Joy, Thank you for your help...you offered a great explanation.
-- Christopher Davis, MLS Systems & E-Services Librarian Uintah County Library cgda...@uintah.utah.gov (435) 789-0091 ext.261 uintahlibrary.org basinlibraries.org facebook.com/uintahcountylibrary instagram.com/uintahcountylibrary On Sat, Jun 4, 2016 at 4:00 AM, Joy Nelson <j...@bywatersolutions.com> wrote: > Hi Christopher, > The report is modifying the isbns to a specific format - removing dashes, > adding 978. This is the reason you cannot find them in the ISBN index. > Because the data in the index does not match the "pretty" normalized version > you are seeing in the report. > > The keyword search is a much more general search and since part of the isbn > string is matched in keyword searches, that would explain why you can > retrieve the records with that kind of search. > > Hope this helps, > joy > > > On Thu, Jun 2, 2016 at 7:12 PM, Christopher Davis <cgda...@uintah.utah.gov> > wrote: >> >> Dear Colleagues, >> >> Bear with me, this message is kind of long. I just ran the "List of >> all normalized ISBNs" report found at >> >> <https://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/SQL_Reports_Library#List_of_all_normalized_ISBNs>. >> I then took the results of this report to search for the titles to >> which the ISBNs belong. When I search for the ISBNs using the ISBN >> filter on the the staff interface of Koha as well as the OPAC >> interface, Koha could not find most of the ISBNs; however, when I run >> a keyword search for the ISBNs, I find many more of them. Why? >> >> My current theory is that the ISBN filter search cannot reconcile the >> normalized ISBN which the "List of all normalized ISBNs" report >> produces. My theory is more of a "facts which support the theory" kind >> of theory, so I could be completely off on it. Your thoughts? >> >> TIA, >> >> Christopher Davis, MLS >> Systems & E-Services Librarian >> Uintah County Library >> cgda...@uintah.utah.gov >> (435) 789-0091 ext.261 >> uintahlibrary.org >> basinlibraries.org >> facebook.com/uintahcountylibrary >> instagram.com/uintahcountylibrary >> _______________________________________________ >> Partners mailing list >> partn...@lists.bywatersolutions.com >> http://lists.bywatersolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/partners > > > > > -- > Joy Nelson > Director of Migrations > > ByWater Solutions > Support and Consulting for Open Source Software > Office: Fort Worth, TX > Phone/Fax (888)900-8944 > What is Koha? > _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz https://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
