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Comment: Adding update for item actions and the change to modules/bulkedit.cfg

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  • Batch editing of metadata (e.g. perform an external spell check)
  • Batch additions of metadata (e.g. add an abstract to a set of items, add controlled vocabulary such as LCSH)
  • Batch find and replace of metadata values (e.g. correct misspelled surname across several records)
  • Mass move items between collections
  • Mass deletion, withdrawal, or re-instatement of items
  • Enable the batch addition of new items (without bitstreams) via a CSV file
  • Re-order the values in a list (e.g. authors)

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Command used:

[dspace]/bin/dspace metadata-export

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Java class:

org.dspace.app.bulkedit.MetadataExport

Arguments short and (long) forms):

Description

-f or --file

Required. The filename of the resulting CSV.

-i or --id

The Item, Collection, or Community handle or Database ID to export. If not specified, all items will be exported.

-a or --all

Include all the metadata fields that are not normally changed (e.g. provenance) or those fields you configured in the dspacemodules/bulkedit.cfg to be ignored on export.

-h or --help

Display the help page.

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Command used:

[dspace]/bin/dspace metadata-import

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Java class:

org.dspace.app.bulkedit.MetadataImport

Arguments short and (long) forms:

Description

-f or --file

Required. The filename of the CSV file to load.

-s or --silent

Silent mode. The import function does not prompt you to make sure you wish to make the changes.

-e or --email

The email address of the user. This is only required when adding new items.

-w or --workflow

When adding new items, the program will queue the items up to use the Collection Workflow processes.

-n or --notify

when adding new items using a workflow, send notification emails.

-t or --template

When adding new items, use the Collection template, if it exists.

-h or --help

Display the brief help page.

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Code Block
[dspace]/bin/dspace metadata-import -f name_of_file.csv

Example

Code Block
[dspace]/bin/dspace metadata-import -f /dImport/col_14.csv

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If you want to store multiple values for a given metadata element, they can be separated with the double-pipe '||' (or another character that you defined in your _dspacemodules/bulkedit.cfg _file. For example:

Code Block
Horses||Dogs||Cats

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New metadata-only items can be added to DSpace using the batch metadata importer. To do this, enter a plus sign '+' in the first 'id' column. The importer will then treat this as a new item. If you are using the command line importer, you will need to use the -e flag to specify the user email address or id of the user that is registered as submitting the items.

Deleting

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Metadata

It is possible to perform metadata deletes across the board of certain metadata fields from an exported file. For example, let's say you have used keywords (dc.subject) that need to be removed en masse. You would leave the column (dc.subject) intact, but remove the data in the corresponding rows.

Performing 'actions' on items

It is possible to perform certain 'actions' on items.  This is achieved by adding an 'action' column to the CSV file (after the id, and collection columns).  There are three possible actions:

  1. 'expunge' This permanently deletes an item.  Use with care!  This action must be enabled by setting 'allowexpunge = true' in modules/bulkedit.cfg
  2. 'withdraw' This withdraws an item from the archive, but does not delete it.
  3. 'reinstate' This reinstates an item that has previously been withdrawn.

If an action makes no change (for example, asking to withdraw an item that is already withdrawn) then, just like metadata that has not changed, this will be ignored.

Migrating Data or Exchanging data.

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