[Koha] Question about Koha Item types.

[Katrin Fischer]

Hi Jesse,

I don't quite understand what you are trying to do, but maybe I can
still help out with some general information about the item types in
942$c and 952$y.

The pull downs for both are populated from the list of item types
configured in your Koha installation, independent from the values that
might appear in your data. So in order for this to work correctly, your
configured item type codes should match exactly the information in your
imported records. Be careful: the spelling needs to be exactly the same
(case-sensitive). It's also a good habit to have your item type codes be
only alphanumerical, without spaces, underscores, hyphens or similar, as
that might affect searching later.

The item type codes from both fields are indexed together into the same
index. I'd run a few tests with one or two manually added records -
checking the advanced search and also the item type facet.

Hope this helps,

Katrin

Am 17.09.2015 um 16:52 schrieb Jesse Lambertson:
> Hello everyone.
> 
> I am doing a bunch of record editing right now and I have a question about
> the Koha item-types as defined in 942 Vs. 952.
> 
> I know we can edit items and define holdings according to defined item
> types in what is the 952 via the edit function.
> 
> But if I have a bunch of records that were imported with $ y already coded
> in 952 as a BOOK, for instance, or a VISUAL MATERIAL, it seems those are
> NOT being listed and able to be added to search restrictions at the outset
> (because I had not defined item-types before I started importing). But all
> the ones I imported AFTER I defined item-types are (I think).
> 
> My question is, if I edit the 942 in the cataloging module by choosing to
> attach an item-type to records, will those then become part of an item-type
> search capability? Or do I then need to ALSO edit the attached 952 holding
> fields too?
> 
> In my mind, this seems redundant, but I do want to know.
> 
> Curious.
> No rush, but I want to make sure I am layering as much usability and nuance
> into our catalogue as I am able.
> 
> Thank you much.
> 
> Jesse
>