[Koha] Patron Import Documentation

[Anna Schorch]

Dear Nicole,

I recently used the patron import to update over 2,000 patron records (in
batches). It worked very well. All files contained borrowernumbers and
imported successfully. I noticed the following fields were missing in the
list for the CSV headers in the patron import documentation:

borrowernumber, cardnumber, surname, firstname, title, othernames,
initials, streetnumber, streettype, address, address2, city, state, zipcode,
country, email, phone, mobile, fax, emailpro, phonepro, B_streetnumber,
B_streettype, B_address, B_address2, B_city, B_state, B_zipcode, B_country,
B_email, B_phone, dateofbirth, branchcode, categorycode, dateenrolled,
dateexpiry, gonenoaddress, lost, debarred,debarredcomment, contactname,
contactfirstname, contacttitle, guarantorid, borrowernotes, relationship,
ethnicity, ethnotes, sex, password, flags, userid, opacnote, contactnote,
sort1, sort2, altcontactfirstname, altcontactsurname, altcontactaddress1,
altcontactaddress2, altcontactaddress3, altcontactstate,altcontactzipcode,
altcontactcountry, altcontactphone, smsalertnumber, privacy,
patron_attributes

As for patron attributes, I'm not sure where these go as we have yet to use
these. And we import unique userids, so again, I'm not sure about leaving
blanks in this field.

I hope this helps.

Thank you,
Anna

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Anna Schorch
Library Consultant, Arthur & Janet C. Ross Library
American Academy in Rome
Via Angelo Masina, 5
00153 Rome, Italy
T: +39 06 5846 457


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Nicole Engard <nengard at gmail.com>
Date: Thu, May 7, 2015 at 4:28 PM
Subject: [Koha] Patron Import Documentation
To: Koha <Koha at lists.katipo.co.nz>


Hi all,

The patron import documentation appears to be out of date:
http://translate.koha-community.org/manual/3.18/en/html-desktop/#patronimport

I have some questions though.

1. Where do patron attributes go? They aren't in the notes on the side
anymore
2. Since userid has to be unique do you have to fill it in - I would
assume 2 blanks would be 'not unique'
3. What if I have borrowernumbers? It looks like you can't import them
anymore - and if you see the note in the  manual you used to be able
to
4. Do you see anything else wrong with the documentation?

Thanks
Nicole
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