[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Meta Records/holds and electronic records

[Blake Henderson]

Josh,

This is a bug for metarecord searching. These are the related bugs:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/evergreen/+bug/1420509
https://bugs.launchpad.net/evergreen/+bug/1461650
https://bugs.launchpad.net/evergreen/+bug/1403907
https://bugs.launchpad.net/evergreen/+bug/1629108

Good news! This was addressed recently! The fix was merged for the 2.12 
release. You could patch your machines if you were feeling adventurous:

http://git.evergreen-ils.org/?p=working/Evergreen.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/user/blake/LP1629108-metarecord-constituent-result-reroute

Addressing the holds issue is a different story. It seems benign when an 
electronic record is included in the group considering there are no 
copies on the electronic bib. You could* change your fingerprint 
configuration to include the format but that would defeat the purpose of 
"Group formats and editions"

-Blake-
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On 4/5/2017 11:45 AM, Josh Stompro wrote:
>
> Hello, we just started adding marc records for our overdrive and 
> EbooksMN (biblioboard) collections and now I’m noticing that meta 
> holds will apply to these records. I’m wondering if there is some way 
> to exclude titles that cannot have copies (set in the bib source) from 
> being included in a meta record grouping.  I thought that the main 
> reason to use metarecords was to take advantage of meta holds, so it 
> would seem to make sense to not include titles that cannot have copies.
>
> Here is an example of what I’m seeing. When I do a search for 
> “Fantastic Beasts and where to find them” and group formats and 
> editions, out catalog groups 4 titles together, two books and two 
> electronic records.
>
> https://egcatalog.larl.org/eg/opac/results?query=Fantastic+beasts+and+where+to+find+them&qtype=title&fi%3Asearch_format=&locg=1&detail_record_view=0&sort=&modifier=metabib
>
> The display shows (2) copies, but also shows the icons for the 
> electronic copies.  But if you click on the metarecord, only the two 
> physical copy records are shown.  So it basically hides the electronic 
> records from view/use.
>
> If I place a meta hold on that metarecord, and leave the format 
> unselected, one of the electronic copies has been chosen as the master 
> record, so the hold looks like it is on one of the electronic records, 
> and the electronic record title is shown to the customer in the holds 
> screen.
>
> I tried to find a discussion about this, or any related bugs but I 
> didn’t have any luck.
>
> Any tips on how I can adjust this behavior would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks
>
> Josh
>
> Lake Agassiz Regional Library - Moorhead MN larl.org
>
> Josh Stompro     | Office 218.233.3757 EXT-139
>
> LARL IT Director | Cell 218.790.2110
>

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