Assigning Indexes for Deferred Indexing

Deferring a portion of your indexing helps reduce the time your cataloging staff must wait for Horizon to index MARC records. You defer indexes by assigning them to a queue to await processing. Non-deferred indexes are assigned to queue 0 to be indexed immediately, and deferred indexes are assigned to queue 1 to await processing on the QIndex workstation.

This table gives examples of non-deferred and deferred indexes:

Queue

Type of Index

Indexes included in this category

Example

Where processed

0

Non-deferred

Those necessary for cataloging or acquisitions staff
Any index used as a match point.
All non-MARC data indexes
PO Line Title Keyword
ISSN
Borrower Keyword

Technical workstation

1

Deferred

Those used by the public for PAC searches or reference desk staff
Highly specialized indexes
Author Keyword
Number of Musical Performances

QIndex workstation

When you choose to defer indexes, you can choose the indexes either one at a time or in a batch. This section explains these topics:

 


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