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

[Mary Llewellyn]

Hi Kathy,

Eureka! That worked! Thanks so much, I never would have figured that out by
myself.

You just made my day!

Mary


-----Original Message-----
From: open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org
[mailto:open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of
Kathy Lussier
Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2011 10:34 AM
To: 'Evergreen Discussion Group'
Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Need help with edit/merge overlay profile
forbatch importing

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
>>
>>
>>
>>