Importing records into Koha 3.14
Hello, I am performing a batch import of bib records and items into Koha 3.14. I am storing items into field 952. I would like to understand the meaning of the option under "How to process items" = Replace items if matching bib was found (only for existing items). Well nothing is being updated in the existing items. I would like to understand how the match on items is being done? What is the unique key that differentiate a 952 item from another. Your help is very much appreciated. Regards.
Hello, On Mon, Apr 20, 2015 at 5:07 PM, Layale Bassil <lb26@aub.edu.lb> wrote:
Well nothing is being updated in the existing items. I would like to understand how the match on items is being done? What is the unique key that differentiate a 952 item from another.
952 $p - the barcode field hope that helps, -- Indranil Das Gupta Phone : +91-98300-20971 Blog : http://indradg.randomink.org/blog IRC : indradg on irc://irc.freenode.net Twitter : indradg -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Please exchange editable Office documents only in ODF Format. No other format is acceptable. Support Open Standards. For a free editor supporting ODF, please visit LibreOffice - http://www.documentfoundation.org
Thank you so much Indranil. However, I would like to know how can I update already existing items by doing a new import? Do I select "Replace items if matching bib was found" and I make sure that the barcode (952 $p) field is the same? Will this work? Thanks! Layale Bassil Software Engineer – Business Analyst IT Solutions Delivery Department American University of Beirut Office of Information Technology P.O.Box 11-0236 Riad El-Solh, Beirut 1107 2020, Lebanon T: +961 (1) 350000 x 3649 | M: +961 (03) 929876 E: lb26@aub.edu.lb W . Fb . Fl . T . Y . L . IT Think Green... Keep it on the Screen… Save a Tree... -----Original Message----- From: Indranil Das Gupta [mailto:indradg@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, April 20, 2015 2:51 PM To: Layale Bassil Cc: koha@lists.katipo.co.nz Subject: Re: [Koha] Importing records into Koha 3.14 Hello, On Mon, Apr 20, 2015 at 5:07 PM, Layale Bassil <lb26@aub.edu.lb> wrote:
Well nothing is being updated in the existing items. I would like to understand how the match on items is being done? What is the unique key that differentiate a 952 item from another.
952 $p - the barcode field hope that helps, -- Indranil Das Gupta Phone : +91-98300-20971 Blog : http://indradg.randomink.org/blog IRC : indradg on irc://irc.freenode.net Twitter : indradg -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Please exchange editable Office documents only in ODF Format. No other format is acceptable. Support Open Standards. For a free editor supporting ODF, please visit LibreOffice - http://www.documentfoundation.org
Hello again, I realized that not all items in our system have barcodes. I need to do the mapping on the autogenerated itemnumber (952 $9). How can I change the mapping field on the 952? On another hand, is there a way to always delete all 952 and re-add them upon all imports? This will be more reliable when getting data from many sources. Please advise. Thanks. Layale. -----Original Message----- From: Indranil Das Gupta [mailto:indradg@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, April 20, 2015 2:51 PM To: Layale Bassil Cc: koha@lists.katipo.co.nz Subject: Re: [Koha] Importing records into Koha 3.14 Hello, On Mon, Apr 20, 2015 at 5:07 PM, Layale Bassil <lb26@aub.edu.lb> wrote:
Well nothing is being updated in the existing items. I would like to understand how the match on items is being done? What is the unique key that differentiate a 952 item from another.
952 $p - the barcode field hope that helps, -- Indranil Das Gupta Phone : +91-98300-20971 Blog : http://indradg.randomink.org/blog IRC : indradg on irc://irc.freenode.net Twitter : indradg -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Please exchange editable Office documents only in ODF Format. No other format is acceptable. Support Open Standards. For a free editor supporting ODF, please visit LibreOffice - http://www.documentfoundation.org
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