[Koha] Import records and update items

[Elaine Bradtke]

That is going to be difficult -  Koha does not recognize the incoming item
records with barcodes as being the same items without barcodes.

Do you have a separate test system? You could try to replace the records,
rather than ignore them, but I fear you would loose any circulation
information connected to those items.
If it is only a few items that are out on loan you could run a report to
create a list of the items, date due, and borrower, and then reissue them
once the barcodes are in place. But that sounds like a lot of work.
Perhaps wiser heads than mine can help.



On Fri, Nov 18, 2016 at 12:36 PM, Felix Hemme <felix.hemme at thulb.uni-jena.de
> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'm running Koha 16.05.05 and would like to add barcodes to all existing
> items afterwards.
>
> I export bibliographic data for one library, including items in marc
> format.
> Then I edit the records using MarcEdit and add some barcodes.
> I reimport the records using the stage marc records for import tool with
> matching rule on controlnumber 001.
> I select "Ignore incoming records" and "Replace items if matching bib was
> found (only for existing items)".
> After the import is complete, Koha displays "number of records ignored" =
> 1 and "number of items replaced" = 1.
> But when I view the record in staff and OPAC view, nothing changed.
>
> According to this mail matching on items is done checking 952 $p
> https://lists.katipo.co.nz/public/koha/2015-April/042590.html. But my
> existing items don't have any barcodes yet.
>
> Do you know a workaround for this?
>
> Regards,
> Felix
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