SUNScholar/Request a Copy/5.X

Back to Request a Copy

Please Note:

 * https://jira.duraspace.org/browse/DS-2186 - Request item copy doesn't always use RequestItemAuthorExtractor

Step 1
Edit the following file: nano $HOME//dspace/config/dspace.cfg Modify the "request item" settings.

See example below.
 * 1) REQUEST ITEM CONFIGURATION-#
 * 1) REQUEST ITEM CONFIGURATION-#

request.item.type = all mail.helpdesk = scholar@sun.ac.za request.item.helpdesk.override = true
 * 1) Configuration of request-item. Possible values:
 * 2) all - Anonymous users can request an item
 * 3) logged - Login is mandatory to request an item
 * 4) empty/commented out - request-copy not allowed
 * 1) Helpdesk E-mail
 * 1) Should all Request Copy emails go to the helpdesk instead of the item submitter?


 * 1) END REQUEST ITEM CONFIGURATION-#

Step 2
Modify the following file: nano $HOME/source/dspace/config/spring/api/requestitem.xml Uncomment the request item bean and comment out the author email option.

See example below. 

<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans          http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-2.5.xsd           http://www.springframework.org/schema/context           http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context-2.5.xsd" default-autowire-candidates="*Service,*DAO,javax.sql.DataSource">





Step 3
Rebuild DSpace.

YouTube Video
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