The second drop-down menu will now be populated with all the sub-location contained in the primary location you have selected. You can now start filling in the rest of the information, following these general guidelines:
* The Part Number field should contain the part number (you don't say) of the component. If you don't have a part number, a short description is ok. Example 1: LM358AP. Example 2 (no part number): Rubber feet.
* The Description field is meant for a longer description (wow very helpful) for the part, which helps the future user to find this component even if they don't really know what part number they are looking for. It's good to include the part package, its main features, or in general some keyword-style information. Example 1: Op-amp, dual, 30V, 700kHz, 2mV input offset, 8-DIP. Example 2: Rubber feet PCB standoff with adhesive tape.
* The *magical auto-fill* button used to fetch a description from octopart.com so you don't have to come up with one. It has been broken since Octopart changed their API. Feel free to fix it! Trust me, it'll be fun!
* For the Datasheet, you have the option of either uploading a PDF that you have on your computer, or just pasting a link you found on the internet. If you upload a file, it will be stored on our servers, so that means we will have it even after it gets completely removed from the internet. Pasting a link is quicker, though, so I get it if you do that instead.
* The Notes field is for notes.
The second drop-down menu will now be populated with all the sub-location contained in the primary location you have selected. You can now start filling in the rest of the information, following the general guidelines described in the next section.
When you are done, click the confirm button.
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AND DONE! Congratulations! You have added a part to the database! Only 563945679387340 to go.
### Part information guidelines
* The Part Number field should contain the part number (you don't say) of the component. If you don't have a part number, a short description is ok. Example 1: LM358AP. Example 2 (no part number): Rubber feet.
* The Description field is meant for a longer description (wow very helpful) for the part, which helps the future user to find this component even if they don't really know what part number they are looking for. It's good to include the part package, its main features, or in general some keyword-style information. Example 1: Op-amp, dual, 30V, 700kHz, 2mV input offset, 8-DIP. Example 2: Rubber feet PCB standoff with adhesive tape.
* The *magical auto-fill* button used to fetch a description from octopart.com so you don't have to come up with one. It has been broken since Octopart changed their API. Feel free to fix it! Trust me, it'll be fun!
* For the Datasheet, you have the option of either uploading a PDF that you have on your computer, or just pasting a link you found on the internet. If you upload a file, it will be stored on our servers, so that means we will have it even after it gets completely removed from the internet. Pasting a link is quicker, though, so I get it if you do that instead.
* The Notes field is for notes.
## Work in progress
The system is currently being worked on. No touchy!
