[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Migrating patron data

[Demian Katz]

Thanks for the fast response -- I look forward to seeing these improvements to the documentation!  Where should I be looking for them?  Your email implies that at least some edits have been made already, but the page I linked does not appear to have changed yet -- am I looking in the wrong place, or do I just need to be more patient?

Also, if I eventually have my own contributions to make to the documentation, what is the best way to share it?  I suspect that my migration will do a few things that the current example does not (i.e. migrate active and non-active patrons, possibly load multiple addresses); I'll be happy to share notes once the work is done.

thanks,
Demian

> -----Original Message-----
> From: open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org [mailto:open-
> ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of Soulliere,
> Robert
> Sent: Monday, April 11, 2011 3:21 PM
> To: Evergreen Discussion Group; open-ils-
> documentation at list.georgialibraries.org
> Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Migrating patron data
> 
> Thanks Damian,
> 
> program_number and program_code information references have been
> removed from the documentation. This was org specific and used by our
> college for statistical purposes (e.g. populating the stat category
> tables, etc. ) but would not be useful for a general migration.
> 
> You  are exactly right about point #2. We need more explanation about
> some of the more ambiguous fields in the evergreen database. I will add
> a few notes on some of these fields in the migration steps. Hopefully,
> in the long run we will have alternative migration methods added to the
> documentation as well.
> 
> Thanks,
> Robert
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Robert Soulliere, BA (Hons), MLIS
> Systems Librarian
> Mohawk College Library
> robert.soulliere at mohawkcollege.ca
> Telephone: 905 575 1212 x3936
> Fax: 905 575 2011
> ________________________________________
> From: open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org [open-ils-
> general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of Demian Katz
> [demian.katz at villanova.edu]
> Sent: April 11, 2011 1:54 PM
> To: Evergreen Discussion Group
> Subject: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Migrating patron data
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I've started looking at the patron migration instructions in the 2.0
> documentation:
> 
> http://docs.evergreen-ils.org/2.0/draft/html/migratingpatrons.html
> 
> I have a couple of questions:
> 
> - There are some fields in the staging table which do not appear to be
> used elsewhere: program_number and program_name.  Do these serve any
> purpose, or should they be removed from the documentation?
> - Is there any detailed documentation on the meanings of some of these
> fields?  I see the links to the database schemas, but higher-level
> information on things like profile, ident_type and home_ou would be
> helpful to determine the correct mappings.  Any guidance would be
> appreciated!
> 
> thanks,
> Demian
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