[Koha] Inventory lists incorrectly sorted

[Sebastian Hierl]

Hi, Katrin:

Thank you!  Yes, this helps a lot and we have been using the items.cn_sort
column in some of our reports and should include them in all or where we
can, as for some reports we are running into problems and the '
items.cn_sort' is not recognized.  I will have to review the select reports
where this is the case to see whether we can fix or rewrite the query so
that the function works.

Thanks again and all best,
-Sebastian
--
Sebastian Hierl, Ph.D.
Drue Heinz Librarian, Arthur & Janet C. Ross Library
American Academy in Rome
Via Angelo Masina 5
00153 Rome
Italy

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On Sat, Sep 29, 2018 at 11:38 AM Katrin Fischer <katrin.fischer.83 at web.de>
wrote:

> Hi Sebastian,
>
> if you are using LOC callnumbers you could try to include the
> items.cn_sort column in your reports and try sorting on that. Koha
> generates cn_sort as a sortable form of the callnumber for LOC and DDC
> if the $2 in the item is set to the correct classification.
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Katrin
>
>
>
> On 28.09.2018 11:10, Sebastian Hierl wrote:
> > Thank you for raising this issue, David.
> >
> > We sort the reports we generate from Koha in Excel with the following
> > formula by Lee Ann Nolan and Jameson Conley:
> > https://scholarsphere.psu.edu/concern/generic_works/qv33rw719
> > The formula is a big help, but it doesn't work for call numbers starting
> > three letters, such as in the K class
> > <https://www.loc.gov/aba/publications/FreeLCC/freelcc.html>, where there
> > are numerous call numbers starting with KJA, KKH, KZA, etc.
> > I would love to hear whether anyone has devised a better script or
> formula
> > to sort LC call numbers in either LibreOffice / OpenOffice or Excel.
> >
> > Thank you,
> > Sebastian
> > --
> > Sebastian Hierl, Ph.D.
> > Drue Heinz Librarian, Arthur & Janet C. Ross Library
> > American Academy in Rome
> > Via Angelo Masina 5
> > 00153 Rome
> > Italy
> >
> > T: +39 06 5846 417
> > F: +39 06 5810 788
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Sep 28, 2018 at 8:33 AM David Cook <dcook at prosentient.com.au>
> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Has anyone had a problem where the lists generated by the inventory tool
> >> don't seem to be sorted correctly?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> I received reports of this and during my investigation I found
> >> https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=19021 but
> that
> >> didn't seem to solve the root problem, which actually appears to be with
> >> the
> >> item data stored in the database - rather than Koha code per se. I've
> >> opened
> >> https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=21447 to look
> >> into
> >> this.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> I've solved it in my case using touch_all_items.pl, but it might not be
> >> feasible for everyone to run this. Keen to hear ideas about how people
> >> think
> >> we should resolve this issue for all people.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> David Cook
> >>
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