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

[Richard Forristall]

Hi,

If I wanted to create a link where the library staff could run this (bin/migration_tools/rebuild_zebra.pl -z -b -a) whenever they wanted, can this be placed into a .pl file and executed? 
 


 
Thanks,
 
Rick
-------------------------------------------
Rick Forristall
Programmer Analyst
Goodwill of Central AZ
602.535.4078
-------------------------------------------

Through your generous material and cash donations - we provide free human services programs that create hope, jobs and sustainability for central Arizonans. In 2009 your donations transformed 25,000 lives. Good Stuff. Good Work. Goodwill.

We Put People to Work!
A 2009 Best Places to Work Winner
www.goodwillaz.org


-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Nighswonger [mailto:cnighswonger at foundations.edu] 
Sent: Friday, April 16, 2010 7:03 PM
To: Richard Forristall
Cc: Koha-devel at lists.koha.org
Subject: Re: [Koha-devel] Catalog Items Don't Appear in OPAC Search

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
>> -------------------------------------------
>> Rick Forristall
>> Programmer Analyst
>> Goodwill of Central AZ
>> 602.535.4078
>> -------------------------------------------
>>
>> Through your generous material and cash donations - we provide free 
>> human services programs that create hope, jobs and sustainability for 
>> central Arizonans. In 2009 your donations transformed 25,000 lives.
>> Good Stuff. Good Work. Goodwill.
>> We Put People to Work!
>> A 2009 Best Places to Work Winner
>> www.goodwillaz.org
>>
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Koha-devel mailing list
>> Koha-devel at lists.koha.org
>> http://lists.koha.org/mailman/listinfo/koha-devel
>
>
> --
> Michael Hafen
> Systems Analyst and Programmer
> Washington County School District
> Utah, USA
>
> for Koha checkout
> http://development.washk12.org/gitweb/
> or
> git://development.washk12.org/koha
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Koha-devel mailing list
> Koha-devel at lists.koha.org
> http://lists.koha.org/mailman/listinfo/koha-devel