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    This functionality is not relevant to to Primo VE.
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    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.
    • Generate Sitemap – Creates a site map index file to open links in Primo to external search engines. For more information, see The Generate Sitemap Tool.
    • Delete Sitemap – Deletes site map indexing information. For more information, see The Delete Sitemap Tool.
    • Export Primo Configuration – Exports Primo configuration data. For more information, see The Export Primo Configuration Tool.
    • Import Primo Configuration – Imports previously exported Primo Configuration data. For more information, see The Import Primo Configuration Tool.
    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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