Passa al contenuto principale
Supporto OCLC

WorldShare Management Services sandbox applications

Learn which applications are and are not available in the WMS sandbox.

Available applications

The following applications are available in the WMS sandbox. Please note that there are several features in each application that are not available for use.

 Note: API functions, including the Developer Network's sandbox, are operational in your WMS sandbox for library testing, however, not for testing by third parties.

Applicazione Unavailable feature Nota
WorldCat Discovery Cite Users are unable to generate formatted citations. Export of RIS files still supported.
Collections search (WorldCat.org ONLY) This feature is unavailable resulting in an error page displayed to the user. Remainder of site is otherwise usable.  This applies to WorldCat.org only.
DAPI  
Email notification Email services are unavailable in the sandbox.
Google Analytics The sandbox environment will not export analytics.
ILL OpenURL forms may not load.
Sayt Search suggestions are unavailable in the sandbox.
Spell suggestions  
Acquisizioni WorldShare Offerte di lavoro Automated jobs are not moved over from production.

Automated jobs cannot be active.
LHR Change History The LHR Change History is not stored in the sandbox.
Order notification Outbound HTTP order notification is deleted.
Vendor notification All outbound emails are dropped and do not go to their intended destination. This includes:
  • Serial issue claims
  • Order item claims
  • Order item cancelations
  • Order placement
Circolazione WorldShare Debt collection Production configuration data is copied down but is not usable.
Digby  
Emails: Notifications & receipts Circulation email notifications & receipts can be delivered from the sandbox only to OCLC email addresses.

 Note: IDM password reset emails can be sent from the sandbox to OCLC and non-OCLC email addresses

Integration with:
  • VDX
  • ZFL-Server
  • D2D
ILL Settings will be cleansed during each refresh.
  • This configuration includes the PPID of the dummy borrowing patron therefore this data cannot be copied down from production.
LHR Change History The LHR Change History is not stored in the sandbox.
Offline client If you have the necessary WSKey, you can download the client from Service Configuration; however, you are unable to upload transactions.
POS printer You can download the application from Service Configuration, but this is not recommended on machines using the POS printer app for 'real' production work.
SIP2 Production configuration data is copied down but is not usable.
WorldShare Gestione Collezioni Cooperative management features Functionality is unavailable in the sandbox.
Customize records MARC records cannot be output, but you can change settings in your record profile.
Collezioni di sincronizzazione dei dati Data sync collections are unavailable in the sandbox.
Scarica autenticazione  
Google Scholar Google Scholar functionality is unavailable in the sandbox.
Knowledge base collection KBART upload/download You can add knowledge base titles manually in the interface and by OCLC number, but you cannot make changes using KBART files.
MARC record delivery:
  • Raccolta di conoscenze di base
  • Raccolta di query
  • Catalogazione della collezione partner
You can create knowledge base collections, query collections, and cataloging partner collections, but you will not receive any MARC record output for these collections.
Metadata > My Files Files and reports are unavailable for upload/download.
Rapporti Reports cannot be created or delivered.
Condivisione  
Aggiornamenti di WorldCat  
Gestione licenze WorldShare SUSHI service This includes vendor configuration, one-time, and recurring harvests.
Template subscription notifications  
Trial license response goal notifications  
Gestione record WorldShare Authority data auto suggest in the bibliographic record editor Functionality is available but data might be outdated.
Export lists Functionality is available but data in records may be outdated and should not be imported into other systems.
Export records using TCP/IP  
LHR Change History The LHR Change History is not stored in the sandbox.
Other records linked to work – Entity manager service Functionality is available but data might be outdated.
Record change requests  
Submitting authority records for review  
Text view - FAST auto suggest Functionality is available but data might be outdated.

Unavailable applications

The following applications are unavailable in the sandbox environment:

  • CONTENTdm
  • Digby mobile app
  • EZproxy
  • Rapporti
  • Tipasa
  • Prestito interbibliotecario WorldShare
  • Designer di rapporti WorldShare

Please OCLC Support if you have any questions about using the WMS sandbox.