[Koha-devel] Catalog Items Don't Appear in OPAC Search

[Chris Nighswonger]

Hi Richard,

On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 7:08 PM, Michael Hafen <mdhafen at tech.washk12.org> wrote:
> Updating zebra is handled by a separate process.  There is a script to
> handle it, `bin/migration_tools/rebuild_zebra.pl -z -b -a`.  This should
> be put in a cronjob script, such as bin/cronjobs/crontab.example

You might also want to checkout this FAQ:

http://koha-community.org/documentation/faq/searching/#16

Kind Regards,
Chris



> On Fri, 2010-04-16 at 15:40 -0700, Richard Forristall wrote:
>> Good day everyone,
>>
>> Our librarian is having trouble with the OPAC search.  When a student
>> searches for books that we know are in the database, some will not
>> appear in the results list.  Yet, if we go into the staff client and
>> do a checkout, we can find the catalog item.
>>
>> At first thought, it would seem the catalog item is not getting into
>> the zebra index so the search doesn't find it.
>>
>> Does Koha automatically do a zebra index when catalog items are added?
>> Is there a setting in the Koha admin that has to be set?
>>
>> In OPAC, when we search for a book we don't see it in the results
>> list.
>>
>>
>> In staff client:
>> When we want to check out the book (the library uses a barcode scanner
>> to find the book):
>> The book is then found and we can check it out.
>>
>> The impact is the student can't find some books for the work they need
>> to complete. So only if a student happens to see the book on the shelf
>> can he/she check it out.
>>
>> Thanks in advance for any/all assistance.
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Rick
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>> Rick Forristall
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> Michael Hafen
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> Utah, USA
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