Indicators

Warning

Analysis is based on a copy of BLL60 dating to March 2023, so may be out of date

The table below lists the possible values for valid indicators for fields expected to be found in BLL60.

Table of field indicators (click to expand)

Blank indicators are denoted #.

Field	Indicator 1	Indicator 2	Notes
561	#01	#
562	#	#
563	#	#
583	#01	#
589	#	#
590	#	#
843	#	#
845	#	#
852	#147	#1	1st indicator 4 is most common; 2nd indicator should normally be 1
853	#0123X	#0123	1st indicator X denotes an Aleph field used for configuration of the acquistions claim cycle; when used, the 2nd indicator should be blank (#)
854	0123	0123
855	#	#
856	#012347	#012348	2nd indicator values 1, 2, 3, 4 may indicate that the field should not be present
863	#345	#01234
865	#45	#13
866	#345	#0127
867	#345	#0127
868	#345	#0127
876	#	#
903	#	#
957	#	#
958	#	#
972	#	#
980	#	#
985	#	#
AQN	#	#
CAT	#	#
CCS	#	#
CNC	#	#
CTR	#	#
DAT	#	#
LKR	#	#
SMK	4	1
STA	#	#

There are 2,521 fields across 2,508 records in BLL60 where the indicators differ from those listed above. Data can be downloaded from Reports/Records with illegal indicators

Invalid indicators may suggest that an incorrect field tag has been used.

Field	Number of instances with invalid indicators	Notes
562	7	1st indicator 1 should be replaced by #
852	1,258
854	26	❗ 13 instances of 854 with 1st indicator X being used in a way analogous to 853 X. This does not seem to be defined or documented. With the exception of 007122420, 009461728, 015600596, 015606468, 016106344 data should probably be moved to 853.
855	5	❗ 5 instances of 855 with 1st indicator X being used in a way analogous to 853 X. This does not seem to be defined or documented. Data should probably be moved to 853.
865	1	Field tag should be 866
957	2
980	2
985	2	015445751 - Field tag should be 958; 016746796 - Field tag should be 562.
AQN	1,210	2nd indicator 0 should be replaced by #
SMK	8