[Koha] Beginners problems - Z39.50 and the reservoir

[Katrin Fischer]

Hi René,

great! You are right, there is a daemon, I am not sure why it is/was not
running. Try the koha-indexer package command to start it. That will
give you almost immediate indexing of new records, instead of only every
5 minutes.

Hope this helps,

Katrin

On 10.02.23 23:04, René Seindal wrote:
> Hi Katrin,
>
> Thanks a million. This helped me forward.
>
> Search engine is Zebra. I do have Elasticsearch installed on the
> production server, but for now this on a test computer.
>
> I ended up reinstalling everything to make sure I hadn't missed
> something.
>
> First issue, the instanced used UNIMARC but Zebra was set up to use
> MARC21. That might have been part of the problem.
>
> Then I could get the records to appear if I used koha-rebuild-zebra -f
> but only if I did a full rebuild which would be excessive in a
> production environment.
>
> Second issue, I had to uncomment a line in /etc/cron.d/koha-common to
> run koha-rebuild-zebra every five minutes. With that line active, my
> records now appear in the OPAC.
>
> In /etc/default/koha-common I do have USE_INDEXER_DAEMON=yes but the
> link in there led me to the second issue above. I would have thought
> that the indexer daemon meant it wouldn't be necessary to run the
> indexer from cron, but that is not what this page says:
> https://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/PackagesIndexDaemon
>
> In any case I can now import records into my OPAC, so for now I'm
> happy :-)
>
> Thanks again.
>
> René
>
> On 2023-02-10 20:16, Katrin Fischer wrote:
>> Hi René,
>>
>> the reservoir is filled automatically everytime you do a Z39.50 search
>> and is separate from the catalog. As you found out already, you can
>> regularly clean it using the cronjob.
>>
>> It sounds like you can import and save records, but later they are not
>> found in the catalog?
>>
>> I think if you create a SQL report or query the database with something
>> like "SELECT * from biblio" you'd see that the records have been stored.
>> I suspect, that the search engine (either Zebra or Elasticsearch) is not
>> working and therefore the records are not indexed and searchable.
>>
>> What is the setting of your SearchEngine system preference in
>> Administration? If you set it to Zebra, try (re)starting it using the
>> package commands.
>>
>> Hope that helps
>>
>> Katrin
>>
>> On 10.02.23 14:46, Giacomo Visini wrote:
>>> Hi René,
>>>
>>> I'm not sure if I completely understand your post, but you want to
>>> import 1 specific record using the Z39.50 application in the
>>> cataloging section, right? Normally, when you get a hit (through
>>> ISBN or whatever) you can import the data by clicking 'Import'. This
>>> will bring you to the 'Add MARC record'-editor, with most fields
>>> filled in. There you can add, delete, change your data the way you
>>> like it. On the upper left side you'll have the option to 'Save' the
>>> bibliographic record. That way the record will be saved and will be
>>> visible in your OPAC.
>>>
>>> AFAIK, no "reservoir" is needed, nor the 'Manage staged records' tool.
>>>
>>> Note: this is the way to work to import 1 record at a time. For
>>> batch imports, that's another question 😊
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>>
>>> Giacomo Visini I Library assistant
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>>>
>>> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
>>> Van: Koha <koha-bounces at lists.katipo.co.nz> Namens René Seindal
>>> Verzonden: vrijdag 10 februari 2023 8:40
>>> Aan: koha at lists.katipo.co.nz
>>> Onderwerp: [Koha] Beginners problems - Z39.50 and the reservoir
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I'm René Seindal, and I've been setting up an evaluation instance of
>>> Koha for my wife. I'm not a librarian, but she is. We're in Italy.
>>>
>>> I've installe Koha on an existing Debian testing system. Everything
>>> apparently went smooth and after configuration the public and the
>>> intra sites are functioning. As far as I can see the 'koha-common'
>>> services are running as they should.
>>>
>>> I then searched for an ISBN in the Italian National Library Service
>>> through Z39.50. Found the book, imported it (got it twice for some
>>> reason) and the records are now in the "reservoir".
>>>
>>> I can see them in the Cataloging section but not anywhere else. It
>>> is not in the public catalog. I cannot do anything with them. I
>>> cannot move them to the real catalogue. I cannot remove them. I can
>>> select "Add biblio" on a menu, but that doesn't lead me anywhere
>>> either.
>>>
>>> The "Manage staged records" section is empty.
>>>
>>> I've managed to remove all the records in the reservoir by fiddling
>>> with a database cleanup cron job, but that removed them. The public
>>> catalog remained empty.
>>>
>>> I'm stymied.
>>>
>>> This is very basic, and I can't get it to work, so I presume I'm
>>> doing it wrong.
>>>
>>> I hope some of you can help me out.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> René Seindal