Rebuild file indexes – Follett VERSION 6.00 User Manual

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2. To rebuild all the headings in the library database, select Rebuild All MARC

Headings. If you want to limit the rebuild process to a few areas, choose

Rebuild Selected MARC Headings, and select the headings you want.

Important:

Once the headings rebuild process begins, you cannot interrupt it.

3. To start the rebuild process, click Rebuild. A message appears, informing you

that this utility may take a long time and asking you to confirm the

command. Click Yes to proceed. The progress dialog that appears displays

each step of the procedure and displays the title of each processed record.

When the utility finishes, the Cancel button on the progress dialog changes to

Close. To exit the dialog, click Close.

See also:

For a list of the MARC tags used to generate bibliographic and

authority headings, see Appendix B, Bibliographic and authority tags."

Rebuild File Indexes

The Rebuild File Indexes utility provides a method for recreating the index files

used to keep track of information stored in the library database. You can choose

specific files to rebuild, or you can recreate all the files in the database.
1. To access the Rebuild File Indexes utility, select Rebuild | File Indexes from

the Maintenance menu.

The Rebuild File Indexes dialog appears:

2. If you want to rebuild all the file indexes in the library database, select

Rebuild All File Indexes. If you want to restrict the rebuild process to specific

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