SCAT Conversion table

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Find information about the SCAT conversion table within the Wise configuration manager.

The SCAT conversion table is located in the Wise configuration manager at OCLC Wise > Titles and SCAT management > SCAT management > SCAT conversion. The SCAT conversion table accessed by the Wise system to determine a SCAT for titles when:

Titles are reloaded
Individual titles are changed
Titles are merged

There are five categories within the SCAT conversion table:

No classification
Adult fiction
Adult non-fiction
Youth fiction
Youth non-fiction

Note: These classifications are defined in the (TABX50) SCAT conversion classification table and can only be updated by OCLC.

See SCAT processing sequence for more information regarding SCAT processing.

Within these sections are the conversion rules for titles. Each rule contains the following information:

Field name	Description
Type	The type of SCAT. This is determined by which category the rule is entered. The type will be one of the following: No classification Adult fiction Adult non-fiction Youth fiction Youth non-fiction
Media type	The media type for this rule Defined in the MDT table ZZZ is processed as all other values, it can have undesired effects
Language	Leave blank or select English Defined in the TABTTL table
Age category	Field can be left blank Defined in the TABLFT table For youth, only enter a line for AJ and a linke withouth age, not for age J
State code	Field can be left blank Defined in the TABRCD table ZZ is processed as all other values
AVI	Field can be left blank Defined in the TABAVI table
Material type	Field can be left blank Defined in the RMTSYS table
Serial number	Defines how the data is sorted. Click refresh to return to the default sort order of a column.
Search entry	Field can be left blank The value depends on the installation
Search value from... to...	Only populate if a search entry is provided.
SCAT code	This is a required field if: Search entry field is blank Search value is provided This field is optional if: Found in the auxiliary table: SCAT unknown Value not found in the auxiliary table SCAT filled in this line: SCAT known SCAT blank in this line: keep searching in the next line