Documentation

  • Setting up reference data for data migration:  This table indicates prerequisites for migration: Settings - Reference data decisions and load sequence for migration  - Table is one year old - Anne L. Highsmithwil update.
  • Folio console application by Jon Miller. https://github.com/jemiller0/Folio.  It can be used to load and save data to and from a FOLIO database and JSON files. The data can be loaded and saved using SQL or the FOLIO web API. 
  • FSE has a suite of tools for performing data migration in various areas of FOLIO.  The tools are mostly Python-based and are available freely on the FSE Github organization. The toolkit includes the following parts:
    • Mapping file creator web tool - a tool for creating mapping files from source data to FOLIO objects based on the JSON Schemas that power most modules
    • Migration Repo template - A template repository with example data and mapping files. The Readme  contains a lot of documentation and prerequisites on how to prepare for data migration.
    • MARC21-to-FOLIO - A toolkit for migrating MARC21-based Bibs and MFHD records to FOLIO Inventory and Source Record Storage. There is also a tool for migrating *sv-based Item records into FOLIO
    • Service Tools - A GUI and CLI-based toolkit for performing various service and migration tasks against FOLIO. Amongst the migration focused tools available:
      • TransformUsers - Transform user data from TSV and CSV exports into FOLIO format (requires mapping files created by the Mapping file creator web tool)
      • BatchPoster - Tool for posting batches of Inventory records, SRS records and users in a convenient way
      • Tools for loading open loans
      • Various data transformation tools