[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] ***SPAM*** RE: ***SPAM*** Loading MARC records during acquisitions process

[Kathy Lussier]

> You also have to add MARC subfield mappings in the Holding 
> Subfield tab on the provider page.  This tells Evergreen 
> where the provider stores each piece of information on the 
> imported copies.  (E.g. fund code is in the 852f).  The 
> supported fields are:
> 
> ----
> quantity
> estimated_price
> owning_lib
> call_number
> fund_code
> circ_modifier
> note
> copy_location
> collection_code
> ----
> 
> At some point soon, the UI will limit your input to these 
> options so it won't be necessary to remember them.

Ahhhh...I had a feeling that simply identifying the 852 field in the
provider record was just a little too easy. I'll work on this later in the
week and see how it goes.

Thanks Bill!

Kathy

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org 
> [mailto:open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org] 
> On Behalf Of Bill Erickson
> Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2011 4:22 PM
> To: Evergreen Discussion Group
> Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] ***SPAM*** Loading MARC 
> records during acquisitions process
> 
> 
> On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 11:41 AM, Kathy Lussier 
> <klussier at masslnc.org> wrote:
> 
> 
> 	Hi all,
> 	
> 	
> 
> 
> Hi Kathy,
> 
>  
> 
> 	I have been testing acquisitions in 2.0 and have had 
> some success in
> 	creating purchase orders from selection lists and 
> activating those purchase
> 	orders. However, I come across some trouble when I try 
> loading MARC order
> 	records through the acquisitions menu.
> 	
> 	When I load the records, I have been leaving the 
> "activate purchase order"
> 	box unchecked. The system creates the purchase order, 
> and I add prices to
> 	each lineitem in the order, but I can't get the 
> purchase order to the point
> 	where it is activatable. When I created a purchase 
> order from a selection
> 	list, it becomes activatable as soon as I add prices to 
> each of the
> 	lineitems. The only difference I see between the two 
> purchase orders is that
> 	the lineitems for the order created through a selection 
> list have a status
> 	of pending-order before I activate the order. When I 
> create the PO through a
> 	MARC import, the status of the lineitems is 
> order-pending. Other than adding
> 	a price for each of the lineitems, is there anything 
> else I need to do to
> 	the PO to be able to activate the order?
> 	
> 
> 
> You found the problem.  It's the discrepancy between 
> "pending-order" and "order-pending".  The next cut of 2.0 
> will contain a fix for this.
>  
> 
> 
> 	Also, I tried importing items at the same time that I 
> loaded the MARC
> 	records. Since I was using records from an Evergreen 
> system, I identified
> 	the holdings tag for the provider as the 852 field. 
> Although the system will
> 	load the MARC records, it is not pulling in the 
> holdings information. What
> 	else do I need to add to the provider record so that I 
> can import holdings?
> 	
> 	
> 
> 
> You also have to add MARC subfield mappings in the Holding 
> Subfield tab on the provider page.  This tells Evergreen 
> where the provider stores each piece of information on the 
> imported copies.  (E.g. fund code is in the 852f).  The 
> supported fields are:
> 
> ----
> quantity
> estimated_price
> owning_lib
> call_number
> fund_code
> circ_modifier
> note
> copy_location
> collection_code
> ----
> 
> At some point soon, the UI will limit your input to these 
> options so it won't be necessary to remember them.
> 
> Thanks for testing!
> 
> -b
> 
> --
> Bill Erickson
> | VP, Software Development & Integration Equinox Software, 
> Inc. / Your 
> | Library's Guide to Open Source
> | phone: 877-OPEN-ILS (673-6457)
> | email: erickson at esilibrary.com
> | web: http://esilibrary.com
> 
>