Skip to main content
ExLibris
  • Subscribe by RSS
  • Ex Libris Knowledge Center

    print-03: embedded item data omitted in MARC output

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

    Problem Symptoms:
    Running print-03 ("Download Machine-Readable Records") to export records in MARC Communications Format: item data (from expand_doc_bib_z30) or OWN-field is omitted.

    Cause:
    The "MARC" output format includes only numeric tags.

    Resolution:
    Specify "MARC with alphanumeric tags" as the Format (rather than "MARC").

    Additional Information

    If the vendor the file is being sent to doesn't accept non-numeric tags, the solution is to add a fix routine that changes the Z30 tagging to a numeric field, such as 930. See Article 000001766 ("How to change Z30 tags to numeric tags to send to vendors accepting only numeric").

    Category: Cataloging


    • Article last edited: 3/20/2014