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    This information is not applicable to Primo VE environments. Only the Display, Facets, and Search sections are configurable in Primo VE. For more details, see Mapping to the Display, Facets, and Search Sections in the Primo VE Record.

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    The following table lists the sections in the PNX record.
    Sections of the PNX Record
    Section Contains For additional information, refer to
    addata (additional data)
    Data elements required for a number of functions that cannot be extracted from other sections of the PNX.
    The Additional Data Section
    browse
    Data that is used to create the browse lists.
    The Browse Section.
    control
    Formatted data that is used for control purposes.
    The Control Section
    delivery (delivery and scoping)
    Data required for managing delivery and scoping for searches.
    The Delivery Section
    display
    Data displayed in the brief and full displays in the user interface (UI).
    The Display Section
    dedup (duplication detection)
    A Dedup vector, which includes all the data required by the Duplication Detection algorithm to determine if two records are equivalent.
    The Duplicate Record Detection Section
    enrichment
    Data required by the enrichment process.
    The Enrichment Section
    facets
    Data used to create faceted browsing in the UI.
    The Facets Section
    frbr (grouping)
    A FRBR vector, which includes one or more keys that identify the group it represents.
    The FRBR Section
    links
    Links that can be used to create the GetIT! functionality and/or links in the record display.
    The Links Section
    ranking
    Two booster fields that can be used to boost the ranking of the record.
    The Ranking Section
    search
    Metadata and full-text data that are indexed for searching purposes.
    The Search Section
    sort
    Sort fields used as the basis for sorting the results set.
    The Sort Section
    Each of the above sections contains various fields. Multiple and repeatable fields of the source record can be concatenated to one field in the PNX record (such as the Display section) or stored in separate fields within the PNX record (such as the Search and Facets sections).
    In some cases, the system will take only one of the following fields:
    • All fields of the Control section.
    • All fields of the Sort section.
    • All fields of the Dedup and FRBR sections.
    • Delivery section – the Delivery category field.
    • All fields of the Ranking section.
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