[Koha] Technical help with Frameworks

Thu May 29 17:04:19 NZST 2014

Tim,
I am not sure if this is what you might want but find here [
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/7725309/export_FAST%20%281%29.csv] our
custom framework that you can enhance or use as it is (exported as CSV
spreadsheet) if you want it in any of the other 2 formats let me know.

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On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 2:14 AM, Elaine Bradtke <eb at efdss.org> wrote:

> Theoretically, you can edit the visibility offline in the spreadsheet.
> Column M in the MARC subfield structure sheet. Easier to do than
> individually in Koha itself.
> However,  I've tried .ods, and I've tried xls and all I get are import
> errors.
> I have edited frameworks this way before 3.14.
>  I'd be interested to know if anyone has edited a framework exported from
> 3.14 and had it import successfully.  Has something changed in the import /
> export process that is causing it to fail?
>
> All I want to do is set up a very simple framework to use with an in-house
> template that doesn't take me a day's work to hide and unhide all the
> subfields one at a time.
>
>
> On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 5:43 PM, Ian Bays <ian.bays at ptfs-europe.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Hi Tim,
> >
> > We find that the safest way of trimming frameworks to a more minimalist
> > set is to "hide" the subfields.  This can be quite laborious through the
> > staff interface as you have to select each subfield and look in "Advanced
> > constraints" then Visibility.
> >
> > If you have access at the sql level you can probably set the field
> > "hidden" in table "marc_subfield_structure" to value -6 for those tags
> you
> > do not want to appear (within your chosen framework).
> >
> > You might also want to change the tab for display to all be the same (eg
> > "0") if you only have 18 tags.  That just makes it clearer on the screen.
> >
> > Not every field has or needs to have a koha to marc mapping, but a few of
> > the koha fields must be mapped to marc subfields.  The Administration
> tool
> > "MARC bibliographic framework test" and other tools in the same area
> should
> > help fine tune it.
> >
> > We try to avoid removing fields (tags) and subfields from frameworks as
> > you could lose bibliographic data if you switch between frameworks while
> > editing and save the record.  It depends what your longer-term plans
> might
> > be for use of the system as to whether this might be a consideration.
> >
> > If you stray too far from the MARC standard tags you may find that
> > searching for records becomes unreliable as the search indexes are fed
> from
> > the fields and subfields according to the MARC21 (or UNIMARC) standard.
> >
> > Good luck.
> >
> > Ian
> >
> > On 28/05/2014 15:09, Alexander Tim wrote:
> >
> >> Not sure if this is the correct list to email but if not hoping someone
> >> can send me in the right direction!
> >>
> >> So, I am not a Librarian but work as a sys admin for my company.  We
> have
> >> a small Company Library that is used to publish various technical
> >> publications for our users to look through.  We are looking to move to
> Koha
> >> but I find I am struggling with the initial steps of trimming down the
> MARC
> >> Framework.  The list of fields I have been passed by our Librarian is
> for
> >> only 18 or so fields.  I am therefore finding cutting down the default
> >> framework very laborious.  I have looked to Import a cut down version of
> >> the framework, from an amended export to CSV, but this fails with "Error
> >> Importing the Framework".  I was then hoping that there is something on
> the
> >> SQL side I could do to amend the framework but this has not exactly
> yielded
> >> any useful results.  Is there anywhere I can check for an error on the
> >> framework import?  If not is there any guidance on cutting a framework
> down
> >> to just the required fields?
> >>
> >> I am also concerned that not every field we have in the proposed
> >> framework would have a corresponding Koha to MARC mapping.  Would this
> be
> >> required or are these there for simplicity rather than a necessity?
> >>
> >> Regards
> >>
> >> Tim
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