[Koha] Search not working

vanda koha vandakoha at gmail.com
Mon Feb 20 22:58:19 NZDT 2017


Hi Katrin,

Thanks for your tips. We  already have done that. It must be something else
that we are missing...

Regards,

Vanda

2017-02-19 22:08 GMT+00:00 Katrin <katrin.fischer.83 at web.de>:

> Hi Vanda,
>
> when using UNIMARC you will have to choose it in 2 places, maybe one was
> missed?
>
> Before the instance is created, you need to tell Koha that it will be
> using UNIMARC. You can do so by changing ZEBRA_MARC_FORMAT="marc21" in
> /etc/koha/koha-sites.conf to "unimarc". This will affect the indexing
> configuration and can be the cause of why your search might not work, when
> the records itself look correct.
>
> Then, when running the web installer, you also need to make sure UNIMARC
> is selected there. This will affect which cataloguing frameworks (MARC
> field and subfield definitions) are installed.
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Katrin
>
>
> On 17.02.2017 13:19, vanda koha wrote:
>
>> Hello Ian,
>>
>> We are still unable to solve our problem. We have done everything we were
>> told to do, including what you mention in your message. Unfortunately
>> nothing worked.
>>
>> And yes, we chose UNIMARC when the package installation was performed. My
>> computer collegues say that we also have some references to MARC21 in
>> the  the koha-conf.xml file and apparently it is supposed to be that way.
>> Still loking for an answer...
>>
>> Regrads
>>
>> Vanda
>>
>> 2017-02-16 19:13 GMT+00:00 i.pratt at zigzagee.com <i.pratt at zigzagee.com>:
>>
>> Vanda,
>>>
>>> Just out of interest, did you choose UNIMARC when the package
>>> installation
>>> was performed ?
>>>
>>> I did and I'm facing the same search problems as you. I note the
>>> koha-conf.xml file seems to
>>>   have a lot of MARC21 references. Not sure if this needs to change to
>>> UNIMARC. This was just the template file that was generated through the
>>> installation.
>>>
>>> I tried the koha-rebuild-zebra -f -a -b -v $instance approach recommended
>>> but that didn't
>>>   fix the search problems. if you want to know where it is just use
>>> >which
>>> koha-rebuild-zebra
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Ian
>>>
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