Leap: Importing Bibliographic Records With an Import Profile

updated: 07/09/2025

To use import profiles in Leap, click the Utilities menu and select MARC Import.

Image showing the Utilites menu with MARC import selected

On the MARC Import Setup screen, under the Profile Setup tab, there is a list of import profiles. To help you find the import profile you want, there is a filter search box.

Image of the MARC Import screen with the filter box highlighted

Select the import profile you want to use by clicking it. After the import profile is selected, you can click the other tabs to view the settings under each one.

Next, under the Profile setup tab, click the Select File button.

Image of the MARC Import page with Select File button highlighted

Click on Browse to select your files for importing. You can select multiple files to import at a time. Click Continue.

The MARC files will be listed on the screen. Files can be removed from the list by clicking the trash can icon.

Image of the MARC import screen showing the uploaded files ready for import

Press the Import button to begin importing the files.

Image of the MARC Import page with the Import button highlighted

To find the import report, click the Utilities menu and select Background Processing.

Image of the Utilities Menu with the Background Processing option highlighted

Click the tab called MARC Import. The reports for the most recent MARC imports appear at the top of the list. If the import job hasn't completed, you can click the Refresh button to refresh the screen. When the job has completed, click on the name of the file to open the import report.

Image of the background processing page on the MARC import tab.

The import report includes:

The name of the imported file
The settings of the import profile
The records that were imported and any errors that were encountered during the import
The record sets created
Import statistics with counts of imported records- this is the last page of the report