Polaris Import Setup Window- Authority Records Tab

The options on the Authority Records tab control how to handle imported authority records. See Set import options for authority records.

Use the Authority Records tab to:

• Indicate how to save the incoming authority record - Select Save all records as final or Save all records as provisional. You can select Do not save any records if the import file contains a mixture of records, and you do not want to import the authority records.
• Check MARC format - Select Perform MARC 21 Validation.
• Specify how records with MARC format errors are saved - Select Save record as provisional if you want records with errors to be saved provisionally. Select Ignore errors; save as final if you want the records to be saved as final even if they have MARC format errors.
• Check for duplicate records already in the database - Select Perform duplicate detection.
• Set duplicate detection rules - You can use the default duplicate detection rules or specify custom duplicate detection rules. If Use custom duplicate detection rules is selected, you can select the rules to apply. Select duplication detection rules from the Rules to select list and click  to add the rules to the Rules to apply (as unique groups) list.
• Specify how you want duplicates to be handled - You can save incoming duplicate authority records as final or provisional. Or, you can choose to merge duplicate records and select a preferred cataloging source A code stored in tag 040 $a that tells who created the record. These codes are governed by the MARC code list for libraries. owner from the list. When a duplicate authority record is found, and the imported record is from a preferred cataloging source, the duplicates are merged. See Specify preferred cataloging sources for authority records.
• Check cross references - Select Perform See Also From reference linking, and specify what should be done if no matching heading is found. You can specify that you want See Also references created automatically when the records are imported, or that you want to import the records without creating the See Also reference automatically, and then save the records as final or provisional.