How best to use catalogs, collections etc

I wonder if anyone can help out on a newbie question about how best to use catalogs, collections, etc
Let's say I shoot an event A. I take loads of photographs, which I import into Lightroom. I choose some that I like and I flag them. So far so good.
Then I do the same for events B to Z.
Now time passes and I would like to go back to all of the photographs from event C, and just select them for further processing.
Is this what collections are for? Should I be making "All Of Event C" into a collection, then in the future I can come back and just ask to show the photographs from a given collection?
Many thanks,
regards,
/alan

alan_potter had this to say:
I wonder if anyone can help out on a newbie question about how best to use catalogs, collections, etc
Let's say I shoot an event A. I take loads of photographs, which I import into Lightroom. I choose some that I like and I flag them. So far so good.
Then I do the same for events B to Z.
Now time passes and I would like to go back to all of the photographs from event C, and just select them for further processing.
Is this what collections are for?
You can do it that way.
>Should I be making "All Of Event C" into a collection, then in the future I can come back and just ask to show the photographs from a given collection?
That would work. Or you could include a specific job identifier into the
metadata (I believe there's an IPTC field specifically for that), and
then make a smart collection that isolates just that value of "Event C".
If you use the same star ratings for all jobs - 1 is finished, 2 is
further work needed, 3 is review, etc - you could further winnow it
down. And that way, you don't have to worry about removing photos from
one collection or another; the smart collection will automatically add
or remove them from view, based on the criteria and the current values
of the photos.
With collection sets, you could have a set called "Event 1". And within
this set could be the various collection criteria mentioned above.

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I see most people saying to create 2 admin accounts, one that would stay on the SSD drive and the other which could be mapped to the 2TB drive and have its home directory there...but what do I do about moving preferences etc? is there a way when setting up that will let me import my current account and let me keep it on the external drive as is? should i move the files that i want to keep off the 2tb drive, wipe it to get rid of the old apps and system and then put back the home directory??I don't want to run into trouble with permissions, and I really dont even want to create 2 accounts because I hate having to close everything and log out for simple installs and updates...i have 2 on my macbook pro now and i run into errors all the time of i cant update this or that because of admin account...even though both accounts are set as admin.
I want to keep the whole upgrade simple, but I would like to keep this fresh system clean as am sure there is way to much left over garbage from upgrades past. So just not sure how best to do any of it.....

I purchased the DataTale RS-M4t SMART 4-Bay Thunderbolt RAID storage enclosure. But it can do both RAID if you get their data manager software download, or it can just mount the drives and be used normally. So basically I can plug all 4 of my current drives into it...and it into my iMac and it will be same as if I had it in my tower....so really not moving over a ton of stuff. I will load all apps fresh onto the brand new iMac - so the SSD will be a clean install...my worries are trying to get access to home directories etc on the current main drive and have things get setup correctly, keychains, bookmarks, etc...as well as my iTunes which has iPad and iPhone backups, etc. I am just not sure as how to best setup the SSD to get the most of its speed while being able to get my current account working but on the second external drive.

How do I use Numbers to develop personal finance and budget spreadsheets?

I recently purchased an IMac and would appreciate advice on how best to use IWork (Numbers) to set up a personal budget and finance spreadsheet program. Please bear in mind that I am not a computer expert and only have average understanding of spreadsheets.
By way of background, I have poor eyesight and use a screen resolution of 1344 x 840.
I currently use Quicken for Mac 2007 for my personal finance and budget. The problem is that fonts are far too small for me to see clearly and cannot be changed.
Hence my interest in using IWork (Numbers).
My budget and finance requirements are reasonably straightforward
1. create income and expenditure categories and sub-categories
2. Create 3 accounts (cheque, savings, credit) in which I can manually record debit and credit transactions by description, category and sub-category
3. Create annual budgets with specified monthly amounts for categories and sub-categories
4. Compare actual income and expenditure for categories and sub-categories (for all accounts) against budget each month and for year to date.
I am confident most of my requirements can be met by using the Checking Register and Budget Templates in IWork (Numbers).
However, I don’t know how to link and further develop these two Templates to enable me to use the same categories and sub-categories for all accounts and budget.
I also want to be able to compare actual income and expenditure for categories and sub-categories (for all accounts) against budget each month and for year to date (ie. point 4 above).
I should be grateful if someone with a better knowledge than I have of IWork (Numbers) and spreadsheets could steer me in the right direction.
With thanks in anticipation.

ww,
You can begin your orientation by reading the Numbers 09 User Guide, available for download free of charge from the Numbers Help menu. This will give you a lot of insight into how spreadsheets can be used and how to build them.
Then download the, also free, iWork Formulas and Functions User Guide and page through it to see what's there. It would be about as interesting as reading a dictionary to read it straight through, but it's good to get to know what functions are available.
I find that using the iMac's full resolution and wearing strong reading glasses is better than using reduced resolution. If that's not enough, you can go to System Preferences, Universal Access, Zoom. There are different zoom behaviors that you can choose from depending on your personal preference. Some users here have expressed a dislike for the zoom feature, but I suspect that if they needed it really badly, they would come to appreciate it.
Regarding the finance spreadsheet development, it's a big job. You are off on the right foot because you already have formulated a clear picture of what you want the final result to look like, or perhaps nearly so. My first tip is to take advantage of the Numbers ability to use many separate tables per sheet. Then it is easy to rearrange your sections if you don't like the look of your first efforts.
Make a dummy layout, with notes and/or fictitious values in cells where you eventually want links or complicated formulas. I suggest that you not consider using the Categories feature of Numbers Tables. The feature is limiting and at some point will stop you dead in your tracks and you will have to go back and start over with that particular element of your design.
Then, seek help here on one technical hurdle at a time. You can study the way the Check Register and Budget templates work by clicking on the interesting cells and looking at the expressions that appear in the formula bar.
Good luck,
Jerry

How to create a Catalog (Product/Service) & TAX issues

SRM Guru's
Product Ver: SRM 5.0 : ECC 6.0 ( No CCM or Service Master )
TAX S/w: Vertex ( O )
As of now: We are planning to implement a vanilla SRM-ECC (in ext. classic). We are into Indirect procurement w/limit orders.
Catalog:
I want to create a Catalog ( UNSPSC or 1 level company catalog),
 1. Can this be created in ECC (with out Products ) and replicated to SRM (EBP)
 2. How to go about creating it ?
 3. Can it be done with out CCM, if so how
 4. How to replicate it ? ( no CCM or middleware )
 5. Can i create it in EBP ? if so, plse say how..
TAX:
Vertex mentioned that, Tax codes will be mapped to services, in our case, since we dont have Services except a free form text describing what service is provided ( eg: "Payroll Service" ), what can be done ?
In a normal scenario, i can imagine having Service Master with all "Services", but in our situation, how can we use catalog to map to TAX codes. ?
PS: If you could, please describe/break down the relationship between
 Catalog -- Category Id -- Product -- Services/Materials
regards.,
-Rupesh

Hi
To create internal catalog there are three possibilities
1. CCM Catalog developed by SAP.
2. SRM-MDM Catalog taken over by SAP.
3. Requisite Catalog other catalog provider.
Check these links ->
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_ccm20/helpdata/en/index.htm
https://websmp101.sap-ag.de/ibc-srm here check SRM-MDM Catalog.
http://www.requisite.com/solutions/index.cfm?pageID=productpac_bugseye
Re: Catalog Mgmt
Other related links ->
Create Internal Catalog
Re: Create Internal Catalog
CCM Create catalog link
Re: creating a catalog
Catalog ID does not exist
Re: SRM Contract Catalog - Creation
CCM SRM product catalog
Re: Product Catalog to CCM
Managing Catalog content in SRM
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_srm50/helpdata/en/0a/f9353e39011a38e10000000a114084/frameset.htm
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_srm50/helpdata/en/ba/7a50415e216e24e10000000a155106/frameset.htm
P.S: All tables for CCM (Catalog tables and CCM) start with "/CCM/" ,so you can search on that using SE11 transaction.
MDM-SRM Catalog
Re: MDM SRM - Catalog - External Catalog - Punchout
Punchout catalog
Punchout catalog
Loading Product Data into Catalog using CSV files
Loading Product Data into Catalog using CSV2.0 file
Contract catalog
Re: Contract catalog
Hope this will definitely help. Do let me know.
Regards
- Atul

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