[Koha] Patron Import Tool not working on Koha 3 Beta?

Rick Welykochy rick at praxis.com.au
Thu Apr 17 09:09:34 NZST 2008


Galen Charlton wrote:

> On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 8:03 AM,  <carpentercarselibrary at gmavt.net> wrote:
>> On Koha 3 alpha (Debian Etch), I was able to use the Patron Import tool
>>  available via the Staff Client Tools page, successfully importing hundreds
>>  of patron records from a CSV file.  I've tried the same thing on the beta:
>>  it tells me it was successful, but when I search the patron records, none
>>  are there except the ones I've entered manually.
>>
>>  Am I missing something?
> 
> Some things to check - were there any error messages in the Apache
> error log?  Were all of the patron categories mentioned in the input
> file defined in administration before you did the import?

I'm gratified to read that there is a Patron Import tool in 3.0.

If there are errors detected during the upload, i.e. incorrect category
code, invalid title, that kind of thing, a suggestion would be to
display the errors on the upload page so that the librarian can
fix and reload.


cheers
rickw


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