[Koha-bugs] [Bug 20678] Save draft records without committing them to the catalogue

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Bug  20678 - Save draft MARC record without committing to catalog

In the 'Save' dropdown button in addbiblio.pl patrons can select the
'Save without cataloguing' button. This saves the catalog to the
import_biblio db table (also referred to as the reservoir) but not to
the catalog.

To re-edit or save this draft record the user can either go to
Tools->Manage staged MARC records and select the 'Draft records' tab,
which displays all these draft records along with links to edit them in
the cataloguing interface.

Or the patron can search for the record in the addbooks.pl webpage in
the cataloguing interface and the record will be displayed in the
'Biblios in the reservoir' section of results. Then the user can select
Actions->Continue editing draft record

By being able to save a record as a draft it means a librarian does not
have to either save a un-finished MARC record to the catalog, or start
again cataloguing from scratch if they are interrupted during
cataloguing.

Test plan:
1. Drop and re-create your DB and go through the web installation
process so that the new atomicupdate is run

2. Go to Tools->Manage staged MARC records and notice there is a default
batch file 'draft_marc_records.mrc' (with the id of 1) this batch file
is what all the draft records will be 'stored' in when they are stored
in the import_biblios db table. A batch file is required for all records
in this aforementioned table due to foreign key constraints.

3. Go to Cataloging->New record and create a MARC record and select
Save->Save without cataloging

4. Search for the title you just created and notice it is displayed in
the 'Biblios in reservoir' result section and not in the catalog
results.

5. Select Actions->Continue editing draft record' and now select 'Save
and view record'

6. Now search the catalog for the title and the detail page of the
cataloged record appears showing the record is now committed to the
catalog.

7. Go to Tools->Manage staged MARC records and click on the 'Draft
records' tab and notice the title you saved as a draft is displayed in
the table along with a 'Edit' link which is for the cataloging page. The
benefit of having this table of all draft records is librarians can quickly
find all draft records and click to edit and commit the draft
records to the catalog without having to remember the title of the draft
record was in the cataloging search

Sponsored-by: Toi Ohomai library

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