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    vxws: no delimiter in generated 866 for Record Holdings API

    • Article Type: General
    • Product: Voyager
    • Product Version: 8.2.1

    Description:
    Bug Report Form, 16384-52564

    Date: 2 November 2012
    Module(s): vxws / RESTful API (Record Holdings)
    Release(s) replicated in: 7.2.0 – 8.1.2
    Last version without bug (if applicable): n/a

    Expected results: When multiple fields are sent in an 866 _ 7 generated summary holdings statement, they would be separated with a semicolon or some kind of delimiter.

    Actual results: When multiple fields are sent in an 866 _ 7 generated summary holdings statement, there is no separation and the statements run together.

    Workflow implications: Holdings statements are difficult to read in Primo.

    Replication steps:
    In Cataloging, find a holdings record that has an 853 field and multiple 863 fields, i.e.:
    853 2 3 ‡8 29 ‡a v. ‡b no. ‡u 12 ‡v r ‡i (year) ‡j (month) ‡w m ‡x 01
    863 4 0 ‡8 29.240 ‡a 45-46 ‡i 2006-2007
    863 4 0 ‡8 29.241 ‡a 47-48 ‡i 2008-2009

    Use Record Holdings API to retrieve holdings information:
    http://<IP>:<vxws port>/vxws/record/58953/holdings?view=items
    (where 58953 is bib ID for example mfhd above)

    The API will generate an 866 _ 7 field from the 853/863 fields. In the XML returned, note that there is nothing to separate the data (such as semi-colon or line break) from the two 863 fields in the generated 866:

    <datafield ind1=" " ind2="7" tag="866">
    <subfield code="2">Generated on output from 853/863</subfield>
    <subfield code="a">
    v. 45 - v. 46 (2006 - 2007)v. 47 - v. 48 (2008 - 2009)
    </subfield>
    </datafield>

    Workaround: None, though depending on data in mfhds, may be able to make display changes in Primo that do not utilize 866 _ 7.

    Resolution:
    Fixed in Voyager 8.2.1


    • Article last edited: 3/16/2015
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