[Koha] Missing Genres (and confusion over 942$c and 952$y)

[Indranil Das Gupta]

On 31-Jan-2018 3:17 AM, "Chris Brown" <chris at stayawake.co.uk> wrote:


More generally, can anyone point me at an explanation of how the 942$c and
952$y fields are related? They appear to have the same purpose in life.


Ummm... Not really, 942$c is to define your bibliographic record's
itemtype. Whereas 952$y is for specific copies of your holding.

Your holds, circ rules depend on 952$y, whereas your item type searches
depend on 942$c.

This is an area of common misconception, but the difference between 942c
and 952y is critical to Koha internally.. :-)

Hope this helps.
Indranil