Hello Alex, We are still working with our IT team to solve the problem, and we do not currently have a solution. I will let you know when we resolve the issue.
Cheers, Arpad alex buckley <[email protected]> ezt írta (időpont: 2025. jún. 16., H 14:01): > Hi Arpad, > > I have a DSpace instance (running 7.6.3) that has the same browse author > behaviour that you are describing. Could you please let me know if you have > discovered the cause of this (including if it was an indexing issue)? > > Thanks so much, > Alex > > > > On Saturday, May 17, 2025 at 9:15:07 AM UTC+12 DSpace Technical Support > wrote: > >> Hi Arpad, >> >> Considering this behavior doesn't occur on our demo site ( >> https://demo.dspace.org), which is running the latest 8.x code, it does >> sound like it could be a possible indexing or configuration issue on your >> end. If it was a bug in DSpace, it'd be more likely to appear (or be >> reproducible) on our demo site as well. >> >> Have you tried a full reindex of everything? "./dspace index-discovery >> -b" >> >> I'd recommend trying that, and perhaps also paying close attention to the >> backend logs *during* the indexing process to see if you are encountering a >> large number of errors. If so, those might be clues as to what is going on. >> >> If you can find a way to reproduce this issue on our demo site, that >> might also provide more clues. You are welcome to even add some test >> content similar to your own content, if you think it could be somehow >> specific to your content/data. >> >> I don't have any other ideas, but it does sound like an indexing issue. >> Such an indexing issue might be caused by a configuration problem, or >> possibly a local customization (if you've made any), or maybe even >> something went wrong in upgrading/migrating your configurations or >> customizations from DSpace 7 to DSpace 8. >> >> Tim >> On Friday, May 16, 2025 at 2:00:08 PM UTC-5 [email protected] wrote: >> >>> Hello Tim, >>> >>> That's right, this is the proper behaviour, there are no results because >>> author names are unified (starting with last names), and there is no author >>> name starting with "Kar..." >>> >>> We are facing a completely different issue. As I wrote in the post, it >>> seems that the subject terms and author names are stored in the wrong >>> format in the browse indexes. >>> >>> Let me show you some examples: >>> >>> *subject term in metadata (dc.subject field): Adriai-tenger* >>> *subject term after filter results: adriaiteng* >>> >>> This wrong form of the subject term shows in the link, therefore, DSpace >>> could not find the linked content: >>> >>> https://digitalia.csfk.org/browse/subject?*value=adriaiteng* >>> &bbm.return=1 >>> >>> The proper link should be: https://digitalia.csfk.org/browse/subject? >>> *value=Adriai-tenger*&bbm.return=1 (this link works just fine!) >>> >>> *author name: Allodi, Pietro* >>> *filtered result after type "all" in the "Browse/Search" box: allodi* >>> >>> broken link: https://digitalia.csfk.org/browse/author?*value=allodi* >>> &bbm.return=1 >>> >>> the correct link would be: >>> https://digitalia.csfk.org/browse/author?*value=Allodi, >>> Pietro*&bbm.return=1 (works fine) >>> >>> Global search (in the header or homepage) works perfect! >>> >>> Any idea to fix this issue? >>> (Our database is not available to the public yet, only for internal use.) >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Arpad >>> >>> DSpace Technical Support a következőt írta (2025. május 16., péntek, >>> 18:31:25 UTC+2): >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I believe this may be a misunderstanding on how the "Browse by Author" >>> pages work in DSpace. >>> >>> When you visit the Browse By Author page in DSpace, you'll see all the >>> Authors in the system listed alphabetically by surname (last name). This >>> can be seen on the demo site: https://demo.dspace.org/browse/author >>> >>> The "Browse/Search" box on that page notes specifically that you can >>> "Filter results by typing the first few letters". It is NOT a normal >>> search box, but rather allows you to immediately filter that list of all >>> Authors down to ones whose surname begins with certain letters. >>> >>> However, the *key point* is that box is expecting you to type the >>> author's *surname (last name) first* , because that is how the authors >>> are listed in that "Browse by Author" page. >>> >>> So, on the demo site, you can see that if you type in "De" or "De Wael" >>> you will *filter that list of authors to only those whose surname >>> starts with that text.* >>> >>> Therefore, typing "De Wael" in that box will return two results: "De >>> Wael, K" and "De Wael, Karolien" See on the demo site: >>> https://demo.dspace.org/browse/author?bbm.page=1&startsWith=De%20Wael >>> >>> However, if you instead type "Karolien", you will receive *no results* >>> because no authors in the system have a surname of "Karolien" See on the >>> demo site: >>> https://demo.dspace.org/browse/author?bbm.page=1&startsWith=Karolien >>> >>> Keep in mind, the global search page will act differently however. If >>> you type "Karolien De Wael" in the global search (in the header or homepage >>> or search page), then you will get results related to that author. For >>> example, on the demo site: >>> https://demo.dspace.org/search?query=Karolien%20De%20Wael&spc.page=1 >>> >>> This is expected behavior in DSpace because the "Browse by Author" page >>> only searches for author names (surname first) that *start with* that >>> text. But, the global search page will search across the entire system >>> for anything that matches. >>> >>> I hope that helps to better explain the behavior you are seeing. >>> >>> Tim >>> On Friday, May 16, 2025 at 6:08:35 AM UTC-5 >>> [email protected] wrote: >>> >>> I just checked right now version 8, on demo websitem and it has the same >>> issue. >>> >>> >>> >>> [image: Captura.PNG] >>> >>> >>> But if you search his name as "Karolien De Wael" no results are given: >>> >>> [image: Captura.PNG] >>> >>> >>> El dia dissabte, 10 de maig del 2025 a les 23:15:37 UTC+2, Árpád Magyar >>> va escriure: >>> >>> Dear All, >>> >>> >>> We have some search issues on the browse page using "search the >>> repository' search bar to filter the results. >>> Using the menu 'All of Dspace' > by Subject > 'Search the repository', >>> only lowercase, truncated, and unaccented subject terms are displayed, with >>> broken links (with the message 'no items to show') >>> E.g.: >>> *Adriai-tenger > adriaiteng* >>> *adatfeldolgozás > adatfeldolgoza* >>> >>> The same issue occurs when searching for authors on the browsing page. >>> E.g.: >>> *Asztalos István > asztalo* >>> >>> Using the "Search the repository" search bar on the pages 'browsing by >>> issue date' and 'by title' works fine. >>> Could this be an indexing issue? >>> The links in the list of authors and subject terms work fine. The issue >>> only occurs when we filter using the top search bar on the browsing pages. >>> >>> Dspace version: 8.0 (updated from 7.2) Java version: 17.0.14 >>> >>> Could you please help solve this issue? Any idea would be appreciated. >>> >>> Thanks so much, >>> >>> Arpad >>> >>> [image: Browsing-issue-author-1.jpg][image: >>> Browsing-issue-author-2.jpg][image: >>> Browsing-issue-author-3.jpg][image: Browsing-issue-subject-1.jpg][image: >>> Browsing-issue-subject-2.jpg] >>> >>> -- > 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 [email protected]. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/dspace-tech/8bafebbf-cffa-4bfc-bb5d-cfb962e1f8d9n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/dspace-tech/8bafebbf-cffa-4bfc-bb5d-cfb962e1f8d9n%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. 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