Record Builder Administration

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Record Builder Administration

Administering the Record Builder application included with Open SiteSearch Database Builder involves both system administration and database administration activities. Depending on the staffing at your site, a single person may perform both types of activities or more than one person may be involved in Record Builder administration.

Database administration centers around maintaining the integrity of local databases populated and modified through the Record Builder interface. Since Record Builder is a Web-based front-end to Database Builder, database administration includes using Database Builder utilities for maintaining database integrity. System administration involves activities that must be performed at the operating system level to configure and maintain the Record Builder application.

Administrator Topics

The table below lists administrator topics that explain how to configure, operate, and maintain the Record Builder application and the databases you populate and maintain with Record Builder. The tasks described in these topics cover both system administration and database administration.

Activity Type	Topic	Description
System administration	Operating Record Builder	This topic outlines the procedures for starting and stopping the Record Builder application on both UNIX and Windows NT.
	Configuring the Access Component for Record Builder (UNIX) Configuring the Access Component for Record Builder (Windows NT)	These topics are platform-specific step-by-step procedures that explain how to configure your Record Builder environment for using the Access component and create a sample database for testing your configuration.
	Configuring Access to a Record Builder Database Through the WebZ Interface	This topic describes how to make a local database that you maintain with Record Builder available to your patrons by adding it to the WebZ interface.
	Troubleshooting Record Builder Errors	This topic describes how to use Record Builder log files to identify the cause of errors that occur during Record Builder use. It includes a detailed troubleshooting example.
Database administration	Planning a New DC Database	This topic describes the steps involved in planning a new DC database using either the Dublin Core DCQ or DC(2) database framework and the order to complete these steps.
	Customizing DC Templates	This topic describes the reasons for customizing a template, when to customize a template, and supported customizations. It also explains the role of the files that you may modify when you customize a template.
	Cloning a Record Builder Database	This topic describes how to create a new Record Builder database by copying the structure of an existing Record Builder database.
	Batch Loading Data into a Local DC Database Updated with Record Builder	This topic describes how to batch load data in SGML format into a local DC database. You can then subsequently update the database with Record Builder. The SGML data must be compatible with the database structure used by the Dublin Core (2) (DC(2)) database framework introduced in SiteSearch 4.1.1 or the Dublin Core with Qualifiers (DCQ) database framework introduced in SiteSearch 4.1.2.
	Backing Up Record Builder Databases	The SiteSearch Database Operations Tool (SSDOT) allows you to regularly back up locally created databases so that you can restore them if they become corrupted. This topic contains the procedures for backing up a Record Builder database.
	Recovering a Corrupted Record Builder Database	This topic explains how to use a database backup, the journal files created since the last backup, and SSDOT to repair a corrupted Record Builder database.
	Maintaining Database Integrity	This topic contains links to a number of tasks related to maintaining the integrity of local databases using SSDOT.
	Using Database Builder	This is an index to all topics related to Database Builder.

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Last Modified: August 31, 2007