Bug 26483

Summary: Allow search-to-link for analytical cataloging of existing records
Product: Koha Reporter: Andrew Fuerste-Henry <andrewfh>
Component: CatalogingAssignee: Bugs List <koha-bugs>
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME QA Contact: Testopia <testopia>
Severity: enhancement    
Priority: P5 - low CC: m.de.rooy
Version: Main   
Hardware: All   
OS: All   
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Description Andrew Fuerste-Henry 2020-09-17 18:44:34 UTC
With EasyAnalyticalRecords turned on, one can easily create a new bib with the 773 populated with the multiple bits of data required for analytics to work. However, there's no comparably simple way to pair two existing bibs. One needs to edit the child record to add the biblionumber, itemnumber, barcode, title, author, 001, and 260 from the parent record. That's a lot to copy over!

I'd love to see a button one could click to initiate a search to find an existing bib to turn into a child record.
Comment 1 Katrin Fischer 2020-09-17 19:40:55 UTC
You can use the marc21_lining_section.pl cataloguing plugin on any 7xx field (we usually have $a) to help with linking records - it will populates a lot of the fields and could probably easily be improved to do more.
Comment 2 Katrin Fischer 2020-09-17 19:41:23 UTC
It works similar as the authority linker ... click, search, choose... populate.
Comment 3 Andrew Fuerste-Henry 2020-09-18 12:25:38 UTC
Thanks, Katrin, I hadn't played with marc21_linking_section.pl! It doesn't quite do what analytical cataloging needs, but it's a start!
Comment 4 Katrin Fischer 2020-09-18 14:08:23 UTC
The name is a bit misleading - we use an modified version of it for one library, adding fields etc. wasn't too horrible, but I did it a while ago :)
Comment 5 Katrin Fischer 2023-12-09 16:01:22 UTC
(In reply to Andrew Fuerste-Henry from comment #3)
> Thanks, Katrin, I hadn't played with marc21_linking_section.pl! It doesn't
> quite do what analytical cataloging needs, but it's a start!

Can you explain what you are missing?
Comment 6 Andrew Fuerste-Henry 2023-12-11 15:43:40 UTC
(In reply to Katrin Fischer from comment #5)
> (In reply to Andrew Fuerste-Henry from comment #3)
> > Thanks, Katrin, I hadn't played with marc21_linking_section.pl! It doesn't
> > quite do what analytical cataloging needs, but it's a start!
> 
> Can you explain what you are missing?

Would that I could, but I must admit I have no memory of this.
Comment 7 Katrin Fischer 2023-12-11 16:43:32 UTC
(In reply to Andrew Fuerste-Henry from comment #6)
> (In reply to Katrin Fischer from comment #5)
> > (In reply to Andrew Fuerste-Henry from comment #3)
> > > Thanks, Katrin, I hadn't played with marc21_linking_section.pl! It doesn't
> > > quite do what analytical cataloging needs, but it's a start!
> > 
> > Can you explain what you are missing?
> 
> Would that I could, but I must admit I have no memory of this.

It happens to all of us :D

I am closing for now, but please feel free to re-open or make a new bug.