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| {{ :pergamonmystic:linkedhelp:mystichelp_bison_0001.jpg?200|}}The BISON Import Items facility is designed to import items from formatted CSV and TSV text files, plain-text reports, Excel spreadsheets and bibliographic MARC files. | {{ :pergamonmystic:linkedhelp:mystichelp_bison_0001.jpg?200|}}The BISON Import Items facility is designed to import items from formatted CSV and TSV text files, plain-text reports, Excel spreadsheets and bibliographic MARC files. | ||
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| ==== Uploading a File ==== | ==== Uploading a File ==== | ||
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| Select the **[Add]** toolbar icon to start the [[PergamonMystic:linkedhelp:file_upload|file uploader]]. Select and upload the file. When the file is stored in the Mystic file space, it will be prefixed by a date stamp in order to uniquely identify the file to users as having been imported on this date. | Select the **[Add]** toolbar icon to start the [[PergamonMystic:linkedhelp:file_upload|file uploader]]. Select and upload the file. When the file is stored in the Mystic file space, it will be prefixed by a date stamp in order to uniquely identify the file to users as having been imported on this date. | ||
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| ==== Pre-Processing the file ==== | ==== Pre-Processing the file ==== | ||
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| * For Excel spreadsheets, the [[PergamonMystic:linkedhelp:bison_text_importer|BISON Text Importer]] is presented, pre-configured with a knowledge of rows and columns for automatic loading of the data. | * For Excel spreadsheets, the [[PergamonMystic:linkedhelp:bison_text_importer|BISON Text Importer]] is presented, pre-configured with a knowledge of rows and columns for automatic loading of the data. | ||
| - | * For MARC based text files, the | + | * For MARC based text files, the [[PergamonMystic:linkedhelp:bison_marc_importer|BISON MARC Importer]] is presented. |
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| + | In most cases, the import pre-process will perform the task of loading the data into the application as well as writing the individual records to the live Catalogue. If this occurs for within the dialog presented, the process is complete and the items are live. | ||
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| + | ==== Creating Items Manually ==== | ||
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| + | In the rare cases where the pre-processing importer does not automatically write the items into the live Catalogue, the items are displayed in the list box within the **BISON Import Items** dialog. | ||
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| + | To start the process of importing these new items, click the **[Create]** toolbar icon. | ||
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pergamonmystic/linkedhelp/bison_import_items.txt · Last modified: 2021/10/07 15:03 by admin
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