Updating dx member information, Deleting a member, What's next – Follett VERSION 6.00 User Manual

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System Setup

Updating DX member information

At some point, you may need or want to update a DX member's information:

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To change a member's participation level or filtering rules, from the

Members dialog (see page 102), select the member and click Connect. The

member's Data Exchange Properties dialog appears. See Setting the Data

Exchange rules," starting on page 108.

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If a DX member needed to restore their database from a backup, you'll want

to reload the member's data so that the union catalog database remains

accurate. To reload the member's data, from the Members dialog (see page

102), select the member and click Reload.

When you reload a member, the member's holdings are deleted from the union

catalog database and then reloaded using their current participation level and

filters.

Important:

Reloading a member's data, either by selecting Reload or after making

changes to their connection information, happens automatically, but

the process may take several hours to complete.

Deleting a member

You can remove a member from the union catalog database through System

Setup. However, while deleting a member will remove the member's holdings, it

won't affect the title record. After deleting a member, you may find titles in the

union catalog database without any copies. To delete these records, run the

Global Delete Titles Without Copies feature in Cataloging (see page 335), or,

before you delete the member, export their holdings (see page 317) and select the

Delete Titles/Copies After Export option. Only titles that aren't held by another

member are deleted.
To delete a member, from the Members dialog (see page 102), select the member

and click Delete. A message asking you to confirm your choice appears. To

proceed, click Yes.

Warning:

Deleting a member removes all of that member's holdings and their

setup information from the union catalog database. This process may

take a long time. Once confirmed, the process cannot be stopped.

Important:

To completely remove a DX member from the union catalog, after you

delete them in System Setup, the link between their database and

their Follett Data Exchange Server must also be deleted. For

instructions, see the Follett Data Exchange Guide (fscdx.pdf).

What's next?

Now that you've finished setting up your union catalog and all your members,

there are still a few tasks to complete:

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Import the records from your nonĆDX sites. To ensure that your union catalog

contains the best MARC records possible, you'll need to import all of your

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