[Archivesspace_Users_Group] Basic CSV Template question - Accessions (Archivesspace_Users_Group Digest, Vol 18, Issue 40)

[Kate Tasker]

(I meant to thank Chris *Fitzpatrick* in my earlier reply- apologies!)

Kate Tasker
Digital Collections Archivist
The Bancroft Library
University of California
Berkeley, CA 94720-6000

On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 11:48 AM, Kate Tasker <ktasker at library.berkeley.edu>
wrote:

> Hi Kari,
>
> We're in the middle of an Accession CSV import as well, using the template
> currently on the ASpace website/GitHub (
> https://github.com/archivesspace/archivesspace/tree/master/backend/app/exporters/examples/accession
> )
>
> A few points which might help (these gleaned mostly from Chris
> Fitzgerald's helpful advice, and some trial and error):
>
> - The order of the fields is important
>
> - We included all the fields, even if some were blank in the data rows.
> The exception to this was fields for Agent information; if all the data
> rows were blank for all Agent fields, we removed the Agent columns.
> Including Agent columns with no data appeared to trigger a bug and cause
> the test import to fail. However, we were using an older version (1.0.9),
> so this may have been resolved with the latest version.
>
> - Our dates did not import until we changed the template fields to
> date_1_expression, date_1_begin, etc (the template uses date_expression,
> date_begin, etc). We also found we needed to add date_1_type and
> date_1_label (which appear to be required fields in the interface)
>
> - Values in date_1_type and date_1_label should be lowercase ("creation"
> instead of "Creation")
>
> - Also check the dependencies of some fields; for example, if you use
> extent_container_summary, you must also include extent_number and
> extent_type
>
> Hope some of this is useful...good luck!
>
> -Kate
>
>
> Kate Tasker
> Digital Collections Archivist
> The Bancroft Library
> University of California
> Berkeley, CA 94720-6000
>
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