[Archivesspace_Users_Group] Agent suggestions in 2.4.1

[Olivia S Solis]

Thank you all for the feedback and validation! I suppose I'm relieved to
know that their is nothing inherently wrong with our particular
configuration or data. I should have checked the user group before posting,
but thank you all for pointing us in the right direction!

-Olivia



On Wed, Sep 12, 2018 at 9:52 AM Trevor Thornton <trthorn2 at ncsu.edu> wrote:

> I think that this is related to the issue discussed in this thread:
>
> http://lyralists.lyrasis.org/mailman/htdig/archivesspace_users_group/2018-February/005664.html
> which I believe started happening in version 2.3.
>
> The 'AND' search (which does look to be the default in 2.5 as Kevin said)
> is one solution and may be good enough. We opted to modify the default
> search parameters to boost matches on the title field. This can now be done
> via the config and there are instructions on how to do it in the comments:
>
> https://github.com/archivesspace/archivesspace/blob/master/common/config/config-defaults.rb#L81
>
> On Wed, Sep 12, 2018 at 10:34 AM Lara Friedman-Shedlov <ldfs at umn.edu>
> wrote:
>
>> Yes, that's the same issue.  We've been having it here at the University
>> of Minnesota as well. Reindexing did not solve the issue.
>>
>> On Wed, Sep 12, 2018 at 9:30 AM Blake Carver <blake.carver at lyrasis.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Is this the same issue?
>>>
>>> https://archivesspace.atlassian.net/browse/ANW-762
>>>
>>> ________________________________________
>>> From: archivesspace_users_group-bounces at lyralists.lyrasis.org <
>>> archivesspace_users_group-bounces at lyralists.lyrasis.org> on behalf of
>>> Olivia S Solis <livsolis at utexas.edu>
>>> Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2018 9:54:33 AM
>>> To: Archivesspace Users Group
>>> Subject: [Archivesspace_Users_Group] Agent suggestions in 2.4.1
>>>
>>> Hello all,
>>>
>>> We have been having a problem with the auto-complete suggestions for
>>> linked agents in our upgrade from 1.5.3 to 2.4.1. 2.4.1 does not always
>>> present relevant suggestions. For example, we have an existing corporate
>>> agent, "Texas Federation of Music Clubs." When I try to add the agent, it
>>> presents the following:
>>>
>>> [Screen Shot 2018-08-31 at 2.41.48 PM.png]
>>>
>>> So it is pulling suggestions from the family agents. Similarly, we have
>>> an agent person "Smith, Liz, 1923-2017." It does not present her as an
>>> option unless we type ", " after her name. Someone who wants to add her,
>>> though, won't necessarily know that she's got a date addition. Again it
>>> pulls from family agents.
>>> [Screen Shot 2018-09-12 at 8.44.48 AM.png]
>>> [Screen Shot 2018-09-12 at 8.44.59 AM.png]
>>>
>>> This what the suggestions looked like in 1.5.3 for us:
>>> [Screen Shot 2018-08-31 at 3.49.41 PM.png]
>>> [image.png]
>>>
>>> Has anyone else had a problem with this? Trying to figure out if this is
>>> an issue with 2.4.1 or with our data. Perhaps we've got something
>>> configured incorrectly in our settings?
>>>
>>> We've already tried re-indexing, but that did not help.
>>>
>>> Any suggestions would be great!
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Olivia
>>>
>>> --
>>> Olivia Solis, MSIS
>>> Metadata Coordinator
>>> Dolph Briscoe Center for American History
>>> The University of Texas at Austin
>>> 2300 Red River St. Stop D1100
>>> Austin TX, 78712-1426
>>> (512) 232-8013
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>>
>>
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>>
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> Trevor Thornton
> Applications Developer, Digital Library Initiatives
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Olivia Solis, MSIS
Metadata Coordinator
Dolph Briscoe Center for American History
The University of Texas at Austin
2300 Red River St. Stop D1100
Austin TX, 78712-1426
(512) 232-8013
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