[Koha] Authority search doesn't show the actual results

[Chris Cormack]

On 8 July 2015 at 10:52, Michael Kuhn <mik at adminkuhn.ch> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I'm trying to load some authority data into Koha 3.20.01.000 on Debian 8
> Jessie. I'm loading the data as follows:
>
> # export KOHA_CONF=/etc/koha/sites/sbt/koha-conf.xml
> # /usr/share/koha/bin/migration_tools/bulkmarcimport.pl -a -m marcxml -file
> testdata.marcxml -v 2
>
> While loading the following two lines do appear:
>
> Use of uninitialized value $authid in addition (+) at
> /usr/share/koha/lib/C4/AuthoritiesMarc.pm line 685, <GEN13> line 1.
>  Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at
> /usr/share/perl5/MARC/File/XML.pm line 397, <GEN13> chunk 4344.
>
> Still after loading the table "auth_header" shows all records just fine.
> Since the records are not yet searchable in the staff client I'm indexing
> them as follows:
>
> # export PERL5LIB=/usr/share/koha/lib
> # /usr/share/koha/bin/migration_tools/rebuild_zebra.pl -run-as-root -r -a -v
>
> Now the "Authority search results" page tells me (for example) "Results 1 to
> 3 of 3" - but the result table is only showing the headings (Summary / Used
> in / ), but not the lines with the actual results.
>
> I loaded the same data using the same commands in another installation of
> Koha 3.20.01.000 on Ubuntu 12.04 which worked flawlessly.
>
> Can anyone please give me a hint why the authority search will show me the
> correct number of results but not the actual results?
>

Hi Michael

Since you haven't linked any authorities to bibliographic records yet,
it might be worth checking what the OPACShowUnusedAuthorities
is set to.

Chris