Bug 26927 - Add the ability to advance search Authorities
Summary: Add the ability to advance search Authorities
Status: NEW
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Product: Koha
Classification: Unclassified
Component: MARC Authority data support (show other bugs)
Version: Main
Hardware: All All
: P5 - low enhancement (vote)
Assignee: Bugs List
QA Contact: Testopia
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Reported: 2020-11-04 16:01 UTC by Kelly McElligott
Modified: 2023-06-22 15:27 UTC (History)
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Description Kelly McElligott 2020-11-04 16:01:06 UTC
Currently searching is quite limited in search authorities in Koha, it would be nice to have an 'advanced search' to broaden the current search that is available.  One specific search would be to the ability to search by Authority number in this module.
Comment 1 Esther Melander 2020-11-04 19:36:12 UTC
To further explain.

sn: biblio number 
returns a specific bibliographic record

an: authority number
returns bibliographic records that use authorities with that number.

While a useful search, is not as logical. I expected the search to return that specific authority record. Both of these searches occur in the Search Catalog search box. It would be an improvement if the search authority box in the authority module had an option or ability to search by authority number to return specific authority records.
Comment 2 Katrin Fischer 2020-11-04 19:56:43 UTC
Hi Esther, are you searching in the catalog or in the authorities module? Authorities can't be found in the catalog as authorities and bibliographic records are different data sets in Koha.
Comment 3 Esther Melander 2020-11-04 20:04:12 UTC
I tried both.

an: authority number only appears to work when searching the catalog. It makes sense it would return bibliographic records in that module that use the required authority.

It does not appear to work in the authority search, nor does there appear to be any other way to search by authority number.
Comment 4 Katrin Fischer 2020-11-04 20:05:30 UTC
Both data sets are differently indexed - i believe you are right that the search in authorities could be improved. The authority number might be indexed under a different index name.
Comment 5 Rhiana 2021-04-20 15:02:12 UTC
Similarly, it would be beneficial to view the source (MARC |2) of the Authority record, namely lcgft and gsafd. Right now, the only way to view is in edit (accessing Authorities via Advanced editor) and then you can't go back to select one or the other.
Also - search doesn't return any results when lcgft (etc) remains in Main Headings search parameters.