced" from the drop-down list, a new checkbox, "''additional''", will appear on the page.

[[Image:rel-creator-produced.png]]

This allows me to include the relationship attribute [[Additional Relationship Attribute|AdditionalRelationshipAttribute]] in my relationship. I'm not going to, since Jonathan Burnside was the only producer on this release. There are also start and end date fields. These are useful for relationships such as band memberships ([[Member Of Band Relationship Type|MemberOfBandRelationshipType]]) and marriages ([[Married Relationship Type|MarriedRelationshipType]]), but in this case they're not useful.

So that relationship is ready to submit. I type a moderation note into the box saying where I got the information from, and then click on the "Submit" button.

==Finished==

The moderation has now been submitted, and other users can now vote on it. In the meantime, [[MusicBrainz]] generously assumes that the moderation is OK, and displays it on the release page for Easy:

[[Image:HowToMakeRelationships_finished.png]]

This will now be visible to all users, until the edit gets voted down or the relationship is deleted by another edit.

==Related How To's==

* [[How To Add URLs|HowToAddURLs]] - do this when the second element is a URL

==Further Information==

* [[Advanced Relationships|AdvancedRelationships]] - more documentation
* [[Advanced Relationship Type|AdvancedRelationshipType]] - list of all the types you can select

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Latest revision as of 16:12, 30 September 2011