[Koha] Import records and update items

[Katrin]

Hi Felix,

I *think* that the matching should also work with the itemnumber. I have 
found the initial bug report, maybe it has some useful information:

Bug 7131 -way to overlay items in in marc import
https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=7131

There is also a newer bug report:

Bug 16828 - Item Overlay does not respect Bibliographic Record Match
https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=16828

You could also use SQL to update the items in the database directly. If 
you choose this option, you should reindex after making the changes, so 
the indexes are up to date and you can search for the barcodes.

Hope this helps,
Katrin

On 21.11.2016 19:28, Elaine Bradtke wrote:
> 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
>> --
>> Felix Hemme
>> Thüringer Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek (ThULB)
>> Bibliotheksplatz 2 · 07743 Jena · Postfach · 07737 Jena
>> Tel: 03641 940-126 · Fax: 03641 940-022
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