PNX Record Sections

This information is not applicable to Primo VE environments. Only the Display, Facets, and Search sections are configurable in Primo VE. For more details, see Mapping to the Display, Facets, and Search Sections in the Primo VE Record.

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The following table lists the sections in the PNX record.

Sections of the PNX Record
Section	Contains	For additional information, refer to
addata (additional data)	Data elements required for a number of functions that cannot be extracted from other sections of the PNX.	The Additional Data Section
browse	Data that is used to create the browse lists.	The Browse Section.
control	Formatted data that is used for control purposes.	The Control Section
delivery (delivery and scoping)	Data required for managing delivery and scoping for searches.	The Delivery Section
display	Data displayed in the brief and full displays in the user interface (UI).	The Display Section
dedup (duplication detection)	A Dedup vector, which includes all the data required by the Duplication Detection algorithm to determine if two records are equivalent.	The Duplicate Record Detection Section
enrichment	Data required by the enrichment process.	The Enrichment Section
facets	Data used to create faceted browsing in the UI.	The Facets Section
frbr (grouping)	A FRBR vector, which includes one or more keys that identify the group it represents.	The FRBR Section
links	Links that can be used to create the GetIT! functionality and/or links in the record display.	The Links Section
ranking	Two booster fields that can be used to boost the ranking of the record.	The Ranking Section
search	Metadata and full-text data that are indexed for searching purposes.	The Search Section
sort	Sort fields used as the basis for sorting the results set.	The Sort Section

Each of the above sections contains various fields. Multiple and repeatable fields of the source record can be concatenated to one field in the PNX record (such as the Display section) or stored in separate fields within the PNX record (such as the Search and Facets sections).

In some cases, the system will take only one of the following fields:

All fields of the Control section.
All fields of the Sort section.
All fields of the Dedup and FRBR sections.
Delivery section – the Delivery category field.
All fields of the Ranking section.