Authority match sets are not working

[Kathy Lussier]

In master, the new authority match sets don't seem to be working. I set up match set to match on 010a, imported a fresh batch of authority records, and then re-imported the same batch using the new match set I had created. The system didn't find any matches. I tried with various other match sets without success.

[Jason Stephenson (jstephenson)]

I'm not sure this bug is still relevant. I think it may have been fixed elsewhere.

[Kathy Lussier (klussier)]

Just re-tested in master and can confirm that it is still a problem. I think the other fix was on an unrelated issue.

[Lebbeous Fogle-Weekley (lebbeous)]

You were trying authority records? Match sets don't work on those, only on bibs.

If I understand the situation correctly, we need to convert this into a wishlist bug expressing the need for authority record match sets and/or a better, more clear grouping of functions in the Import/Export user interface.

[Kathy Lussier (klussier)]

Hmmm. I'm confused. If authority matching is not supported, why are there match sets that you can create with an "authority" type?

[Mary Llewellyn (mllewell)]

I was going to point out the same thing, "authority" is presented as an match set type when creating a new match set.

[Lebbeous Fogle-Weekley (lebbeous)]

Thanks for pointing that out. Match sets have a field internally to signify whether they're for bibs or authorities to allow for future expansion, but that should not have been exposed in the user interface. That is definitely misleading. So the immediate thing we ought to do is fix the interface.

[Mark Cooper (markchristophercooper)]

I also tried making a match set and overlaying a few authorities before realizing the feature isn't there yet.

In the meantime: hide authority option from new match set --

http://git.evergreen-ils.org/?p=working/Evergreen.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/user/mcooper/lp867691

[Bill Erickson (berick)]

Tested and pushed Mark's patch to 2.2, 2.3, and master. Thanks, Mark. I'm going to mark this as fix-committed (so we can clear it from the pending pullrequests). I'd say a separate wishlist entry is in order if we want to address authority match set support in general.

[Kyle Tomita (tomitakyle)]

Just adding a link to the new bug, https://bugs.launchpad.net/evergreen/+bug/1171984, some might find this link useful so they do not have to search for it.