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    New parameters for p_union_02: candidates pool size / STM statuses

    • Article Type: General
    • Product: Aleph
    • Product Version: 20

    Description:
    We are re-indexing this week. We hope to be done before the end of the weekend.

    p_union-02 has 2 new parameters. They are not mentioned in any of the version 20 or union view documentation that I have been able to find. I need to queue this job up now.

    What should these new parameters be set to? What are the implications? Where is the documentation?

    Resolution:
    The candidates pool size is discussed in v20 rep_ver 15076; the STM statuses in rep_ver 15097. See below. KB 16384-23410 discusses these parameters.

    rep_ver 015076:

    Description: A new parameter has been added to the service 'Populate Equivalencies Table (union-02)'. This parameter determines the candidates pool size.
    When the matching algorithm is performed and more than N candidates are found (N=the new parameter), the document is considered as having no matching records.
    The new parameter value should be between 100 and 500.

    By: Moti

    Complete (Y/N): Y

    Change Type (T[ech]/D[ev]/B[ug]): D

    Testing Required: Y

    Please Do not forget to check in your files !!!

    Module: UNION

    GUI Source Files:

    Upgrade Instructions:

    If error translation is required, add the following errors to $alephe_root/error_eng/p_union_02:
    5007 0000 L Number of Candidates not numeric
    5008 0000 L Number of Candidates must be between 100 and 500.

    Source (SI no./Dev no. or other explanation): Dev #2021

    <end rep_ver 015076>


    rep_ver 015097:

    Description: In union catalog, once documents go through the matching process, it is hard to analyze why they did

    not find matches. Up until now, these documents were assigned a single status of "NMR". However, different scenarios could result in a singleton record. The following values now represent the possible statuses for singleton records:
    NMS - Too many Candidates were found - the "Pool selection" phase retrieves more than 500 candidates. New status.
    NMR - The document does not have any equivalents . The document is unique in the database. In this case, the
    document went through the candidate phase and the match phase and did not find an equivalent. Old status.
    NMZ - The document did not find any candidate . The candidate search did not find any result even though it should have found (at least) the document itself. This happens due to problematic information in the document. New status.
    NMD - The document was deleted - Document that at the first time it was loaded into the DB it was "deleted". The
    record is currently active (not deleted). This means that a record was loaded as "deleted" and then "revived". New status.
    The functionality of assigning the new STM statuses is controlled in the service - ' Populate Equivalencies Table
    (union-02)' . by the parameter "create stm". The default value for this parameter is "NO".

    By: Moti

    Module: UNION

    GUI Source Files:


    Upgrade Instructions:

    ./XXX90/tab/tab_stm.lng table:
    ##############################
    1)
    Add -
    !1 2
    !!!-!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    NMZ No matching records - Document not found
    NMD No matching records - Document was deleted
    NMS No matching records - Too many documents were found in candidates phase
    2)
    Change -
    !1 2
    !!!-!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    NMR No matching records
    To -
    !1 2
    !!!-!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    NMR No matching records - Unique document

    ./alephe/www_c_eng/c-union-19:
    ##############################
    Change -
    This service retrieves records marked by "No matching records" (NMR) matching status from the database, and creates separate report files each of which includes the list of such a records for each contributing library.</p>
    To -
    This service retrieves records marked by "No matching records . Unique document " (NMR) or "No matching records .

    Document is deleted." (NMD) or "No Matching Records . Record not found" (NMZ) or "No Matching Records . Too many records found in candidate phase" (NMS) matching status from the database, and creates separate report files each of which includes the list of such a records for each contributing library.</p>

    ./alephe/www_c_eng/c-search-01:
    ##############################
    Add -
    <option value="NMD" $$0100-S"NMD">No Matching Records . Record deleted</option>
    <option value="NMZ" $$0100-S"NMZ">No Matching Records . Record not found
    </option>
    <option value="NMS" $$0100-S"NMS">No Matching Records . Too many records found in candidate phase</option>
    Change -
    <option value="NMR" $$0100-S"NMR">No Matching Records</option>
    To -
    <option value="NMR" $$0100-S"NMR">No Matching Records - Unique document</option>

    Source (SI no./Dev no. or other explanation): Dev 2021

    The versions to which this fix will be downgraded: 18

    Date: 2008-01-27 10:23:34

    <end rep_ver 015097>


    These


    • Article last edited: 10/8/2013