Assigning Data Tests to Resources

Data tests are used to suppress links to target resources based on data in the bibliographic record and coverage data.

To assign data tests to resource definitions:

1. Choose Resources from the menu on the left-hand side of the Pathfinder Pro home page.
   
   The Resources tab displays:
   
   
2. Choose the Edit button associated with the resource.
   
   The Resource (<resource_name>) tab displays. For example:
   
   
3. Expand the Bibliographic record menu:
   
   
4. Assign data tests by moving them from the available to the selected column.
5. If more than one data test is moved to the selected column, choose the Data base behavior:
   1. To show the resource only if all the data tests pass, choose All tests pass.
      
      When you choose this menu option, it is as if all tests are connected by a Boolean AND operator.
   2. To show the resource if any data tests passes, choose Any test passes.
      
      When you choose this menu option, it is as if all tests are connected by a Boolean OR operator.

• Choose a resource in the Match against this resource drop-down menu.

The field selectors in a data test create a correspondence between record fields and coverage table fields. The Match against this resource creates the correspondence between the field selector's coverage table fields and the appropriate resource in the coverage table.

This illustrates the relationship of coverage table resources and fields and field selectors, data tests, and resource definitions:

For example, if all of these are true:

• the field selector coverage fields are ISSN and EISSN
• the field selector is assigned to a matchISSN data test
• the matchISSN data test is assigned to a resource definition with JSTOR chosen in the Match against this resource drop-down menu

then the ISSN and EISSN coverage fields used in the data test are from the JSTOR portion of the coverage table.