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Creating Primo Tools

This functionality is not relevant to to Primo VE.
In addition to monitoring and executing Primo tools, Create a Tool section on the Tools List page (Primo Home > Monitor Primo Status > Tools Monitoring) allows you to create jobs for the following tools and execute them as needed.
The following additional tools are available for on-premises installations:
Primo Tools
Tool Description
Create XREF1
Builds the enrichment indexing keys for existing PNX records per data source. For more information, see The Create XREF Tool
Import PNX Extensions*
Loads enrichment data to enhance Primo records. For more information, see The Import PNX Extensions Tool
Export User Generated Data*
Exports user-generated data to an XML file. For more information, see The Export User Generated Data Tool
Delete PNX Extensions*
Removes enrichment data from Primo. For more information, see The Delete PNX Extensions Tool
PNX Extensions Loader*
Adds PNX extensions to existing PNX records. For more information, see The PNX Extensions Loader Tool

1Requires installation-level permissions to create and execute this tool.
To add a tool to the list:
  1. Click Monitor Primo Status on the Back Office’s home page.
    The Monitor Primo Status page opens.
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    Monitor Primo Status Page
  2. Click Tools Monitoring to open the Tools List page.
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    Tools List Page
    If you are an installation-level staff user, select the owner of the tool in the Owner drop-down list. The valid values are Installation (if using the default name) or a specific institution.
    For institution-level staff users, this field is set to your institution.
  3. Select a type of tool in the Create a Tool drop-down list.
  4. Click Create to configure the specific tool. For specific information on each tool, refer to the following sections.
For information on monitoring tools, see Tools Monitoring.
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