[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] ***SPAM*** Re: When changing metabib_field definitions how and when to reingest?

[Beth Willis]

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On 2/27/2012 12:13 PM, Mike Rylander wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 10:31 AM, Yamil Suarez<ysuarez at berklee.edu>  wrote:
>> Hello everyone,
>>
>>
>> I am experimenting with the auto-suggest feature that ESI developed, using
>> code from a Git branch they created based on master. The auto-suggest
>> feature partially relies on metabib_field definitions. So I am planning on
>> making changes to my metabib_field definitions. Specifically, I am changing
>> the format, weight, and xpath values. I don't seem to need to re-ingest my
>> records when I change the weight field, but do I need to re-ingest if I
>> change the xpath or format values?
>
> If you're changing an existing definition, and the change will
> significantly modify what data gets extracted, you'll need to
> reingest.  If you're creating a whole new definition, you'll all so
> need to reingest.
>
> In the case that you don't reingest, you probably want to restart
> everything after the change, to avoid cache-related confusion.
>
>>
>> Also, what is the preferred way to trigger a re-ingest of all my records if
>> I do need to re-ingest in this scenario.
>>
>
> That depends on the number of records.  A small test dataset could be
> reingested in batch, but you'd want to do them in chunks or one at a
> time if you have a larger dataset loaded. There are multiple ways to
> do that, of course.
>