Restoring Deleted Records

It is possible to restore a single or group of deleted records using the Manage Deleted Repository function.

You must have the Repository Manager role to restore records. To request this role, submit the Alma login request from with the text "Restore Deleted Records" in the Other box. 

LTS can also restore a record for you. Please submit a ticket: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.ois:almasupport

To restore deleted records, you need:

• The MMSID or PID for a single record. (The PID is a system number for an inventory entity (holdings or item record). See Configuring Search Indexes.)
  • This method seems to retrieve results fastest. 
  • If you only have a barcode, you may be able to use it to look up the PID of the deleted record in the item's record on Sandbox (use physical items search > click on Barcode in returned record). If the item doesn't/never existed on Sandbox, you need to use Analytics to find the MMSID/PID of the item.
• A date range, user ID, or deletion job ID for a group of records deleted at the same time, by the same user, or in a single job.

For details, please read the Ex Libris documentation, especially the note at the end: 

• When restoring records deleted by a user, only records deleted by the last action performed by that user are restored.
• Restoring a bibliographic record restores all records that were deleted together with it, for example holdings and item records, or portfolios or collections. 
• Restoring an item record restores its higher level records, for example holdings and bibliographic records, but not other records that were under its associated bibliographic record.