Hi Sarah, folks, That's awesome...I was so focused on using the bucket approach, that I neglected to think of that part of the staff-client.
Thank you so much! --Tony On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 3:33 PM, Sarah Childs <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi, Tony. > From the staff client side you can import barcodes into the item status > screen to delete them using the Upload from File button. If all your > report has is the barcodes you can save the excel file and import it > straight into Item Status. (If the report has other fields, strip them from > the file) However, I'd recommend breaking them into smaller chunks (100-200 > or so) at a time. I just copy and paste groups from my report into a > notepad file. Then you click the Upload from File, select your file and the > items load. Highlight them and delete the whole group. It's a pretty quick > and easy process. But I bet there would be a better way from the back end > if it's a truly massive group. Somebody else will have to direct you there. > > --- > Sarah Childs > Senior Cataloger > Hussey-Mayfield Memorial Public Library > 250 North Fifth Street > Zionsville, IN 46077 > 317-873-3149 x13330 > [email protected] > > > Message: 2 >> Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2013 14:52:46 -0400 >> From: Tony Bandy <[email protected]> >> Subject: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Best method of removing items from bibs? >> To: Evergreen Discussion Group >> >> <open-ils-general@list.**georgialibraries.org<[email protected]> >> > >> Message-ID: >> <CAEKwE4V7Wn1ddDkW1F87hCp6G+**425sxpWEG7r2aW=kNRVHEJtA@mail.** >> gmail.com <[email protected]>> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" >> Hi all, >> Was wondering if I could post this out to the group for ideas? >> Working with a massive list of electronic resource bib records that are >> needing some mistakenly added item records removed from them. I've been >> able to create a list of item barcodes in the reports module. Is there a >> way I can mass add these items via a copy bucket so that I can delete them >> all at once from my list of bib records? >> Or....is there a faster (better, cheaper, etc.) method of mass deleting >> item records from the bibliographic records that I'm not aware of? This >> involves electronic resource records, which don't need any attached item >> records. PSQL operation maybe that you have used before? >> Thanks for any links, thoughts, your experience on this as you have a >> minute or two.... >> Tony >> -- >> Tony Bandy >> [email protected] >> OHIONET >> 1500 West Lane Ave. >> Columbus, OH 43221-3975 >> 614-486-2966 x19 >> -------------- next part -------------- >> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >> URL: >> <http://libmail.**georgialibraries.org/**pipermail/open-ils-general/** >> attachments/20130326/e77dc3f6/**attachment-0001.htm<http://libmail.georgialibraries.org/pipermail/open-ils-general/attachments/20130326/e77dc3f6/attachment-0001.htm> >> > >> >> > -- Tony Bandy [email protected] OHIONET 1500 West Lane Ave. Columbus, OH 43221-3975 614-486-2966 x19
