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    Where does Alma publish local records and Primo harvests records from?

    • Product: Alma

     

    Question

    Where does Alma publishes local records and Primo pipe harvests records from, with S/FTP connection?

    Answer

    On Alma interface: 
    1. On Alma home page > Resources > Publishing Profile > Publish bibliographic records to Primo 
    2. Click on Ellipses 
    3. Select Edit
    4. In Submission Format section, look for “FTP Configuration” and Sub-directory if entry exists. 

    For example:

    FTP Configuration: primo

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    1. Go to Alma Configuration - General > External Systems > S/FTP definitions 
    2. Look for FTP Configuration name defined in Publishing Profile in available List of S/FTP connections. In this example: primo
    3. Click on ellipses and select view 

    Alma2.png

    Alma publishes records to server defined here. 


    Note - Alma Sandbox by default publish to server to sub-directory /sandbox/ 

    On Primo Side:

    Look for the relevant pipe Configuration to match the server name and sub directory name, as defined in Alma. 
    To check sub directory location in the pipe configuration. 


    • Article last edited: 17-Jun-2019
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