I concur with Elaine Bradke, However, I've found that using the field 952$y for Koha item types (as defined in System Administration → Item types and Circulation Codes. e.g. BK for Books) is successful on bulk imports. I've not had success changing any of the 942 field directly using a bulk import.
This is a helpful reference page for creating your bulk import source data: http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Holdings_data_fields_(9xx) John On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 3:17 PM, Elaine Bradtke <e...@efdss.org> wrote: > Not sure if your problem is the same, but we had a similar problem with > the 942 $c and a bulk import. The trouble boiled down to this field being > controlled by > Home › Administration › Item types administration. You have to be sure > the imported 942 $c matches the code in the left hand column exactly. We > had "Books" in that field. But what it wanted to see was "BK". > Hope this helps > > > On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 9:24 AM, Babu_koha <trinadh...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > in bulk import of data, i have used the tags *942$c and 952$y* for Item > > Type, > > > > but they not displayed in staff client and opac search. > > > > in edit items screen, selected the *Item Type* as *Books* from the drop > > down > > list and saved. > > > > then the values automatically displayed in staff client and opac search. > > > > please see the screen shots. > > > > any help............ > > > > > > > > > > <http://koha.1045719.n5.nabble.com/file/n5781747/1staff_client.jpg> > > <http://koha.1045719.n5.nabble.com/file/n5781747/2opac.jpg> > > <http://koha.1045719.n5.nabble.com/file/n5781747/3edit.jpg> > > <http://koha.1045719.n5.nabble.com/file/n5781747/4edit.jpg> > > <http://koha.1045719.n5.nabble.com/file/n5781747/5opac.jpg> > > <http://koha.1045719.n5.nabble.com/file/n5781747/6staff.jpg> > > > > > > > > > > -- > > View this message in context: > > > http://koha.1045719.n5.nabble.com/problem-with-bulk-imported-data-tp5781747.html > > Sent from the Koha-general mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > _______________________________________________ > > Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org > > Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz > > http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha > > > > > > -- > Elaine Bradtke > Data Wrangler > VWML > English Folk Dance and Song Society | http://www.efdss.org > Cecil Sharp House, 2 Regent's Park Road, London NW1 7AY > Tel +44 (0) 20 7485 2206 (This number is for the English Folk Dance and > Song Society in London, England. If you wish to phone me personally, send > an e-mail first. I work off site) > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Registered Company No. 297142 > Charity Registered in England and Wales No. 305999 > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > "Writing about music is like dancing about architecture" > --Elvis Costello (Musician magazine No. 60 (October 1983), p. 52) > _______________________________________________ > Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org > Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz > http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha > _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha