Carolyn, It worked fine for me on our 7.6.1 dev server. Export metadata > Find and replace collection numbers > Save > Import. I did have a problem with the collection item count still showing from the browse index, although the collection was empty. No problem deleting the collection.
Philip ________________________________ From: dspace-tech@googlegroups.com <dspace-tech@googlegroups.com> on behalf of Carolyn Sullivan <lrellisde...@gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 1, 2024 5:08 PM To: DSpace Technical Support <dspace-tech@googlegroups.com> Subject: [dspace-tech] Version 7.6 - Merging collections/Moving all materials from collection A to Collection B Hello all, If I want to merge two collections (ie. move all materials from collection A to collection B and then delete collection A), how do I do that? There's a recommendation for a previous version of DSpace to just export the metadata, change the collection to of A to B, and reupload<https://groups.google.com/g/dspace-tech/c/BpvnVIXTr5s/m/mdEbKLNvHAAJ>... does it actually work like this in DSpace 7.6? I tried it in our QA instance and it didn't function. Thanks, Carolyn. -- All messages to this mailing list should adhere to the Code of Conduct: https://www.lyrasis.org/about/Pages/Code-of-Conduct.aspx --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "DSpace Technical Support" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to dspace-tech+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<mailto:dspace-tech+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/dspace-tech/5b93bb4e-f794-46fc-935a-4ce3c660b4f3n%40googlegroups.com<https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/dspace-tech/5b93bb4e-f794-46fc-935a-4ce3c660b4f3n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. ________________________________ From: dspace-tech@googlegroups.com <dspace-tech@googlegroups.com> on behalf of Carolyn Sullivan <lrellisde...@gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 1, 2024 5:08 PM To: DSpace Technical Support <dspace-tech@googlegroups.com> Subject: [dspace-tech] Version 7.6 - Merging collections/Moving all materials from collection A to Collection B Hello all, If I want to merge two collections (ie. move all materials from collection A to collection B and then delete collection A), how do I do that? There's a recommendation for a previous version of DSpace to just export the metadata, change the collection to of A to B, and reupload<https://groups.google.com/g/dspace-tech/c/BpvnVIXTr5s/m/mdEbKLNvHAAJ>... does it actually work like this in DSpace 7.6? I tried it in our QA instance and it didn't function. Thanks, Carolyn. -- All messages to this mailing list should adhere to the Code of Conduct: https://www.lyrasis.org/about/Pages/Code-of-Conduct.aspx --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "DSpace Technical Support" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to dspace-tech+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<mailto:dspace-tech+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/dspace-tech/5b93bb4e-f794-46fc-935a-4ce3c660b4f3n%40googlegroups.com<https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/dspace-tech/5b93bb4e-f794-46fc-935a-4ce3c660b4f3n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- All messages to this mailing list should adhere to the Code of Conduct: https://www.lyrasis.org/about/Pages/Code-of-Conduct.aspx --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "DSpace Technical Support" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to dspace-tech+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/dspace-tech/PH0PR05MB8621A5F15DD7994CFDBF157C89182%40PH0PR05MB8621.namprd05.prod.outlook.com.
