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The program will make a bunch of text appear in the DOS window. If it doesn't, the program didn't run. You probably made a typo when you typed the run command in. Try again, and be sure to type it all correctly. When the program successfully runs, it creates a SimpleArchiveFormat directory within the directory that you ran it on. The SimpleArchiveFormat contains numbered subdirectories: Item_000/, Item_001/, Item_0002, etc. Each of those subdirectories should contain a dublin_core.xml file, a contents file, and all the files that consist of the work described in the metadata.
When it's run correctly, in DOS window, the last line should indicate that ETDtempDspace.csv has been used 0 times, and that should be the only line with a "File:" error See below:
A SimpleArchiveFormat directory should appear in your folder that the files and the csv file are in.
If there is more than the one "File" error, there is something wrong.
Errors happen when the files in the folder and filenames in the csv file don't match. Determine if there is a problem that needs to be corrected by comparing your .csv file to the contents of your directory. If necessary, make the corrections, then delete your SimpleArchiveFormat directory, and run the safbuilder again. If you can't fix the problems, or don't know what's causing them, ask Michelle for help. If she's not there, you can copy and paste all the errors to Word by pushing the PrtScn and Ctrl keys together to copy your screen to the clipboard, and paste your screen into Word--if there are many errors, scroll through them getting them all pasted into Word.
If other errors occur, it's usually because of a typo in the command/path. Try to run it again.
Run the Collection Mapping Program
Run the Script:
Double-click the mapping_script.py file to execute the script.
Alternatively, run the script from the command line using the following command:
python Mapping_file_creation.py
Browse and Select Files:
Click on the "Browse" button next to "Folder Path" to select the folder containing metadata files. (SimpleArchiveFormat folder)
Click on the "Browse" button next to "Excel File" to select the Collections Excel file.
Execute Script:
After selecting the folder and Excel file, click on the "Run Script" button.
The script will process the metadata files, map the collections, and generate collections files for each item.
View Logs:
Logs for the script execution are stored in a file named mapping.log which is in the same folder where script file is stored.
This log file provides information about any errors encountered during the process.
Script Completion:
Once the script completes execution, a message box will appear indicating the successful creation of files or any errors encountered.
Zip the Final SimpleArchiveFormat directory and send it Tech Support
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