[Koha] Static and calculated fields in new authorities not shown until you click on them

[Caroline Cyr-La-Rose]

Hi Theodoros,

What I usually do is put default information in the field in the MARC 
framework.

I'll do the example for 003, but it would work with any field (maybe not 
005 though).

1- Go in Administration > MARC bibliographic framework (for 
bibliographic records) or Administration > Authority types (for 
authority records)

2- Next to the framework you want to change, click on "Action" and 
choose "MARC structure"

3- Next to the 003 field, click on "Action" and choose "Subfields"

4- Click on "Edit"

5- Click on "Advanced constraints"

6- In "Default value", enter the value you want filled in by default

7- Click on "Save changes"


Also check the following system preferences:

-  DefaultCountryField008

-  DefaultLanguageField008

-  MARCOrgCode

-  MARCAuthorityControlField008


I hope this helps,

Caroline



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Le 2018-10-15 à 07:19, Theodoros Theodoropoulos a écrit :
> Dear all,
>
> We're using Koha 17.11.06 (USMarc) and our cataloguers have the 
> following request:
>
> When creating a new authority, some static fields [like Control Number 
> Idenifier (003)] as well as some 00x fields that are calculated 
> on-the-fly [like Leader(000), Date and time of last transaction (005), 
> Fixed length data elements (008), etc] are not shown until you click 
> on them. I have created a short video to demonstrate this: 
> https://imgur.com/a/dRDhFKr
>
> Although this has always been the default behaviour for new bibs, I 
> vaguely remember that the authority fields where shown prefilled by 
> default in old 3.x Koha versions.
>
> So, our cataloguers asked if there is an easy way (ie a javascript 
> snippet) to have all required (static and dynamically calculated) 
> fields prefilled and shown by default when creating a new authority 
> (and biblio) because it save them a few 'unnecessary' clicks.
>
> Also, this is the default behavior for advanced editor. Maybe you 
> could consider making this the default behavior for the 'classic' 
> biblio/authority editor as well?
>
> If you think any of the above requests is valid (and does not conflict 
> with general directions/best practices you might have set), I could 
> create an enhancement request in BZ case to better keep track of it.
>
> Best regards,
> Theodoros Theodoropoulos
>
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