Ex Libris ERM Troubleshooting

DBID Primo (not PrimoVE) Search Box
 

To find the DBID for an Institution Zone collection:

• Find the collection by Collection Name in Alma
• Click on Edit Collection> CDI Tab
• Find the code in the box labeled: CDI Collection ID (DB ID) [or the package provider code]
• DBID is CASE SENSITIVE
• Use the code in the DBID Search Box

Replace the OneSearch base URL (in this case, SDSU's Primo instance) with your institution's OneSearch base URL in the code below, and use that code in the widget function in LibGuides, or wherever your build your widgets.

<form method="get" action="https://library.sdsu.edu/special/onesearch/dbid.php" target="_new">
<label>DBID <input type="text" name="num"></label>
<input type="submit" name="Submit">
</form>

The CTO record is the PrimoVE/CDI version of the Primo/PCI PNX record - it shows what data is being passed along through Open URL:

To see the CTO  button on a PrimoVE OneSearch Record:

• Do a search in PrimoVE OneSearch (ex SDSU's PrimoVE instance): https://csu-sdsu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/search?vid=01CALS_SDL:01CALS_SDL
• Then click on your CTO bookmarklet (I use Firefox)
• The CTO record button will appear under the record title for all the records in your results set, but won't show up if you click through to the record
• Alternatively, you can pull up the CTO for an individual record by pulling up the record in PrimoVE and then clicking on the CTO bookmarklet.

• In your browser of choice (I use Firefox) go to any PrimoVE record and make a bookmark.
• Open the bookmark properties and under location delete the contents and input this code:
  • javascript:function%20o(){window.open(location.href+'&displayCTO=true',"CTO%20Record")};o()
•  To use the bookmarklet, either do a search in PrimoVE (to turn on the CTO link for all results in the search) or pull up an individual record in PrimoVE (to turn the CTO link on for a single record).
• With the search or record open on your screen, click on your CTO bookmark.  The CTO link will appear under the titles in your search, or under the record title for the individual record.

My CTO View bookmarklet set up looks like this: