DSpace/C2/Batch-import-of-items/English

Script : Batch import of Items

Author : Pankaj Patil

Keywords: SAFBuilder, Batch Import, Batch Import in DSpace, Item Submission, Dublin Core, Mapfile, Metadata Spreadsheet, Mapfile, Batch Job, Spoken Tutorial, Video Tutorial

Visual Cue	Narration
Slide: Title	Welcome to this spoken tutorial on Batch import of Items.
Slide: Learning Objectives	In this tutorial, we will learn to Set up SAFBuilder Create a Simple Archive Format and Do a batch import of Items into a Collection
Slide: System requirements	This tutorial is recorded using Ubuntu Linux OS 18.04 DSpace version 6.3 Firefox web browser and Gedit Text Editor However you may use any other web browser and text Editor of your choice.
Slide: Pre-requisites	To practice this tutorial, you should have A working internet connection Installed DSpace 6.3 on your system Tomcat service should be running
Slide: Pre-requisites	Have Administrator’s authority in DSpace and Created a Collection in the Community If not then please go through the prerequisite tutorials on this website.
Slide: Pre-requisites	To follow this tutorial, you should have Knowledge of Library Science and Familiarity with Dublin Core metadata standards
Slide : Code files	The files used in this tutorial are available in the Code Files link on this tutorial page. Please download and extract the files before practicing.
Slide: Batch Import Feature	Batch Import feature facilitates the upload of a large number of Items, simultaneously. DSpace administrator is authorized to use the Batch Import feature.
Slide: Batch Import	Items uploaded using Batch Import are directly archived.
Slide: Batch Import Methodology	Basically, metadata for each Item is entered in a spreadsheet along with a filename. Then we have to compress the spreadsheet and Item files into a zip file using SAFBuilder. Using administrator authority, we have to upload the zip file.
Slide: Batch Import using SAFBuilder	To import a batch of Items, DSpace requires Items in the Simple Archive Format i.e. SAF. SAFBuilder is the tool that is used to create the Simple Archive Format.
Slide: Setting up SAFBuilder	SAFBuilder is an add-on tool, which can be set up for any Ubuntu Linux user. The manual to set up SAFBuilder on Windows is provided as Additional Reading Material on this tutorial page.
Slide: Simple Archive Format	Let us see the structure for Simple Archive Format. The archive contains one subdirectory per Item. Each subdirectory contains # dublin_core.xml file i.e. the Item's metadata Files that come along with the Item and The Contents file, which consists of a list of filenames.
Narration Only	Let us proceed to set up the SAFBuilder tool.
Press Ctrl+Alt+T keys	Open the terminal by pressing Ctrl + Alt + T keys simultaneously on the keyboard. Ensure that you have root permissions to run the commands.
Only Narration	Here onwards please press the Enter key after typing each command.
Highlight user spoken	I will set up the SAFBuilder tool on the user spoken on my machine.
Only Narration	git, jdk and maven tools are used to download and compile SAFBuilder, respectively. These are already installed during DSpace installation.
[Terminal]: Type git clone https://github.com/DSpace-Labs/SAFBuilder.git	Type the following command to download SAFBuilder from DSpace-Labs repository in github. The SAFBuilder download may take some time depending on your internet speed. If the SAFBuilder download fails, then recheck your internet connection or try after some time. SAFBuilder download is now completed on my machine.
[Terminal]: Type cd SAFBuilder	Now type cd SAFBuilder to change the current directory to SAFBuilder directory.
[Terminal]: Type ./safbuilder.sh	Then type ./safbuilder.sh to compile SAFBuilder. Compilation of SAFBuilder has started and it may take some time to complete. If SAFBuilder compilation fails, then recheck your internet connection or try after some time.
Narration only	The SAFBuilder compilation is now successful.
Narration only	Next, let us proceed to create a Simple Archive Format of different Items.
[Terminal]: Type cd $HOME	Type cd $HOME, to change the current directory to Home directory.
[Terminal]: Type mkdir ItemUpload	Now let us create a directory to store the metadata spreadsheet and all the files to be uploaded. I will create a directory named ItemUpload. To do so, type mkdir ItemUpload.
Narration only	I have downloaded an article and its metadata files in my Downloads folder. These are provided in the Code Files link.
[Terminal]: Type cd $HOME/Downloads	Using cd command we will switch to the Downloads directory.
[Terminal]: Type ls	Type ls to check the contents.
Highlight Article1.pdf and Article2.pdf	For this demonstration, we will use Article1.pdf and Article2.pdf files for the batch upload.
[Terminal]: Type cp Article1.pdf Article2.pdf $HOME/ItemUpload	So, copy the files Article1.pdf and Article2.pdf to ItemUpload directory with this command.
Narration only	Now, let us proceed to check the metadata spreadsheet file.
Text on screen: In Windows OS, select Open with Excel	Right-click on Article1-2metadata.csv and select Open with LibreOffice Calc as shown here.
Point to dialog boxText Import	The Text Import dialog box appears, which have some settings in which to import the text.
Click the button OK	Keep the default settings and click on the OK button.
Point to Article1-2metadata.csv	Article1-2metadata.csv opens as a spreadsheet.
Point to header row	Observe that the first row is the header row.
Point to columns of header row	Each column of the header row is a Dublin Core element. It corresponds to each field in the Item Submission form.
Narration only	It is mandatory to use header names strictly as provided in this metadata spreadsheet.
Point to column filename	The first column is filename, which is used to write the name of the file to be uploaded.
Narration only	The next columns sequentially represent each field in the Item Submission form.
Point to dc.contributor.author	For example, the first field in Item submission form is Authors. The corresponding column for Author in the spreadsheet is dc.contributor.author
Point to multiple columns of dc.contributor.author	Author is a multi-value field in Item submission form. So, multiple columns are represented as dc.contributor.author
Narration only	The number of columns can be added or removed from multi-value fields in the Item Submission form.
Narration only	Similarly, we have columns for other fields in the Item Submission form.
Highlight dc.title,dc.date.issued,dc.publisher,etc	Single-value fields in the Item Submission form are represented using a single column.
Highlight dc.identifier.ismn, dc.identifier.issn, dc.identifier.isbn	Multi-value fields in the Item Submission form are represented using multiple columns.
Point to row of Article1.pdf	Each row in the spreadsheet represents a separate Item.
Point to row of Article1.pdf and Article2.pdf	For each Item to be uploaded, write the filename and metadata as shown.
Point to Article1-2metadata.csv	The metadata spreadsheet should be saved in CSV format only.
Close the Calc	Close the Calc window now.
Switch back to terminal	Switch back to the terminal.
[Terminal]: Type cp Article1-2metadata.csv $HOME/ItemUpload	Now, copy the metadata spreadsheet file to the ItemUpload directory. To do so, type the command as shown here.
[Terminal] : Type cd $HOME/ItemUpload	Now let us check the contents of the ItemUpload directory. Using cd command, change current working directory to the ItemUpload directory.
[Terminal] : Type ls	Then type ls.
Highlight Article1.pdf, Article2.pdf, Article1-2metadata.csv	ItemUpload directory has the files to be uploaded and their metadata in a CSV file. i.e. Article1.pdf, Article2.pdf and Article1-2metadata.csv
Narration only	Now, let us proceed to create a zip file in the SAF format..
[Terminal]: Type cd $HOME/SAFBuilder	Type this command to change the present working directory to SAFBuilder.
[Terminal]: Type ./safbuilder.sh -c $HOME/ItemUpload/Article1-2metadata.csv -z	Type the next command as shown, to prepare a Simple Archive file. The Simple Archive file creation is successful.
Narration only	The Simple Archive file in zip format will be created in the directory of the metadata spreadsheet. In our case it is ItemUpload.
[Terminal] : Type cd $HOME/ItemUpload	Type this command to change the current directory to ItemUpload directory.
[Terminal] : Type ls	Type the command ls to get a list of files in ItemUpload directory.
Highlight SimpleArchiveFormat.zip	SimpleArchiveFormat.zip is seen here.
Narration only	Now, let us proceed to upload the zip file for batch import in DSpace.
Web browser >> Address bar >> localhost:8080	Open the DSpace interface.
Log into DSpace with admin role Email: dspace.u1@gmail.com Password: u1pass	Login to DSpace with your administrator authority. I will login with my administrator authority.
Click on the logged in tab	Click on the Logged in tab at the top right corner.
Select Administer	Select Administer from the drop-down.
Click on Content tab	Click on the Content tab in the Navigation bar.
Select Batch import	From the drop-down, select Batch import.
Point to Batch import	The Batch import page opens.
Point to Select the type of the input data	Select type of the input data, Simple Archive Format (zip file via upload) is selected by default.
click on Browse button	To upload the SAF zip file, click on the Browse button in the Select data file to upload field.
Point to File Upload	The File Upload dialog box opens up.
Select SimpleArchiveFormat.zip	Browse and select the file SimpleArchiveFormat.zip
Click Open button	Then, click on the Open button.
Point to SimpleArchiveFormat.zip	On success, the name of the file is displayed next to the Browse button.
Click on Select Collection drop down	Click on Select the owning collection of the items drop-down.
Select the Articles Collection	From the list, select the Collection into which we want to upload the</span> Items.</span> I will select Articles.
Point to Select other collections that the items will belong to	Select other collections that the items will belong to field appears above the Upload button. For this demonstration, I’m not selecting any other Collection.
Click Upload button	Click on the Upload button at the bottom of the page.
Point to notification	A message is displayed, “The job was taken over, an email will be sent as soon as it’s finished”.
Only Narration	We can see the progress of the batch import in the My DSpace page.
Click on My DSpace link	Click on My DSpace link.
Point to Batch imports	In the Batch Imports section we can see the timestamp of the job submission for the batch import.
Point to success	Also we can see the success status for this batch import job.
click on show more link	To view more details, click on Show more link next to the timestamp of the job submission.
Point to Items to be imported and Items imported	Items to be imported and Items imported along with the number of items is displayed.
click on the link show items	To view the imported Items, click on the link Show items next to the label Items imported.
Narration Only	Mapfile contains mapping of Items uploaded in the batch and their handle numbers.
Point to the Download mapfile button	Download the mapfile by clicking on the Download mapfile button below the label Items imported.
Narration Only	We can also delete the Items that were uploaded using batch import.
Point to Delete uploaded items & remove imports button	To do so, use the button Delete uploaded items & remove import, next to Download mapfile button.
Narration Only	For this demonstration, I will not be deleting the Items imported as a batch.
Narration only	Now, let us cross-verify the batch import of the Items in the Collection.
click the Browse tab	To do so, click the Browse tab in the Navigation bar.
Select Communities and Collections	Then click on Communities and Collections from the drop-down.
Select the Article Collection	Select the Articles Collection.
Point to Collection Home Page	The Collection Home Page appears.
Scroll down	Scroll down to locate the Items we imported in the Collection.
Point to Items	We can see that the Items submitted using batch import are successfully uploaded here.
Point to Items	Sometimes, Items uploaded in a batch may take some time to appear in the Collection.
Select the first Item	Select the first Item submitted using batch import.
Point to metadata and file	We can see the metadata of the Item and its file.
Narration only	This means, we have successfully uploaded Items using SAFBuilder and Batch import.
Narration only	On success of the Batch Import job, an email notification is also sent to the Administrator. Let us proceed to cross-verify the email notification.
Log into administrator’s email account Email: dspace.u1@gmail.com Password: d$pace2019*	Log in to your administrator's email account. This is my administrator's email account.
Point to mail DSpace - Batch import successfully completed	Here is the email with the subject DSpace - Batch import successfully completed
Narration Only	If the email is not seen in the Inbox, then it could be in the SPAM folder. Otherwise please recheck your internet connection.
Open a mail	Let us open the email.
Highlight mapfile path	The email contains a mapfile path.
Narration Only	So now we have verified the email notification of successful completion of batch import.
Switch back to DSpace	Switch back to DSpace.
Logout from DSpace	Let us logout from the DSpace interface.
Only Narration	This brings us to the end of this tutorial. Let us summarize.
Slide: Summary	In this tutorial we learnt to Set up SAFBuilder Create Simple Archive Format and Do a batch import of Items into a Collection
Slide: Assignment	As an assignment, Create a metadata spreadsheet for Article3.pdf and Article4.pdf Use metadata provided in the Code Files for Article3.pdf and Article4.pdf Upload Article3.pdf and Article4.pdf in Article Collection using batch import.
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Slide: Acknowledgement -I	Spoken Tutorial project is funded by MHRD, Government of India.
Slide: Acknowledgement -II	DSpace spoken tutorial series is funded by the National Virtual Library of India, Ministry of Culture, Government of India.
Narration only	This script and video for this tutorial was contributed by Pankaj Patil from IIT Bombay. And this is Nancy Varkey signing off. Thanks for joining.

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