Web2 Search XML Output Report

This report is in the Gateway group of reports.

The Web2 Search XML Output (Opacxmlout) report contains the following tabs.

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The Web2 Search XML Output report is used to assist libraries using Web2 to implement the Find It Fast! and Kids’ Library features in the e-Library public access. The report creates the XML files that contain information about all of the AVAILABLE pre-defined searches. These XML files can be moved to the Web2 server and processed with the Web2 Content Manager utility to create HTML files for use with the Find It Fast! and Kids’ Library features in the e-Library interface.

This report gives you the option of creating the FAST.XML file, the KIDSLIB.XML file, or both. In multilibrary systems, these files can be created for each library. The XML file names reflect the individual library for which the XML file was created. For example, the XML files created for the Carnegie Library are named FASTCARNEGIE.XML and KIDSLIBCARNEGIE.XML. The XML files are written to the Sirsi\Unicorn\Gateway\Web2XML directory. The report creates this directory if the directory does not already exist.

Based on the Gateway name you select in the Gateway selection criteria, the Web2 Search XML Output report finds and reads the correct \Sirsi\Unicorn\Gateway\Config\Element.* file. The report processes only the lines required for the Find It Fast! and/or Kids’ Library feature, determines which search terms are AVAILABLE, and writes the necessary elements to the corresponding XML file.

This report converts the following special characters to HTML metacharacters so the characters will display correctly in the report output.

Special Character	Character Name	HTML Metacharacter Conversion by the Report
&	Ampersand	&
’	Apostrophe	'
”	Double quotation mark	"
>	Greater than	>
<	Less than	<

The Web2 Search XML Output report should be run as needed after running the Update OPAC Choices report and choosing to update the pre-defined catalog search elements.