Bug 9553

Summary: Link authorities to bibs when imported
Product: Koha Reporter: Nicole C. Engard <nengard>
Component: CatalogingAssignee: Galen Charlton <gmcharlt>
Status: NEW --- QA Contact:
Severity: enhancement    
Priority: P5 - low CC: andrewfh, dcook, katrin.fischer, m.de.rooy, marjorie.barry-vila
Version: Main   
Hardware: All   
OS: All   
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Description Nicole C. Engard 2013-02-06 13:15:42 UTC
Right now if you use any bulk import method for bib records (OCLC or the Stage Marc tool) the authorities in those bib records are not linked to the authority file.  But it would be nice if they did :)
Comment 1 Andrew Fuerste-Henry 2020-11-09 17:33:17 UTC
On master currently, bulk-imported bibs *will* be linked to authorities as part of the import if BiblioAddsAuthorities is turned on.

I don't feel like connecting this behavior and syspref makes much sense. I'd rather have a separate syspref in the Linker section of the Authorities syspref, something like LinkerOnImport.
Comment 2 Andrew Fuerste-Henry 2020-11-09 17:33:23 UTC
On master currently, bulk-imported bibs *will* be linked to authorities as part of the import if BiblioAddsAuthorities is turned on.

I don't feel like connecting this behavior and syspref makes much sense. I'd rather have a separate syspref in the Linker section of the Authorities syspref, something like LinkerOnImport.
Comment 3 Marjorie Barry-Vila 2021-02-10 18:22:07 UTC
Hi Andrew,

Have you worked on creating this LinkerOnImport system preference?
We would also be interested in the possibility of choosing or not during the import that the link is made or not.

Regards,
Marjorie
Comment 4 Andrew Fuerste-Henry 2021-02-10 18:25:50 UTC
That's way beyond my coding skills, sorry!
Comment 5 Marjorie Barry-Vila 2021-02-10 18:51:45 UTC
(In reply to Andrew Fuerste-Henry from comment #4)
> That's way beyond my coding skills, sorry!

Ok thanks!
Hope someone can code this someday!
Marjorie
Comment 6 David Cook 2021-02-10 23:11:53 UTC
(In reply to Andrew Fuerste-Henry from comment #2)
> On master currently, bulk-imported bibs *will* be linked to authorities as
> part of the import if BiblioAddsAuthorities is turned on.
> 
> I don't feel like connecting this behavior and syspref makes much sense. I'd
> rather have a separate syspref in the Linker section of the Authorities
> syspref, something like LinkerOnImport.

I totally agree with you. It drives me a bit crazy. Unfortunately, not on my list of priorities at the moment though...