Creating inventory spaces using PyBIS?

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Dear all,

I’m trying to define and fill our schema from python.
I noticed that I can create spaces with:

space_equipment_new = oBis.new_space(code=code_space_equipment, description='Equipment and devices')
space_equipment_new.save()

However, this ends up in Others, how do I make it appear in Inventory spaces?

Many thanks
Ulrich

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Dear Ulrich,

this is described here: Space Management — Python documentation

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Dear @cbarillari,

many thanks - yes, hm, I can create the new inventory space in the ELN without problem, but is it possible to do so from pyBIS?
The webpage refers to the ELN/Core UI?

All the best
Ulrich

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Unfortunately not, because Inventory and Lab Notebook only exist in the ELN UI, not in openBIS.

You can create a space with pyBIS and by default it will be shown in the ELN under Lab Notebook. You then need to move it to the Inventory in the ELN Settings.

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Dear Ulrich,

you can do this with pybis, but it’s a bit tricky. After you created a space you need to:

  1. load the global or group specific ELN settings as a sample/object (with get_sample)
  2. convert its property $eln_settings from JSON to python objects (with json.loads)
  3. add the space to the list inventorySpaces
  4. dump the settings back to JSON format (json.dumps) and apply to the property $eln_settings
  5. save the settings sample

This works for us.

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