[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Need help with edit/merge overlay profile forbatch importing

[Kathy Lussier]

Hi Mary,

Something similar happened to me, but it was when I was working with the new
Vandelay development in master, so I'm not sure if the method that
ultimately worked for me will also work for you. When I set up a profile
that preserve the 901c field and added the 856 field, I was able to get
Vandelay to add the 856 field to the record.

FWIW, I believe this was eventually fixed in master so that it would no
longer be necessary to preserve or replace a 901c field to get Vandelay to
add an 856.

Let us know if it works!

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 Mary Llewellyn
>>Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2011 10:08 AM
>>To: open-ils-general at list.georgialibraries.org
>>Subject: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Need help with edit/merge overlay 
>>profile forbatch importing
>>
>>Hi all,
>>
>>One of our libraries has informed us they are getting their 
>>own subscription to Overdrive, departing from our group 
>>consortial subscription. Since they will have a unique URL 
>>for their patrons, and since many of their titles will 
>>probably be the same as ours, I need to be able to load their 
>>MARC records, have them match on the existing bibs, and add 
>>their 856 to the existing record. The result will be at least 
>>2 856 tags, one with their URL and one with the Bibliomation 
>>URL. We will be using subfield 9 with their system short name 
>>to allow their link to show only in their catalog, while our 
>>856 will contain a string of subfields 9 for the other 
>>subscribing libraries in our group subscription.
>>
>>However, I can't seem to work out the right settings for the 
>>Edit/Merge Overlay Profile in the Evergreen client. The 
>>obvious one to me would be the "Add" line. I entered "856" on 
>>that line and saved the profile, but when I use it, the 
>>records will not merge or overlay. They will not import at all.
>>My import settings were "Merge on single match" and I 
>>specified the merge profile I had created. 
>>
>>Thinking outside the box, I tried entering 856 in both the 
>>"Preserve" and "Add" lines. This time the records imported, 
>>but did not add the extra 856. 
>>
>>I know I don't want to use "Replace." That will remove our 
>>856  and put the single library's in.
>>
>>Is there anyone out there that can help me work this out?
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>Mary
>>
>>
>>Mary Llewellyn
>>Database Manager
>>Bibliomation, Inc.
>>Middlebury, CT
>>mllewell at biblio.org
>>
>>
>>
>>