Re: [Koha] [EXTERNAL] Re: Prevent specific MARC field from being duplicated?

oha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=26071> - Allow to configure fields not to be copied when using "Edit as new (duplicate)" in cataloging Hope this helps, Katrin On 03.01.24 16:06, Bales (US), Tasha R wrote: > Hello, I have not yet found the answer to this question. We a

[Koha] Prevent specific MARC field from being duplicated?

Hello, I have not yet found the answer to this question. We are still running 21.05, but plan to upgrade soon (unsure to what release). When duplicating a bibliographic record, is it possible to NOT duplicate a specific MARC field from the source record? In particular, I'd like to avoid

Re: [Koha] [EXTERNAL] Re: Ideas wanted for cataloging QA utilities

: Thursday, November 3, 2022 07:45 To: Carlos Lopez Cc: Bales (US), Tasha R ; koha@lists.katipo.co.nz Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: [Koha] Ideas wanted for cataloging QA utilities Importance: High EXT email: be mindful of links/attachments. Hi Tasha If you need to do "real time" checking/

Re: [Koha] Ideas wanted for cataloging QA utilities

, November 2, 2022 17:12 To: Bales (US), Tasha R ; koha@lists.katipo.co.nz Subject: [EXTERNAL] RE: Ideas wanted for cataloging QA utilities EXT email: be mindful of links/attachments. Hi Tasha Bite your tongue! Fixing errors in old records kept me busy during the 2020 lockdowns! Honestly I think

[Koha] Ideas wanted for cataloging QA utilities

Good morning, I'm interested to know if anyone has developed tools to help copy catalogers quality check their work in real time. For example, at a long-ago conference, I saw a librarian present Windows batch scripts they'd created to check cataloging in Millennium. I don't recall the

Re: [Koha] [EXTERNAL] Re: Thesaurus not working for "used for/see from"

gt;> >> Hope this helps, >> >> Katrin >> >> || >> >>> On 09.08.22 22:40, Bales (US), Tasha R wrote: >>> Good afternoon, I'm looking for tips to solve an authority record >> problem. >>> >>> I noticed that none of

Re: [Koha] [EXTERNAL] Archive search

Yes, at the bottom of this page, below, try the "MarkMail archive" or "Nabble.com archive" links: https://koha-community.org/support/koha-mailing-lists/ Tasha Bales -Original Message- From: Koha On Behalf Of kolvir73 Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2022 22:33 To:

[Koha] Thesaurus not working for "used for/see from"

Good afternoon, I'm looking for tips to solve an authority record problem. I noticed that none of my "used for/see from" headings are hyperlinked when I browse authorities in Koha. If I attempt a search for one of these unlinked terms, no results are found-the thesaurus isn't working. Surely,

[Koha] VM move shut-down/start-up activities?

Good afternoon, My IT department will be migrating my Koha installation from one VM to another. They call this a "lift and shift." I will not be installing Koha or taking special steps to migrate the database, they are just moving it all intact to another server, same IP address. I'd like

Re: [Koha] [EXTERNAL] Re: Public list RSS works, but Private list doesn't?

Bummer, as I could really use that feature. However, I'm glad to know it appears to be a bug, so that I can hide the button and avoid unhappy users! Thank you. Tasha Bales Enterprise Services -Original Message- From: Owen Leonard Sent: Monday, April 25, 2022 10:48 To: Bales (US

[Koha] Public list RSS works, but Private list doesn't?

Good morning, I'm writing about RSS for private "My Lists" in the patron OPAC account. In my system, which is Koha 20.11, I've noticed that I can subscribe to RSS for Public lists, and I get immediate results in my email (I'm subscribing via Microsoft Outlook). However, subscribing to Private

Re: [Koha] [EXTERNAL] Re: Biblio_metadata timestamps updating for no reason?

Cohen Arazi Sent: Friday, February 18, 2022 12:35 To: Bales (US), Tasha R Cc: koha@lists.katipo.co.nz Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: [Koha] Biblio_metadata timestamps updating for no reason? Importance: High EXT email: be mindful of links/attachments. Hi, don't you have some cron that might

[Koha] Equals sign in a macro?

I would like to create a Macro that enters the base of a URL. However, I find that I cannot execute the macro due to errors caused by the use of an equals sign. Curly braces also seem to cause a problem. I played around trying to see if I could escape the problem characters, but didn't get

[Koha] Biblio_metadata timestamps updating for no reason?

Good morning, I’m seeing updated timestamps in biblio_metadata and I can’t figure out why. I’m working on a test system where no updates are taking place, and I am not running any jobs to link authorities to bib records, or any other jobs that should be updating records. What could be

[Koha] Item fields transposed during import?

Good afternoon, Has anyone ever experienced item fields getting transposed during MARC import when multiple items are attached to a bib? It seems like there is no way this could happen except for human error, but I've seen it before and can't figure out the error. Today I noticed that some

Re: [Koha] [EXTERNAL] Re: Where to place RSS xml output?

tory (I named it rss) in koha/opac/htdocs and access it with http://mycatalog.com/rss/file.xml. On 1/1/22 8:43 PM, Bales (US), Tasha R wrote: > Good evening, > > I've been reviewing the sample templates and configuration files for custom > RSS. On my system, these are install

[Koha] Where to place RSS xml output?

Good evening, I've been reviewing the sample templates and configuration files for custom RSS. On my system, these are installed here: /usr/share/koha/bin/cronjobs/rss. I'm stuck on where to place the XML that is produced in order to make the output accessible/subscribable via the OPAC.

[Koha] opac-user.tt, add pub date?

Has anyone tweaked opac-user.tt? I'd love to swap out the Author column in the view of checked out items to Publication Date. Just checking. I don't expect these are easily tweaked, but you never know. Thanks for your time, Tasha Bales Enterprise Services http://isesi.web.boeing.com/

[Koha] log4j

Is Koha impacted by the log4j issue? https://www.zdnet.com/article/log4j-zero-day-flaw-what-you-need-to-know-and-how-to-protect-yourself/ The Koha Wiki makes minor use of the characters "log4j" in an article about Shibboleth configuration. Apologies if this is an inappropriate email. I've

Re: [Koha] [EXTERNAL] Re: Migrate checkouts with koc file

, 2021 11:32 To: Bales (US), Tasha R Cc: koha@lists.katipo.co.nz Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: [Koha] Migrate checkouts with koc file Importance: High EXT email: be mindful of links/attachments. Hi Tasha By curiosity I checked the master.koc referred and the only content on it is this three tab

[Koha] Migrate checkouts with koc file

Good morning, I would like to migrate check-outs from Millennium to Koha. It just occurred to me I could probably do this with offline circulation. I'm writing to ask for help creating a properly formatted .koc file that I can upload. From the web, I've gleaned this is just a delimited text

[Koha] Dynamic XSLT labels based on framework "Text for OPAC"?

Good afternoon, I'd like to check my understanding on MARC frameworks. In my frameworks, I've changed the "Text for OPAC" of various fields, and they display as desired in the "MARC view", but not in the "Normal view". I am sure this is occurring because these are local 9xx fields; I had to

[Koha] Classification rules, manual incomplete, keep hyphens?

The section of the Koha manual that describes classification filing rules appears to be missing a section. The portion that describes the respective rules for Dewey, generic, LCC, ends abruptly when it gets to LCC, as follows: "The LCC filing routine generates a sorted call number by following

[Koha] auto_increment DB issue

Good morning, Per our System Information, we are affected by the DBMS auto_increment issue described here: https://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/DBMS_auto_increment_fix. We didn't (cannot) install from the Debian packages. I notice the fix involves setting the next auto_increment number to the

Re: [Koha] Avoiding duplicate items during MARC staging/import

ILS's and am trying to keep Koha in sync with changes made in Millennium, where some records lack barcodes. This is why I cannot use Koha item record number as a match point. Thank you. Tasha Bales Enterprise Services http://isesi.web.boeing.com/ From: Bales (US), Tasha R Sent: Wednesday

[Koha] Avoiding duplicate items during MARC staging/import

Is there a cheat sheet for staging and loading MARC records? I keep getting hung up and am creating duplicate item records during loads, despite continuing to read the manual closely, and experimenting with different options. I think my problem is with my expectations (coming from Millennium

[Koha] MARC modification templates w/ indicators?

Do MARC modification templates support changes based on, or to, MARC indicators? For instance, I'd like to change all instances of 856 _8 to 956 _ _. However, I don't see a clear way to specify or insert indicators w/ or w/o RegEx. Are the indicators considered part of the field data? I

[Koha] Reason to define Koha item type in 942

Good afternoon, I recall reading (in the Koha manual?) the explanation for why it is advantageous to define Koha item type in the bib 942 field. I believe it has to do with exporting records, or the scope of records that is included when doing some type of report? I'm trying to locate that

Re: [Koha] [EXTERNAL] Re: Reports timing out, prevents access to web interfaces

Hi Cab, that is in fact helpful feedback. I've taken queries that we've used for years with Millennium and Oracle, and am rewriting them for Koha and MySQL. So far, MySQL does seem pickier. I have tried using the "EXPLAIN" command to help identify inefficient queries, but it didn't really

Re: [Koha] [EXTERNAL] Re: Reports timing out, prevents access to web interfaces

http://isesi.web.boeing.com/ From: Chris Brown [mailto:ch...@stayawake.co.uk] Sent: Wednesday, October 6, 2021 23:40 To: Bales (US), Tasha R ; koha Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: [Koha] Reports timing out, prevents access to web interfaces Importance: High EXT email: be mindful of links/attachments

[Koha] Reports timing out, prevents access to web interfaces

Good afternoon, I'm experiencing an issue where if I'm working in the staff interface and kick off a long-running Report, I'm unable to navigate to or use Koha in any other browser tab, or in any other browser, either in the staff or public interface. I've confirmed that this affects other

Re: [Koha] Conference registration, who to contact for help?

: Hernandez, Heather H [mailto:heather_hernan...@nps.gov] Sent: Monday, September 20, 2021 08:35 To: Bales (US), Tasha R ; koha@lists.katipo.co.nz Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: [Koha] Conference registration, who to contact for help? Importance: High EXT email: be mindful of links/attachments. Hi, Tasha

[Koha] Conference registration, who to contact for help?

Good morning, I registered for the virtual conference and received a confirmation from the Google from. However, I never received a payment link, or materials indicating how to attend the conference. On my end, the Koha US site appears to be down at the moment. Although this isn't a

Re: [Koha] [EXTERNAL] Re: JSON report only contains partial results

Alvaro, thank you so much! Adding the LIMIT fixed my issue. Tasha Bales Enterprise Services http://isesi.web.boeing.com/ From: Alvaro Cornejo [mailto:cornejo.alv...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2021 12:11 To: Bales (US), Tasha R Cc: koha@lists.katipo.co.nz Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re

[Koha] JSON report only contains partial results

Any idea why my public report would return almost 2000 results, but the JSON URL for that report (accessed right after I ran the report), would only display a list of 9 results? I've tried reindexing to no avail. I've also tried duplicating and rerunning the report, as well as changing the

[Koha] Elasticsearch error stops bulkmarcimport

I've occasionally seen this error when loading MARC record on the command line using bulkmarcimport.pl: Bad response received when submitting request to Elasticsearch. When it occurs, the bulkmarcimport ceases, interrupting the load. I've found nothing else in any other logs on the Koha server

Re: [Koha] [EXTERNAL] Re: Search/List RSS feeds (trigger? add call number?)

ibrary system, the task of displaying this information in a useful and nice way is not an easy one. Maybe filing an enhancement request on bugzilla to discuss this more would be a good first step to discuss this further. Hope this helps, Katrin On 19.08.21 15:51, Bales (US), Tasha R wrote:

[Koha] Search/List RSS feeds (trigger? add call number?)

Good morning, I'm writing with a couple questions about out-of-the-box RSS feeds for searches. I'm interested in how to modify them (I really need one or more of our call numbers/classification numbers to be included), and how they are triggered. I see two types of feeds, below. "Subscribe

Re: [Koha] Title search works, but Library catalog search fails in OPAC

e to your problem: *Bug 28316* <https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=28316> - Fix ES crashes related to various punctuation characters Hope this helps, Katrin On 24.06.21 23:55, Bales (US), Tasha R wrote: > Follow-up to my problem searching the OPAC for phrases containing

Re: [Koha] Title search works, but Library catalog search fails in OPAC

rprise Services | Enterprise Operations, Finance and Sustainability -Original Message- From: Bales (US), Tasha R Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2021 7:54 AM To: 'Jonathan Druart' Cc: Discussion Group Koha Subject: RE: [EXTERNAL] Re: [Koha] Title search works, but Library catalog search fails i

Re: [Koha] [EXTERNAL] Re: Title search works, but Library catalog search fails in OPAC

(480) 509-5415 https://is.web.boeing.com -Original Message- From: Jonathan Druart [mailto:jonathan.dru...@bugs.koha-community.org] Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2021 12:01 AM To: Bales (US), Tasha R Cc: Discussion Group Koha Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: [Koha] Title search works, but Library

[Koha] Title search works, but Library catalog search fails in OPAC

Good afternoon, I’m having trouble with Title vs. Library catalog keyword searching with several example titles. Searching the same phrase with either method yields different results. This problem occurs only in the OPAC. I hope to confirm whether the behavior I’m seeing is intended (i.e.,

Re: [Koha] [EXTERNAL] Copying Subfields from Field1 to Field2 [Was: Identifying Records with Non-Roman Characters]

Hi Charles, I have used Tools > Build New Field to accomplish this type of activity, but there might be an easier way. Pattern: =245 10$6{245$6}$a{245$a} /$c{242$c} Options: check the box for "Replace Existing Field" You'd have to repeat this process to allow for different indicators in the

Re: [Koha] [EXTERNAL] Create new record matching rule - 035a

James, Have you verified that 035a is indexed in your system? I have not had success in creating matching rules against fields that are not indexed. In my system, the index shows that 035 is indexed, but not 035a. However, I'm not sure if that difference would matter, assuming there are no

Re: [Koha] [EXTERNAL] Re: Serials, can't add sub ("vendor does not exist")

for the problem. :( To limit the issue a bit more: - Are you using Koha in English or in another language? - Before you click on next, does the vendor information show on the form? Katrin On 01.06.21 16:23, Bales (US), Tasha R wrote: > Good afternoon, > > I find that I'm unable to as

[Koha] Serials, can't add sub ("vendor does not exist")

Good afternoon, I find that I'm unable to associate a vendor with a new or existing subscription record. Although I am able to search for a vendor on the subscription edit form at serials/subscription-add.pl, saving the form results in "The vendor does not exist." I'm using Koha 20.11.02.

Re: [Koha] [EXTERNAL] Re: Install database on different server than Koha?

Perfect, thank you so much! Tasha R. Bales | Business Support Team Information Services | Enterprise Services Enterprise Operations, Finance and Sustainability From: Tomas Cohen Arazi [mailto:tomasco...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, May 28, 2021 4:11 AM To: Bales (US), Tasha R Cc: koha Subject

[Koha] Install database on different server than Koha?

Good morning, My team is working on implementing Koha on Oracle Linux and so far it's worked out. We are getting ready to test to see if we can swap out Maria DB with Percona MySQL Server, which seems uncomplicated. I'd like to ask if anyone has set up Koha to operate with a database that is

[Koha] Migrating data from Zebra to Elasticsearch Koha server

Good afternoon, I am working on implementing Koha and need to migrate to a different server. My current server is set up for Zebra, but the new server is set up for Elasticsearch. I was planning on copying the entire koha database using mysqldump and loading it to the new server. Now I'm

Re: [Koha] [EXTERNAL] Re: Newly cataloged materials alerts?

apprised of revisions to technical documentation, which might be thought of as integrating resources. Tasha R. Bales | Information Services Support From: Tomas Cohen Arazi [mailto:tomasco...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, March 29, 2021 1:02 PM To: Sue McMillan Cc: Bales (US), Tasha R ; koha

[Koha] Newly cataloged materials alerts?

Does Koha have a feature that allows users to get email alerts about materials that are new and/or updated? I'm looking for something like Millennium/Innovative "Preferred Search", which allows users to save a search, and get emailed at regular intervals with matching results. In our current

[Koha] Run batch_delete_records.pl on server?

I'm new to Koha and am having issues with web timeouts when using "Batch record deletion", either when uploading a list, or when carrying out the actual deletion of records in a loaded list. When I realized 10K records might be too many, I decreased to less than 5K. In one test, about 1/3 of

[Koha] Electronic Collections in Koha (items, holdings, coded?)

Good afternoon, I'm writing to ask how people tend to handle electronic collections in Koha. I'm coming from Millennium and also Alma. Does Koha offer any special advantages or have any idiosyncrasies with respect to electronic holdings? At this point, I assume I will just create item

Re: [Koha] [EXTERNAL] Re: Advice for how to update huge numbers of bib records, for former Millennium user

to change field data as well, or is there a different tool available that staff may use to actually apply their changes? Thanks for your time, Tasha R. Bales From: Eric Phetteplace [mailto:ephettepl...@cca.edu] Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2021 12:48 PM To: Bales (US), Tasha R Cc: koha

[Koha] Advice for how to update huge numbers of bib records, for former Millennium user

What would be the Koha equivalent to Millennium Create Lists* (or Alma Normalization Rules and Record Sets)? So far, I see that lists and carts can be used to update records in Koha, but this seems to demand working with a pre-determined list of record numbers, or else by manually adding items

Re: [Koha] [EXTERNAL] Re: Koha web admin changes saved to master *.conf file?

was what using Oracle SQL Developer. Do you all use Toad, or some other utility, to query and work with MariaDB in a GUI? Thank you so much for your time, Tasha R. Bales From: Alvaro Cornejo [mailto:cornejo.alv...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2021 4:41 PM To: Bales (US), Tasha R Cc

[Koha] Koha web admin changes saved to master *.conf file?

Good afternoon, I'm configuring a new Koha instance and am interested if the changes made via the web admin interface, such as Circulation settings, are all saved to a consolidated file on the server. Whatever changes I make, I'd like to reproduce them when I have the chance to move from a VM

[Koha] Point to Elasticsearch on a different server?

We are working to install Koha on Ubuntu. We already have an Elasticsearch server. I'd like to ask, has anyone pointed their Koha instance to a different server running Elasticsearch, or is this a silly idea (i.e., should we just install Elasticsearch onto our Koha server?)? Thanks for your

[Koha] Searchable list archive?

Good afternoon, in order that I can best help myself to answer questions, and avoid annoying others, I just want to ask if there is a searchable archive for this Koha list, or a way to accomplish the same. I find I just have to go month by month (at https://lists.katipo.co.nz/pipermail/koha/),

[Koha] Zebra required if using Elasticsearch?

Good afternoon, I think the answer to the question in my subject is, "yes", but I'd like to check my understanding. After installing Koha in a VM and reviewing various documentation, my understanding was that using Zebra or Elasticsearch was an either/or choice, you use one or the other.

Re: [Koha] [EXTERNAL] Re: Red Hat 8, installing dependencies

on RHEL? The debian repo makes installing on Debian painless. On Sat, Dec 12, 2020 at 4:38 PM Bales (US), Tasha R mailto:tasha.r.ba...@boeing.com>> wrote: Good afternoon, I'm trying to install the latest version of Koha on Red Hat 8.1, using the Koha Wiki instructions<https://

[Koha] Red Hat 8, installing dependencies

Good afternoon, I'm trying to install the latest version of Koha on Red Hat 8.1, using the Koha Wiki instructions for Red Hat 6. Perhaps you can help with a couple questions. First, the Wiki contains a list of about 70

[Koha] Advice for hardware/technical requirements for cloud implementation

Good morning, I'd like to ask for suggestions about hardware recommendations for installing Koha. We have about 1.5 million bibliographic records. Perhaps the reason we're not seeing a lot of info is just that Koha/MySQL/Zebra is relatively lightweight? I've done some Googling and quite a