system since this process may vary depending on where you are extracting your patron records. Patron could come from an ILS or it could come from a student database in the case of \r
academic records. \r
</para>\r
- <para>\r
- This section will explain the task of migrating your patron data from Comma Delimited Files into Evergreen. It does not deal with the process of exporting from the non-Evergreen \r
- system since this process may vary depending on where you are extracting your patron records. Patron could come from an ILS or it could come from a student database in the case of \r
- academic records.The Comma Delimited File used for importing the records should use Unicode (UTF8) character encoding. \r
- </para>\r
<para>When importing records into Evergreen you will need to populate 3 tables in your Evergreen database:</para>\r
<itemizedlist>\r
<listitem><link linkend="actor.table.usr">actor.usr</link> - This is the main table for user data</listitem>\r
in your import. It is important to understand the data types and constraints of the fields.</para>\r
<procedure>\r
<step>\r
- <para>Export the patron data from your existing ILS or from another source into a Comma Delimited File.</para>\r
+ <para>Export the patron data from your existing ILS or from another source into a Comma Delimited File. The Comma Delimited File used for importing the records should \r
+ use Unicode (UTF8) character encoding.</para>\r
</step>\r
<step>\r
<para>Create a staging table. A staging table will allow you to tweak the data before importing. Here is an example sql statement:</para>\r