Thanks, this is very helpful. Hopefully we can find a place in the documentation for storing information along these lines....
- Demian > -----Original Message----- > From: open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org [mailto:open- > ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of Dan Scott > Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2011 10:14 AM > To: Evergreen Discussion Group > Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Migrating patron data > > On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 01:54:33PM -0400, Demian Katz wrote: > > 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: > > > > <snip> > > > - 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! > > profile = the user's primary role with respect to the Library. Most > sites use this to determine both borrowing privileges and Evergreen > system permissions. The numeric value points to the > permission.perm_grp.id column. (Aside: our site uses this strictly to > determine borrowing privileges; we use permission.usr_grp_map to assign > users to zero or more groups to determine their system permissions). > > ident_type = the type of identification the user showed to assert their > identity (Driver's License, SSN (ugh), Other are the defaults). The > numeric value points to the config.identification_type.id column. > (Aside: this is a meaningless column for our site, but unfortunately > this > column is NOT NULL so we end up using "Other") > > home_ou = the home library for the user; which library "owns" the user. > The numeric value points to the actor.org_unit.id column. > > Hopefully this helps a bit.