[Koha] Making field optional

[Katrin Fischer]

Hi Eric,

you are right - I did not read correctoy.

Update to the previous instructions: Instead of 'Edit subfields' look at
'Edit tag' - the field itself can also be set to mandatory.

Katrin

On 14.07.22 20:11, Eric Phetteplace wrote:
> I assume you remove the "mandatory" flag for *all* subfields and then the
> field itself is not mandatory.
>
> Best,
>
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> On Thu, Jul 14, 2022 at 10:54 AM C.S. Hayward <c.s.hayward at protonmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Followup question: I have made 040 c an optional field. However, 040 is
>> still a required field in that one of its subfields is required to be
>> filled. How can I change things so that 040 itself is not required?
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Br. C.S. Hayward.
>>
>>
>> ------- Original Message -------
>> On Thursday, July 14th, 2022 at 1:38 PM, C.S. Hayward <
>> c.s.hayward at protonmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Just what the doctor ordered!
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks, as usual,
>>> Br. C.S. Hayward
>>>
>>>
>>> ------- Original Message -------
>>> On Thursday, July 14th, 2022 at 1:30 PM, Katrin Fischer
>> katrin.fischer.83 at web.de wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I am not a cataloger, so I am not going to judge :)
>>>>
>>>> * Go to Administration > Bibliographic MARC frameworks
>>>>
>>>> * Choose MARC structure for the framework you want to update
>>>>
>>>> * Search for the field and 'Edit subfields'
>>>>
>>>> * Remove the mandatory flag from the subfield
>>>>
>>>> Hope this helps,
>>>>
>>>> Katrin
>>>>
>>>> On 14.07.22 17:48, C.S. Hayward wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I am interested in making MARC field tag 040 subfield c optional.
>>>>>
>>>>> Two basic questions:
>>>>>
>>>>> 1: Is this something that would make you wince?
>>>>>
>>>>> 2: How can I go about doing that?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Br. C.S. Hayward, https://cjshayward.com, https://c-s-hayward.com
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