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by Joe Ferguson University of Tennessee Knoxville November 22, 2020

PrimoVE Item Locations Filter

We recently switched from Primo to PrimoVE and have had numerous complaints about activating the Filter Options for item locations in the Full Display view. Here is the code I wrote to auto-enable the filter so that it will be on for users when they do a search. Here is a sample picture showing the…

by Blake Galbreath Washington State University November 18, 2020

Harvesting Esploro Records via OAI

Syntax and Metadata ExamplesThis blogpost outlines how to harvest Esploro records via OAI. This blogpost builds on all of the information presented on the OAI Integration documentation page (https://developers.exlibrisgroup.com/esploro/integrations/oai/) by presenting simple examples of syntax and retrieved metadata.IdentifyYou can use the Identify verb to retrieve the details of your OAI integration.Example syntax: https://na01.alma.exlibrisgroup.com/view/oai/01ALLIANCE_WSU/request?verb=IdentifyExample metadata:...<Identify><repositoryName>Washington State…

by Moran Vardi November 16, 2020

Primo VE Normalization Rule Examples

See also: Configuring Normalization Rules for Display and Local FieldsNote - If you copy/paste, make sure that the quotation marks transfer correctly.Create a hypertext linkCreate hypertext link from the URL stored in the MARC 505 field and display it in the Contents display field.rule "Primo VE - Contents 505" when MARC."505" has any "u,y" then set…

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