[Koha] Simple manual cataloguing

[Fred King]

I've spent the last week or so doing this, so it's reasonably fresh in my 
mind. If there's an easier way, I'm not sure I want to know, but go ahead 
and tell me anyway. :-) 

To change the tab: 

Go to the Marc Framework page and open the Subfields page of the tag you 
want to change. (third from the right) 

Next, click the "Edit Subfields" button at the bottom of the page. 

Under Basic Constraints, change the number in the "Managed in Tab" box to 
whatever tab you want it to be in. AFAIK, all the subfields have to be 
managed in the same tab, so if you change a, you have to change b, c, 9, 2, 
and all the others. You can also change it to "ignore." 

Alternatively, you can hide the field: 

 From the Edit Subfields page, click "display more constraints" 

The second one down is "hidden." Change it to "-6" and it won't show up in 
the Add Marc Record page or in the catalog. If my brain were working, I 
could remember how to get to the page that explains all the codes. 

Hope this helps, 

Fred King
phred at philobiblios.net 


reapsmoor at gmail.com writes: 

> Dear Marijana and all 
> 
> These solutions would be a great help I'm sure.  However, having spent most
> of yesterday poring over the manual and my preferences, I still can't see
> how to either move fields onto the first tab or alternatively how to set
> some (the majority) to be hidden.  I've obviously missed something and would
> be grateful for help in finding whatever switches I need. 
> 
> Thanks 
> 
> On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 5:40 PM, Marijana Glavica <mglavica at ffzg.hr> wrote: 
> 
>> On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 08:38:21AM -0500, Owen Leonard wrote:
>> > > only way to do what I want is to produce a radically pruned framework,
>> > > deleting all but the basic fields that I need.  However I then came
>> across
>> > > the guidance that it is not advisable to delete fields so I don't quite
>> see
>> > > how to come up with the final list of fields that I need.  I don't
>> think I
>> > > can expect my volunteers to wade through 9 tabs worth of fields.
>> >
>> > I'm not a cataloger, but I wonder if a solution would be to put the
>> > 10-12 most important fields on the first tab and the "less important"
>> > ones on other tabs. Then your volunteers could only concern themselves
>> > with the first tab, but other fields could still be populated by
>> > z39.50. 
>>
>> and also, you don't have to delete fields if you don't want them to apear
>> in
>> framework. there is option to hide fields. 
>>
>> Regards,
>> Marijana
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