Missing Genres (and confusion over 942$c and 952$y)
Gentle Reader, We are using a minimalist Marc framework for adding books. We really only need Author, Title, and Genre. We have defined a set of itemtypes corresponding to our genres. Our problem is that values (selected from a dropdown) in the 952$y field on our "Add MARC record" screen do not reach the items.itype field in the database. In fact as far as we can tell they aren't being stored ANYWHERE, even though the "Koha to MARC Mapping" screen shows that 952$y is mapped to items.itype. See screenshot here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/5bs9ipwh9y48ajv/genre-entry.PNG?dl=0 I would be grateful if anyone has an explanation for this or suggestions on how to fix it. More generally, can anyone point me at an explanation of how the 942$c and 952$y fields are related? They appear to have the same purpose in life. Thanks and Best Regards,
On 31-Jan-2018 3:17 AM, "Chris Brown" <chris@stayawake.co.uk> wrote: More generally, can anyone point me at an explanation of how the 942$c and 952$y fields are related? They appear to have the same purpose in life. Ummm... Not really, 942$c is to define your bibliographic record's itemtype. Whereas 952$y is for specific copies of your holding. Your holds, circ rules depend on 952$y, whereas your item type searches depend on 942$c. This is an area of common misconception, but the difference between 942c and 952y is critical to Koha internally.. :-) Hope this helps. Indranil
Hi Chris, I think 952 should not be used on tabs other than 'tab 10' = items in your framework configuration. I would not expect it to work outside the item form. Koha will automatically take you to the item form. If you want, you can use 942$c as a default - if you set it on record level, Koha will preselect that itemtype in the item form. Both 942$c and 952$y will be used, when you limit on itemtype in search. Hope this helps, Katrin On 30.01.2018 22:47, Chris Brown wrote:
Gentle Reader,
We are using a minimalist Marc framework for adding books. We really only need Author, Title, and Genre. We have defined a set of itemtypes corresponding to our genres.
Our problem is that values (selected from a dropdown) in the 952$y field on our "Add MARC record" screen do not reach the items.itype field in the database. In fact as far as we can tell they aren't being stored ANYWHERE, even though the "Koha to MARC Mapping" screen shows that 952$y is mapped to items.itype.
See screenshot here:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/5bs9ipwh9y48ajv/genre-entry.PNG?dl=0
I would be grateful if anyone has an explanation for this or suggestions on how to fix it.
More generally, can anyone point me at an explanation of how the 942$c and 952$y fields are related? They appear to have the same purpose in life.
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On 31-Jan-2018 3:49 AM, "Katrin Fischer" <katrin.fischer.83@web.de> wrote Both 942$c and 952$y will be used, when you limit on itemtype in search. I stand corrected. h/t @cait Shows it's not the best of ideas to reply at 3:50 am ;-) Hope this helps, Katrin
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