Fixing Broken Bound-with Links in Migrated Records

Background

This procedure can be followed after completing the procedure Create a Set of All Bound-with Records

Procedures in Alma

Day 1: Create two normalization rules and add them as a process 

• See the normalization rules at the end of this document.

• To create a normalization rule in Alma, see Alma’s online help: Working with Normalization Rules.  Ensure that your rules are shared and enabled.

• To add a normalization rule as a process:

• Under Resource management: Resource configuration: Configuration menu > Cataloging: Metadata Configuration > Click MARC21 Bibliographic > Click the Normalization Processes tab

• Click Add Process.  Enter name and description.  Click Next.

• Select MarcDroolNormalization.  Click Add to Selection. Click Next.

• In the Drools File Key drop down menu, select the normalization rule you want to add as a process.  Click Save

• Repeat the above steps to add the second normalization rule as a process.

Create the set(s)

Create a title set(s) of the host bibliographic records you want to fix.  

• If you want to do the whole set, search All titles where Title contains host bibliographic record.

• Or if you already have a subset of host bibliographic records to fix, put them in a title set.

Run the first boundwith normalization rule

** Wait one day for the records to be published to Primo. **

Day 2: Run the second boundwith normalization rule

1. Check that all records were released in the Metadata editor.

2. Run the second normalization rule on the Host bibliographic records title set, which will change $774 subfield code from n back to w.  Repeat the steps above, making sure to select the second boundwith normalization rule this time.

Checking

Wait for Alma to run the “Build record relationship” job at night before checking the boundwith links in Primo the next day.

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First boundwith normalization rule

rule "Change boundwith subfield from w to n"

when
(TRUE)
then
changeSubField "774.w" to "n"
end

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Second boundwith normalization rule

rule "Change boundwith subfield from n back to w"

when
(TRUE)
then
changeSubField "774.n" to "w"
end

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