1 New feature: loading sample data
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3 One common need for people evaluating Evergreen, as well as for developers,
4 writers, and testers, is a set of sample data that can be easily loaded into
5 the Evergreen database and provide a consistent set of results for testing
8 This release features sets of sample data consisting of:
10 * 100 bibliographic records retrievable via a "concerto" keyword search
11 * 100 French bibliographic records
12 * Associated call numbers, copies, parts, and conjoined items
13 * Patron accounts, including some recently expired patrons
14 * Circulation transactions, including some holds and some overdue items
16 To load the sample data into a freshly installed Evergreen database, you can
17 pass the following arguments to the `eg_db_config` script (either when you are
18 creating the initial database schema, or as a separate call after creating the
21 * `--load-all-sample`: Loads all sample data, including bibliographic records,
22 call numbers, copies, users, and transactions.
23 * `--load-concerto-sample`: Loads a subset of sample data that includes just
24 100 bibliographic records, and associated call numbers and copies.