Thanks for the fast response -- I look forward to seeing these improvements to the documentation! Where should I be looking for them? Your email implies that at least some edits have been made already, but the page I linked does not appear to have changed yet -- am I looking in the wrong place, or do I just need to be more patient?
Also, if I eventually have my own contributions to make to the documentation, what is the best way to share it? I suspect that my migration will do a few things that the current example does not (i.e. migrate active and non-active patrons, possibly load multiple addresses); I'll be happy to share notes once the work is done. thanks, Demian > -----Original Message----- > From: open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org [mailto:open- > ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of Soulliere, > Robert > Sent: Monday, April 11, 2011 3:21 PM > To: Evergreen Discussion Group; open-ils- > documentat...@list.georgialibraries.org > Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Migrating patron data > > Thanks Damian, > > program_number and program_code information references have been > removed from the documentation. This was org specific and used by our > college for statistical purposes (e.g. populating the stat category > tables, etc. ) but would not be useful for a general migration. > > You are exactly right about point #2. We need more explanation about > some of the more ambiguous fields in the evergreen database. I will add > a few notes on some of these fields in the migration steps. Hopefully, > in the long run we will have alternative migration methods added to the > documentation as well. > > Thanks, > Robert > > > > > > Robert Soulliere, BA (Hons), MLIS > Systems Librarian > Mohawk College Library > robert.soulli...@mohawkcollege.ca > Telephone: 905 575 1212 x3936 > Fax: 905 575 2011 > ________________________________________ > From: open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org [open-ils- > general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of Demian Katz > [demian.k...@villanova.edu] > Sent: April 11, 2011 1:54 PM > To: Evergreen Discussion Group > Subject: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Migrating patron data > > Hello, > > I've started looking at the patron migration instructions in the 2.0 > documentation: > > http://docs.evergreen-ils.org/2.0/draft/html/migratingpatrons.html > > I have a couple of questions: > > - There are some fields in the staging table which do not appear to be > used elsewhere: program_number and program_name. Do these serve any > purpose, or should they be removed from the documentation? > - Is there any detailed documentation on the meanings of some of these > fields? I see the links to the database schemas, but higher-level > information on things like profile, ident_type and home_ou would be > helpful to determine the correct mappings. Any guidance would be > appreciated! > > thanks, > Demian > > This E-mail contains privileged and confidential information intended > only for the individual or entity named in the message. If the reader > of this message is not the intended recipient, or the agent responsible > to deliver it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that > any review, dissemination, distribution or copying of this > communication > is prohibited. If this communication was received in error, please > notify the sender by reply E-mail immediately, and delete and destroy > the original message.
