2009/11/5 Br. Francis Therese Krautter <br.ftherese@gmail.com>
Hello,
I have managed to export my old filemaker database into a spreadsheet which I then used with MarcEdit to map the fields. Having then complied the file into a marc file, I tried to import it into koha. The process goes smoothly, but after having done all the importation steps, all the records remain in the reservoir. If I try to add them individually by clicking on the add Biblio link, it informs me that I have several required fields left blanc. These "required fields" consist of things such as the number of the musical movement AND the map scale value, and other things that have absolutely nothing to do with regular books. I don't understand why these fields are required, and I don't see how I am going to be able to batch import all my records if it is going to continue to complain about not knowing such things - which are totally irrelevant pieces of information. I suspect that this has something to do with UNIMARC (which my koha IS installed under), and perhaps the default marc framework? I have also used the perl migration_script with the same result... everything in the reservoir, nothing in the catalog.
Thanks for your help! BFT
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(Note: assuming you're using Koha 3.0) For the very first import, it's usually easier to use the bulkmarcimport.plscript, which imports your records directly into the catalog. It's odd that importing left everything in the reservoir; did you use Stage MARC Records for Import, and then import the records from the Manage Staged MARC screen? -- Jesse Weaver