[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Unexpected results changing Organisational Units through Staff Client in EG 2.0 alpha4

[Repke de Vries]

Your help appreciated: setting up our library structure by changing  
Organisational Unit Types and Organisational Units through "Server  
Administration" in the Staff Client, gives unexpected and incomplete  
results.

We are talking the EG 2.0 alpha4 Virtual Image and we are prototyping  
the organisational structure in anticipation of 2.0 beta and going  
live later this year.

After some changes to text labels in Organisational Unit Types,  we  
made changes to the hierarchy of Organisational Units + the Units  
themselves.
Here is a screenshot where for example you see the out-of-the-box BR1  
changed: http://screencast.com/t/fWRTdaCnxy

First of all: actually *deleting* anything not needed proved  
impossible: sometimes the Org Units admin interface turns red and  
nothing happens; sometimes deleting did seem to happen only to have  
the out-of-the-box structure return later; this is irrespective of  
having any holdings or users or workstations attached to, say: a branch.

And testing the consequences of such changes :
- all the OPAC and staff client screens persistently keep the *old*  
text labels like for example "Example Branch 1" - also after stopping  
and restarting Evegreen + Apache; and of-course we started new staff  
client sessions;  here is a screenshot:  http://screencast.com/t/ 
NR9Od8oMh96
- Holding Maintenance screens show a mixed result:  changes to Unit  
Types come through, changes to the Units themselves don't come  
through:   http://screencast.com/t/XqdW9S9jr
- Exporting records picks up the new Organisation Unit Policy Code  
"IISG"  (instead of "BR1") and uses it on the 852
- Importing records does *not* recognise this new code "IISG" in 852 $b
- the new MARC 001/035 + TCN =  MARC 001 feature (see Server Admin - 
 >Global Flags) however *does* pick up the new Policy Code defined in  
the Consortium Org Unit and uses it for "issuing authority"
- there seems to be a time delay ?  After a few days now for example  
the Holding Maintenance screen + pick lists *do* seem to have picked  
up more of the changes: is that in any way likely?

What are we missing ? Which other steps than Server Admin in the  
Staff Client are necessary to have changes in the Organisation Units  
fully take effect?

Thanks, Repke de Vries, IISH