[Koha] One biblio record not visible in staff interface or OPAC

[library at ssst.edu.ba]

Hi,

On 09.05.23 09:54, library at ssst.edu.ba wrote:
> Hello,
>
> The MARC flavor I chose in the web installer was indeed MARC21, however when I opened /etc/koha/koha-sites.conf to check I see that ZEBRA_MARC_FORMAT="unimarc". If I change this to MARC21 instead, and restart Zebra, will I stop getting errors when I add a record manually vs. via the Z39.50 servers?
If you take a closer look at the file, there are a lot of references to unimarc and UNIMARC in settings and file paths. You'd need to set all those correctly to fix your indexing problem and other issues for good.
Maybe a correct MARC21 conf file could be adapted and replace yours, but I've never tried that.

	OK, so no go, because I don't know enough about what should go where to attempt that. 

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> I'm guessing that since I went through the creation/removal of a Koha instance more than once, with both flavors, when I created the current instance the Zebra indexing setting was left at UNIMARC. I thought this would be an automatic change during the next installation. If I absolutely must I will do it, but I would really like to avoid having to create yet another instance and to have to remake all the html customizations and CSS for the OPAC.
How did you make your changes? If you are using HTML customizations and system preferences they are all stored in the database and you would be able to load your existing database into a new instance and keep using it.

	Yes, I made the changes using HTML customizations and system preferences. So how do I export the database? When I didn't see anything in the tools or the administration settings, I looked up the mailing list archives and found in message  https://www.mail-archive.com/koha@lists.katipo.co.nz/msg28832.html that you need to enable Tools > Export by changing 0 to 1 in 

<backup_db_via_tools>1</backup_db_via_tools>
<backup_conf_via_tools>1</backup_conf_via_tools>

and then the reply to that message says it can take up to 24 hours to create a backup. I think I'd rather create a second instance and copy and paste the text of the HTML and CSS customizations between the two instances. I'm leaving for a business trip on Friday and will not be back for 10 days, so I will not be able to work on this work server installation, only on the laptop one I'm taking with me. 

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> There's a setting in Record structure where I recently set the preference for autoControlNumber Value to Control Number (001) is generated as biblionumber. Would this be a correct setting for MARC21 then?
No, it would not be enough, you'd still be experiencing a lot of issues.
I assume every search that is not a keyword search won't work correctly.
> When it comes to the two different flavors, with MARC 21 I got several MARC frameworks (books, serials, DVDs, etc.) in addition to the default one. With UNIMARC, I get the default plus fast cataloging and acquisitions.  Is this the same for others?
At the moment there are more sample frameworks for MARC21 than for UNIMARC available with the sample data. You can still create your own frameworks of course.

	I'm afraid my last attempt to create a framework for a UNIMARC instance didn't go well, because I don't know how to adapt it. Last time I tried to catalog anything using the default framework, I could not save anything because I kept getting errors about leaving required fields blank, when those fields did not apply to what I was cataloging (e.g. I was supposed to fill in cartographic information when I was cataloging a textbook). 


Hope this helps,


	Thank you, it does somewhat in that I know what I need to do next, but I still need to look for how-tos and hopefully some examples. I think I'll go ahead and look up how to remove the current instance so it doesn't leave any traces behind, and then I'll try again with a new MARC21 instance. I'm also still struggling with getting UDC to appear in both the staff interface and OPAC instead of Dewey. 

katrin





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Aida Đikić