For those interested... Here is the bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/evergreen/+bug/1920234
John John Amundson | Library Applications Supervisor | CW MARS [email protected] | 508-755-3323 x322 <%28508%29%20755-3323> https://www.cwmars.org he/him/his <https://www.mypronouns.org/he-him> On Fri, Mar 19, 2021 at 11:47 AM John Amundson <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks, Lindsay. > > Yes. I can do that. > > To add more records to the bucket at that point, though, I would have to > use the Record Query tab, which isn't very good for complicated searches. > Our libraries aren't very familiar with the interface, either. > > After emailing, I did discover I can add a title directly to a carousel > from the record's view in the catalog. > [image: image.png] > > However, this still creates a disconnect from the bucket that the > library created and the carousel that displays. > > Libraries should be able to add/update their logically named and > accessible bucket and have the carousel update automatically. I think I > will file a bug report. > > John > > John Amundson | Library Applications Supervisor | CW MARS > > [email protected] | 508-755-3323 x322 <%28508%29%20755-3323> > > https://www.cwmars.org > > he/him/his <https://www.mypronouns.org/he-him> > > > On Fri, Mar 19, 2021 at 11:39 AM Lindsay Stratton <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hi John, >> >> I went through this a while ago, and if my notes are correct, you can >> access the carousel bucket by clicking Shared Buckets in the Buckets >> dropdown, and then entering the carousel bucket id (in your example >> 1257746). >> >> Lindsay >> >> *Lindsay Stratton* >> *Systems Librarian* >> Westchester Library System >> 570 Taxter Rd., 4th Floor >> Elmsford, NY 10523 >> [email protected] >> >> >> On Fri, Mar 19, 2021 at 11:22 AM John Amundson <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Hello! >>> >>> I have been wading my way through Carousels in Evergreen in >>> preparation for my network's upgrade to 3.5.3. >>> >>> I have searched Launchpad and cannot find a bug for the following, so I >>> just want to make sure I'm not missing something before I create one. >>> >>> I created a manual carousel from a bucket and then a mapping. The >>> carousel displayed nicely and in the order I added the titles to the >>> bucket. So far, so good. >>> >>> I then added additional titles to my bucket. To my surprise, the >>> carousel entries did not update in the catalog. >>> >>> When I view the "link to bucket" field in Carousels Configuration, the >>> carousel links to a different bucket than the one I created, specifically >>> one with a name of "System-created bucket for carousel 197 copied from >>> bucket 1257746". >>> >>> Refreshing the manual carousel isn't allowed, and I do not have access >>> to the new bucket through my "Buckets" dropdown. >>> >>> The only way I have found to add new titles to this bucket is through >>> the "Record Query" interface, which is not as robust as catalog searching. >>> >>> This is not very intuitive and makes it hard for library staff to >>> maintain their own manual carousels. >>> >>> Are others using carousels seeing this behavior? And if so, how do you >>> work around it? >>> >>> For now, I see the best workaround as creating a new carousel for every >>> change, then removing the old carousel. >>> >>> >>> Thanks, >>> John >>> >>> John Amundson | Library Applications Supervisor | CW MARS >>> >>> [email protected] | 508-755-3323 x322 <%28508%29%20755-3323> >>> >>> https://www.cwmars.org >>> >>> he/him/his <https://www.mypronouns.org/he-him> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Evergreen-general mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://list.evergreen-ils.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/evergreen-general >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Evergreen-general mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://list.evergreen-ils.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/evergreen-general >> >
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