[Koha] Koha 18.11 - LC Authorities dataset upload - Free-floating subdivisions

[Craig Butosi]

Will do. Thanks for confirming Jonathan.

C

Craig Butosi, MA, MLIS, BMus Hons.
Library: library.craigbutosi.ca

On Fri, May 31, 2019, 12:36 PM Jonathan Druart <
jonathan.druart at bugs.koha-community.org> wrote:

> Hi Craig,
>
> This sounds like a bug, GEN_SUBDIV should be a defined. Could you open
> a bug report?
>
> Regards,
> Jonathan
>
> Le ven. 31 mai 2019 à 09:36, Craig Butosi <cbutosi at alumni.uwo.ca> a écrit
> :
> >
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > After some playing around, I discovered that the authority records were
> > given a Koha-specific value of "GEN_SUBDIV" in field 942 (this tag is
> > hidden by default so it will not appear in the editor screen before you
> > make it display). I therefore created a new authority type in
> > Administration with the code "GEN_SUBDIV" and linked it to authority
> field
> > 180 and bingo, the Internal Server Error disappears:
> >
> >
> http://library.craigbutosi.ca/cgi-bin/koha/opac-authoritiesdetail.pl?authid=3436
> >
> > I have yet to see if this fix applies to all of the subdivisions in my
> > file. When I have some quiet time, I'll review.
> >
> > All best,
> >
> > Craig Butosi, MA, MLIS, B Mus (Hons)
> > Library: library.craigbutosi.ca
> >
> >
> >
> > On Fri, May 31, 2019 at 10:16 AM Craig Butosi <cbutosi at alumni.uwo.ca>
> wrote:
> >
> > > Hi Katrin,
> > >
> > > Thanks for your reply. Interestingly, when you navigate to a
> subdivision
> > > authority record from the staff client, you can get to the MARC data
> just
> > > fine. For example,
> > >
> > > Subdivision: *Effect of logging on:*
> > >
> > > Tab 0: https://www.dropbox.com/s/fdlwh5o3ja7uzff/Subdiv1.PNG?dl=0
> > > Tab 1: https://www.dropbox.com/s/13xc61qaypfo4fz/Subdiv2.PNG?dl=0
> > > Tab 6: https://www.dropbox.com/s/ft0lhw8pd0en08z/Subdiv3.PNG?dl=0
> > >
> > > Plack Error:
> > >
> > > I have a smattering of the following error in the plack log file:
> > > "Can't call method "authtypetext" on an undefined value at
> > > /usr/share/koha/opac/cgi-bin/opac/opac-authoritiesdetail.pl line 89."
> > > which seems to coincide with attempting to click the "Details" button
> on
> > > the authorities list from the OPAC.
> > >
> > > I wonder if this error occurs because there is no defined authority
> type
> > > for free-floating subdivisions?
> > >
> > > All best,
> > >
> > > Craig Butosi, MA, MLIS, B Mus (Hons)
> > > Library: library.craigbutosi.ca
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Mon, May 27, 2019 at 3:24 PM Katrin Fischer <
> katrin.fischer.83 at web.de>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > >> Hi Craig,
> > >>
> > >> what's the error in your plack error log that appears with the
> Internal
> > >> server error? Could you give an example of how these free-floating
> > >> subdivisions look like in MARC? What is the field for the main
> heading?
> > >>
> > >> It could be a bug or requiring an enhancement - a bit hard to tell
> > >> without knowing more. Having an internal server error is never nice,
> so
> > >> filing a bug might make sense anyway.
> > >>
> > >> Katrin
> > >>
> > >> On 09.05.19 14:52, Craig Butosi wrote:
> > >> > Hi everyone,
> > >> >
> > >> > Koha 18.11 on Ubuntu 16.04 (MariaDb)
> > >> >
> > >> > I recently discovered that the Library of Congress has released
> their
> > >> 2014
> > >> > authorities as a free, open-access dataset in Marc8, xml, and Utf8
> > >> formats.
> > >> > This is great! (
> > >> >
> https://www.loc.gov/cds/products/MDSConnect-subject_authorities.html)
> > >> >
> > >> > I am in the process of batch uploading the subject authority file
> into
> > >> my
> > >> > instance of Koha. I'm about half complete (or about 220,000
> entries).
> > >> >
> > >> > I noticed, however, that the file includes free-floating
> subdivisions,
> > >> > which are part of the dataset as their own record as if they were
> main
> > >> > headings. These have been uploaded as such into my system.
> > >> >
> > >> > I get an "Internal Server Error" page if I attempt to click on the
> > >> Details
> > >> > button of any of these sub-divisions in the OPAC authority browse
> page.
> > >> Not
> > >> > a huge deal, but something that should be mentioned. E.g.,
> > >> >
> > >>
> http://library.craigbutosi.ca/cgi-bin/koha/opac-authoritiesdetail.pl?authid=3436
> > >> > )
> > >> >
> > >> > I was wondering if this should be treated as a bug, and if anyone
> has
> > >> done
> > >> > something similar and is (or is not) getting the same error.
> > >> >
> > >> > I reindexed zebra after uploading, but the error persists.
> > >> >
> > >> > Thanks all,
> > >> >
> > >> > Craig Butosi, MA, MLIS, B Mus (Hons)
> > >> > Library: library.craigbutosi.ca
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