I should say this is a problem for new records. When we go to add a new record, it opens in the Default framework and changing frameworks does not remove the mandatory fields that aren't used in that framework.
On Thu, Nov 19, 2015 at 7:26 PM, Elaine Bradtke <[email protected]> wrote: > I don't know if this is a new quirk, or I just haven't noticed it before. > > I was looking at a bibliogrpahic record that was in the wrong framework > (Default, when it should have been Serials). I switched the view to > Serials framework and it looked fine. Then I opened the record for > editing. It switched back to the Default framework, and added some fields > we don't use in serials. One of these is marked as required. I changed the > framework back to serials, and tried to save it, but the required field > from the Default framework (blank because there is no information to go in > this field for Serials) caused it to throw up an error message and it would > not save. I can't delete the field either. This means I can't change the > framework associated with the record. > > Testing it with other items -Editing any record that is in the Default > framework will force (empty) Default framework fields into the record even > after you change the framework. There is no information in these fields in > the original record. If the field is mandatory in Default it will become > mandatory in the new framework, even if it doesn't actually exist in that > framework. > > Any thoughts? Should I file a bug? I am (only just) restraining myself > from turning off the mandatory status of the field in the Default > framework, only because we're not supposed to edit it. > > -- > Elaine Bradtke > Data Wrangler > VWML > English Folk Dance and Song Society | http://www.efdss.org > Cecil Sharp House, 2 Regent's Park Road, London NW1 7AY > Tel +44 (0) 20 7485 2206 (This number is for the English Folk Dance > and Song Society in London, England. If you wish to phone me personally, > send an e-mail first. I work off site) > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Registered Company No. 297142 > Charity Registered in England and Wales No. 305999 > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > "Writing about music is like dancing about architecture" > --Elvis Costello (Musician magazine No. 60 (October 1983), p. 52) > -- Elaine Bradtke Data Wrangler VWML English Folk Dance and Song Society | http://www.efdss.org Cecil Sharp House, 2 Regent's Park Road, London NW1 7AY Tel +44 (0) 20 7485 2206 (This number is for the English Folk Dance and Song Society in London, England. If you wish to phone me personally, send an e-mail first. I work off site) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Registered Company No. 297142 Charity Registered in England and Wales No. 305999 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Writing about music is like dancing about architecture" --Elvis Costello (Musician magazine No. 60 (October 1983), p. 52) _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org [email protected] https://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
