Release Notes for 09/03/2019

Pika Release Notes 2019.08
Released 9/3/2019

New Functionality

Adds additional support for events (placing holds, read online, etc)
Does not affect current reporting (Minute 01:30;11)
- All the dimensions and metrics in GA remain the same
- Exception is custom variables will no longer populate with data
Will respect browser Do Not Track settings
New custom dimensions (Minute 01:55;27)
- Patron Type

Tracking of popular categories and titles
Place hold tracking (Minute 08:18:29)
- Tracking of # holds place, title and format, and title and grouped work
- Can track popular works regardless of format (grouped works)
Can track popular format types

Added ability to set library level GA tracking ID (UA-XXXXX) (Minute 11:13;23)
- If GA tracking ID is set at Library level, data will be sent to both accounts
- Available in the library system configuration settings

Updates from Sierra will appear in search results in a more reliably short time-frame.
Formerly cycle was Sierra Extract, then Overdrive Extract, and then Reindex of updates from both
Now there are two cycles, Sierra Extract then Reindex; and in parallel Overdrive Extract then Reindex
Only one reindexing process runs at time. The cycles take turns to run reindexing

When the last extract time is manually set, the extract process will not update the last extract time itself
Order record handling modified for near-real time processing
- Now that newly cataloged items will appear in search results on the day it is cataloged, the previous handling of keeping the matching order record in search results is not needed. (Both the order record and item record would appear in the search results.)
- The storing of order record information by Pika modified so that the reindexing can use recent information while the extract process is building updated information
- Force Re-extract button only shown for records from Sierra
  - Note: force re-extract button is only shown when a user is logged in and has a Staff Ptype (known by Pika) or a Pika role.

OPAC Admin Improvement (Minute 27:00;01)
- System Variable Admin displays timestamp values with a human readable date-time

Bug Fixes

Structured linked data (Minute 12:48;21)
- Fixed errors resulting from Removed/Withdrawn items
- Default values when @type is null
Improved handling of diacritics by record grouping. Individual records are consistently written in UTF-8 encoding
Marc Splitter utility used to send exports onto EDS correctly save MARC files in UTF-8 encoding (Minute 29:21;29)
Fix for missing method in OverDrive code causing internal server errors

Marmot RBdigital magazines collection
- New general URL with URL replacements for libraries using unique RBdigital domains
Enki for Folsom (Sacramento partner)

Additional Work

Google Search Console (Minute 14:33;28)
- Most sites have been verified and Search Console is receiving data
- Used to; diagnose search indexing problems, linked data issues, discover search keywords, and more
Ongoing work Montrose Library District implementation (Minute 35:27;11)
- Initial theming complete
- Training coming up in
External ILL linking for Addison (Minute 35:57;24)
- New logo / templating added
- Exploration of additional handling that can mimic current INN-reach functionality for other sources

eContent Cataloging for Marmot libraries
- For Members>Sierra Documentation and Training>Cataloging>eContent Cataloging
Locations Admin Improvements
- For Members>Pika Documentation and Training>Pika Admin Basics
Google Analytics Basic Instructions
- For Members>Pika Documentation and Training>Statistics and Reports

Meeting Date:

Tuesday, 2019, September 3

Documentation Type:

Release Notes

Link to File:

Committees:

Discovery Committee