[Koha] MARC Export problem

Thu Jan 5 10:58:24 NZDT 2012

Realized this might have been vague:

On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 9:55 PM, Elaine Bradtke <eb at efdss.org> wrote:
> Exporting didn't work for me.  Most of the records I was trying to
> export were sequential. So I put the first and last biblio numbers in
> the appropriate boxes, didn't change any of the default parameters or
> add any other information.

What I mean is, the only criteria I specified for exported records was
the Biblio numbers.

> It should have exported those records, but the resulting file is empty. 0KB
> When I export a larger batch - one that includes biblios with items, I
> only get records for the biblios with items.  Somehow these particular
> records are being excluded from the export. But it's not anything I'm
> doing. . .Which makes me wonder what it is about these particular
> records that are causing them to be overlooked in the export process.
> Elaine
>
> On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 9:06 PM, Jared Camins-Esakov
> <jcamins at cpbibliography.com> wrote:
>> You can export records without item records, just not by specifying an item
>> type. You have to use a different criterion, or, as I do, export all records
>> and filter out the records I don't care about. I am sure it would be
>> possible to add an option "select only records with no items," if someone
>> were interested in sponsoring such a development.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Jared
>>
>> On Jan 4, 2012 3:54 PM, "Elaine Bradtke" <eb at efdss.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> Thanks for the reply Jared
>>> My experience certainly bears out that it can't be done.It's
>>> frustrating that you can't export records that don't have items.  Is
>>> there good reason why it would be set up that way?  As more oddball
>>> collections like ours adopt Koha there may be more demand for the
>>> ability to export them.  Or, set up some sort of batch edit for
>>> biblios within Koha.  I think the first option is probably simpler!
>>> At any rate, there were only (!) 74 of them so I did them
>>> individually.Elaine
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 5:16 PM, Jared Camins-Esakov
>>> <jcamins at cpbibliography.com> wrote:
>>> > Elaine,
>>> >
>>> > Limit by item type only works for records with items. It does not use
>>> > the
>>> > 942$c. I'm not sure there is any way to export only those records.
>>> > Perhaps
>>> > your best bet would be to export all records, and then filter out those
>>> > records that have items? I'd probably convert the export to MARCXML and
>>> > use
>>> > a simple XSLT stylesheet for the filtering, but I'm sure MarcEdit has
>>> > some
>>> > sort of filtering capability.
>>> >
>>> > Regards,
>>> > Jared
>>> >
>>> > On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 12:10 PM, Elaine Bradtke <eb at efdss.org> wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> We have now upgraded to         3.06.02.000
>>> >> mysql Ver 14.14 Distrib 5.1.49, for debian-linux-gnu (i486) using
>>> >> readline
>>> >> 6.1
>>> >> Server version: Apache/2.2.16 (Debian)
>>> >> And still have the same problem as outlined below.
>>> >> Any thoughts?
>>> >>
>>> >> Elaine
>>> >>
>>> >> On Wed, Dec 28, 2011 at 6:10 PM, Elaine Bradtke <eb at efdss.org> wrote:
>>> >> > I am trying to export a group of biblios in order to batch edit them.
>>> >> >  These are biblios without item records (they are actually
>>> >> > components,
>>> >> > part of a larger bound volume, not physical items by themselves).
>>> >> >  But
>>> >> > when I go through the steps in MARC export  and select item type:
>>> >> > component, it produces an empty file.  If I select all item types, it
>>> >> > only exports biblios with item records attached.  Which is precisely
>>> >> > the opposite of what I'm trying to do.
>>> >> >
>>> >> > I also tried  selecting 'don't export items' to see if that made a
>>> >> > difference.  It doesn't.
>>> >> >
>>> >> > Is there any way I can extract these MARC records, or do I have to
>>> >> > fix
>>> >> > them all one at a time?
>>> >> >
>>> >> > We're running 3.04.02.000 - have been too busy with a major move in
>>> >> > the past six months to upgrade.  If this is a problem that has been
>>> >> > fixed in a later version that would be useful to know.
>>> >> > --
>>> >> > Elaine Bradtke
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>>> >> --
>>> >> Elaine Bradtke
>>> >> Data Wrangler
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>>> >> Tel    +44 (0) 20 7485 2206 (This number is for the English Folk Dance
>>> >> and Song Society in London, England. If you wish to phone me
>>> >> personally, send an e-mail first. I work off site)
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>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > --
>>> > Jared Camins-Esakov
>>> > Bibliographer, C & P Bibliography Services, LLC
>>> > (phone) +1 (917) 727-3445
>>> > (e-mail) jcamins at cpbibliography.com
>>> > (web) http://www.cpbibliography.com/
>>> >
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Elaine Bradtke
>>> Data Wrangler
>>> VWML
>>> English Folk Dance and Song Society | http://www.efdss.org
>>> Cecil Sharp House, 2 Regent's Park Road, London NW1 7AY
>>> Tel    +44 (0) 20 7485 2206 (This number is for the English Folk Dance
>>> and Song Society in London, England. If you wish to phone me
>>> personally, send an e-mail first. I work off site)
>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> Registered Company No. 297142
>>> Charity Registered in England and Wales No. 305999
>>>
>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> "Writing about music is like dancing about architecture"
>>> --Elvis Costello (Musician magazine No. 60 (October 1983), p. 52)
>
>
>
> --
> Elaine Bradtke
> Data Wrangler
> VWML
> English Folk Dance and Song Society | http://www.efdss.org
> Cecil Sharp House, 2 Regent's Park Road, London NW1 7AY
> Tel    +44 (0) 20 7485 2206 (This number is for the English Folk Dance
> and Song Society in London, England. If you wish to phone me
> personally, send an e-mail first. I work off site)
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Registered Company No. 297142
> Charity Registered in England and Wales No. 305999
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> "Writing about music is like dancing about architecture"
> --Elvis Costello (Musician magazine No. 60 (October 1983), p. 52)

-- 
Elaine Bradtke
Data Wrangler
VWML
English Folk Dance and Song Society | http://www.efdss.org
Cecil Sharp House, 2 Regent's Park Road, London NW1 7AY
Tel    +44 (0) 20 7485 2206 (This number is for the English Folk Dance
and Song Society in London, England. If you wish to phone me
personally, send an e-mail first. I work off site)
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Registered Company No. 297142
Charity Registered in England and Wales No. 305999
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"Writing about music is like dancing about architecture"
--Elvis Costello (Musician magazine No. 60 (October 1983), p. 52)