[Koha] Koha 18.11 - LC Authorities dataset upload - Free-floating subdivisions

[Craig Butosi]

Hi everyone,

After some playing around, I discovered that the authority records were
given a Koha-specific value of "GEN_SUBDIV" in field 942 (this tag is
hidden by default so it will not appear in the editor screen before you
make it display). I therefore created a new authority type in
Administration with the code "GEN_SUBDIV" and linked it to authority field
180 and bingo, the Internal Server Error disappears:

http://library.craigbutosi.ca/cgi-bin/koha/opac-authoritiesdetail.pl?authid=3436

I have yet to see if this fix applies to all of the subdivisions in my
file. When I have some quiet time, I'll review.

All best,

Craig Butosi, MA, MLIS, B Mus (Hons)
Library: library.craigbutosi.ca



On Fri, May 31, 2019 at 10:16 AM Craig Butosi <cbutosi at alumni.uwo.ca> wrote:

> Hi Katrin,
>
> Thanks for your reply. Interestingly, when you navigate to a subdivision
> authority record from the staff client, you can get to the MARC data just
> fine. For example,
>
> Subdivision: *Effect of logging on:*
>
> Tab 0: https://www.dropbox.com/s/fdlwh5o3ja7uzff/Subdiv1.PNG?dl=0
> Tab 1: https://www.dropbox.com/s/13xc61qaypfo4fz/Subdiv2.PNG?dl=0
> Tab 6: https://www.dropbox.com/s/ft0lhw8pd0en08z/Subdiv3.PNG?dl=0
>
> Plack Error:
>
> I have a smattering of the following error in the plack log file:
> "Can't call method "authtypetext" on an undefined value at
> /usr/share/koha/opac/cgi-bin/opac/opac-authoritiesdetail.pl line 89."
> which seems to coincide with attempting to click the "Details" button on
> the authorities list from the OPAC.
>
> I wonder if this error occurs because there is no defined authority type
> for free-floating subdivisions?
>
> All best,
>
> Craig Butosi, MA, MLIS, B Mus (Hons)
> Library: library.craigbutosi.ca
>
>
>
> On Mon, May 27, 2019 at 3:24 PM Katrin Fischer <katrin.fischer.83 at web.de>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Craig,
>>
>> what's the error in your plack error log that appears with the Internal
>> server error? Could you give an example of how these free-floating
>> subdivisions look like in MARC? What is the field for the main heading?
>>
>> It could be a bug or requiring an enhancement - a bit hard to tell
>> without knowing more. Having an internal server error is never nice, so
>> filing a bug might make sense anyway.
>>
>> Katrin
>>
>> On 09.05.19 14:52, Craig Butosi wrote:
>> > Hi everyone,
>> >
>> > Koha 18.11 on Ubuntu 16.04 (MariaDb)
>> >
>> > I recently discovered that the Library of Congress has released their
>> 2014
>> > authorities as a free, open-access dataset in Marc8, xml, and Utf8
>> formats.
>> > This is great! (
>> > https://www.loc.gov/cds/products/MDSConnect-subject_authorities.html)
>> >
>> > I am in the process of batch uploading the subject authority file into
>> my
>> > instance of Koha. I'm about half complete (or about 220,000 entries).
>> >
>> > I noticed, however, that the file includes free-floating subdivisions,
>> > which are part of the dataset as their own record as if they were main
>> > headings. These have been uploaded as such into my system.
>> >
>> > I get an "Internal Server Error" page if I attempt to click on the
>> Details
>> > button of any of these sub-divisions in the OPAC authority browse page.
>> Not
>> > a huge deal, but something that should be mentioned. E.g.,
>> >
>> http://library.craigbutosi.ca/cgi-bin/koha/opac-authoritiesdetail.pl?authid=3436
>> > )
>> >
>> > I was wondering if this should be treated as a bug, and if anyone has
>> done
>> > something similar and is (or is not) getting the same error.
>> >
>> > I reindexed zebra after uploading, but the error persists.
>> >
>> > Thanks all,
>> >
>> > Craig Butosi, MA, MLIS, B Mus (Hons)
>> > Library: library.craigbutosi.ca
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