From: April Durrence <49952522+adurrence@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2019 19:22:14 +0000 (-0400) Subject: Docs: add info about merge tracking X-Git-Url: https://old-git.evergreen-ils.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=f4ac25fb9f07d5e2df94e56100fac253325a0803;p=evergreen%2Fjoelewis.git Docs: add info about merge tracking Signed-off-by: April Durrence <49952522+adurrence@users.noreply.github.com> Signed-off-by: Jane Sandberg <sandbej@linnbenton.edu> --- diff --git a/docs/cataloging/merge_overlay_bibs.adoc b/docs/cataloging/merge_overlay_bibs.adoc index 094be726da..8fb6edaca9 100644 --- a/docs/cataloging/merge_overlay_bibs.adoc +++ b/docs/cataloging/merge_overlay_bibs.adoc @@ -29,6 +29,15 @@ image::media/marcoverlay4.png[] 9. When you are satisfied that you have selected the correct merge profile, click the *Merge* button in the bottom right corner. 10. Note that merge profiles that contain a preserve field specification are not available to be chosen in this interface, as they would have the effect of reversing which bibliographic record is considered the target of the merge. +Track Record Merges +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +When 2 or more bib records are merged in a record bucket, all records involved are stamped with a new merge_date value. For any bib record, this field indicates the last time it was involved in a merge. At the same time, all subordinate records (i.e. those deleted as a product of the merge) are stamped with a merged_to value indicating which bib record the source record was merged with. + +In the browser client bib record display, a warning alert now appears along the top of the page (below the Deleted alert) indicating when a record was used in a merge, when it was merged, and which record it was merge with, rendered as a link to the target record. + +image::media/merge_tracking.png[merge message with date] + Merge Records Using Z39.50 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ diff --git a/docs/media/merge_tracking.png b/docs/media/merge_tracking.png new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..fb6621b36e Binary files /dev/null and b/docs/media/merge_tracking.png differ