[Koha] MARC export - not exporting everything?

[Elaine Bradtke]

I also tried limiting it to the item type and selecting 'Don't export
items' but this resulted in another empty file.


On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 5:34 PM, Elaine Bradtke <eb at efdss.org> wrote:

> Koha 3.14.03
> Several attempts were needed to export the entire catalogue - I really
> only wanted a certain item type that does not have item records.
>
> First I tried exporting only these records by choosing the appropriate
> item type.  According to MARC edit, I had -11 records.  Yes, a negative
> number.  The MARC breaker failed to parse this file. Not surprising when I
> saw that it had 0 KB of data.
>
> Next I exported what I thought was the entire catalog - the only thing I
> selected was the library, everything else left blank.  However the only
> records in the exported file are the ones with item records.  Exactly the
> records I don't need!
>
> Finally, I exported the whole file again, this time selecting 'Don't
> export items'.  And this, and only this configuration produced a full
> export of the biblios.
>
> Is this normal or expected behaviour?  It seems counter-intuitive to me.
> --
> Elaine Bradtke
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Elaine Bradtke
Data Wrangler
VWML
English Folk Dance and Song Society | http://www.efdss.org
Cecil Sharp House, 2 Regent's Park Road, London NW1 7AY
Tel    +44 (0) 20 7485 2206 (This number is for the English Folk Dance and
Song Society in London, England. If you wish to phone me personally, send
an e-mail first. I work off site)
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"Writing about music is like dancing about architecture"
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