[Archivesspace_Users_Group] Archon to ArchivesSpace Migration Problems & Questions

Mon Jul 6 12:27:04 EDT 2015

It should run with 1.3 as well, but I haven't tested it. I know it worked
with 1.2.
On Jul 6, 2015 12:22 PM, "Suda, Phillip J" <psuda1 at tulane.edu> wrote:

>  Can this only be run from ArchivesSpace 1.0.4 or can it be run after
> upgrading to 1.3.0?
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> Thanks,
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> Phil
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> *From:* archivesspace_users_group-bounces at lyralists.lyrasis.org [mailto:
> archivesspace_users_group-bounces at lyralists.lyrasis.org] *On Behalf Of *Nathan
> Stevens
> *Sent:* Monday, July 06, 2015 10:25 AM
> *To:* Archivesspace Users Group
> *Subject:* Re: [Archivesspace_Users_Group] Archon to ArchivesSpace
> Migration Problems & Questions
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> For deleting the bad classifications, use the post data migration tool at
> the link below, which also performs other clean up operations on the data.
> Of course, create a backup of the Archivesspace database before running
> this tool.
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> https://github.com/archivesspace/aspaceDBUtil
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> On Mon, Jul 6, 2015 at 10:03 AM, Suda, Phillip J <psuda1 at tulane.edu>
> wrote:
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>  Matt,
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>          Thanks for your reply. With regard to deleting the “bad”
> classifications, does it matter which ones are deleted? Will there be any
> orphaned data? I am wondering how I could check, via SQL queries? Thanks
> again for your help. I am glad to know there are others out there facing
> the same problems.
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> Thanks,
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> Phil
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> Phillip Suda
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> Systems Librarian
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> Howard-Tilton Memorial Library
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> Tulane University
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> psuda1 at tulane.edu
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> 504-865-5607
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> *From:* archivesspace_users_group-bounces at lyralists.lyrasis.org [mailto:
> archivesspace_users_group-bounces at lyralists.lyrasis.org] *On Behalf Of *Matthew
> J Gorzalski
> *Sent:* Thursday, July 02, 2015 1:04 PM
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> *To:* Archivesspace Users Group
> *Subject:* Re: [Archivesspace_Users_Group] Archon to ArchivesSpace
> Migration Problems & Questions
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> We just tried the batch replace and a remigration to see if it worked, but
> ran into an error that crashed the migration and are waiting for a response
> to Doug Simmons’ email yesterday afternoon.
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> But Phil, a lot of you’re issues are problems we’re experiencing too
> (we’re Archon users).  I will be talking about our migration adventure at
> SAA next month and highlight some of these same issues.  The reason
> classifications are duplicated is because Archon’s classification structure
> is shared globally throughout Archon, but in ASpace the classifications are
> replicated per repository.  I deleted our “bad” classifications post
> migration to knock it back down to 5 from the 30 ArchivesSpace spit out.
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> Matt Gorzalski
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> SIU Carbondale
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> *From:* archivesspace_users_group-bounces at lyralists.lyrasis.org [
> mailto:archivesspace_users_group-bounces at lyralists.lyrasis.org
> <archivesspace_users_group-bounces at lyralists.lyrasis.org>] *On Behalf Of *Maura
> Carbone
> *Sent:* Thursday, July 02, 2015 11:54 AM
> *To:* Archivesspace Users Group
> *Subject:* Re: [Archivesspace_Users_Group] Archon to ArchivesSpace
> Migration Problems & Questions
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> Hi Phillip,
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> With regards to number 5, it is a known issue. I have one of the earlier
> emails about this saved: "This is not a bug, but rather has to do with
> how the information was entered into archon in the first place. To fix, a
> find-replace on all records with will need to done changing [i] into <i>
> and [/i] into </i>, directly on the backend data."
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> Brian detailed a bit more: "You can do this with the Batch Find and
> Replace feature (found in the “Background Jobs” section). But you need to
> test this first in a test environment using a copy of your database. When
> you are ready to proceed and use your production database, make sure to
> back it up first."
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> I'm not sure if something like that would need to be done for your other
> special characters as well.
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> -Maura
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> On Thu, Jul 2, 2015 at 12:44 PM, Suda, Phillip J <psuda1 at tulane.edu>
> wrote:
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>  Good morning all,
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>                  I have performed migrations from Archon to ArchivesSpace
> successfully. I have then upgraded to the most recent version of
> ArchivesSpace (v.1.3.0) for each of my instances. This all works better
> locally (MacBook for me). I have a few questions regarding problems we are
> noticing with the migrations. I do not know who to ask specifically, but
> here it goes:
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> 1.       Public Interface Special Characters & Diacritics:
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> a.       Example: Alcée Fortier papers, 1894-1911 in Archon changes to
> Alc√©e Fortier papers in ArchivesSpace (v.1.04-v.1.3.0).
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> 2.       Public Interface Scope & Content Notes: these are migrated to
> ArchivesSpace as large text blobs; they were formatted in Archon
> (indentation, paragraphs, etc.)
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> 3.       Public Interface Repositories Odd Behavior:
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> a.       Are all “types” supposed to appear when selecting Repositories?
> It seems that if you select a repository, it should show you the
> collections only  OR signify the associated collection for each object/type
> in question
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> b.      When selecting a repository, the appropriate collections appear
> but “global” appears with results below the selected repository:
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> [image: cid:image001.png at 01D0B4C7.1826C530]
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> 4.       Classifications appear to be duplicated:
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> [image: cid:image002.png at 01D0B4C7.1826C530]
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> 5.       Components show [b] and [/b] OR [i] and [/i] in lists and
> headers:
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> [image: cid:image003.png at 01D0B4C7.1826C530]
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> 6.       Can the Collections be sorted by Collection #/Identifier?
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> Thank you for any and all help regarding these issues.
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> Thanks,
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> Phil
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> Phillip Suda
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> Systems Librarian
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> Howard-Tilton Memorial Library
>
> Tulane University
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> psuda1 at tulane.edu
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> 504-865-5607
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