Onix Pre-Flight Report

You can check your entire database of tiles for the quality of each products data, via the pre-flight tool. This accessed from the ONIX/Dest. Menu item.

The ONIX Pre-flight tool is designed to review the quality of the data in your title records. You can view this information in two ways:

1. All Titles on your system
2. Include in onix only - titles that have specifically been marked for onix.

Whichever item is blue will dictate the report that is generated, as shown below:

The ONIX Pre-flight report is separated into three lists, partially based on Nielsen Book Data’s requirements. The headings for the three lists are:

• Mandatory - this rounds up all of the data that Nielsen requires for a complete title record.
• Non-mandatory - this rounds up items that indicate best practice in the industry; these are highly recommended in order to best present your titles to your markets. Please note that any issues here will not hinder a file being processed by Nielsen.
• Integrity Checks - this rounds up information on the system that isn't matching up according to expectations. If you have listed a title as Children's book, the system will automatically look to see if you've also added a CBMC category. This is just one example.

You can see more in the sample image below:

Beside each item listed is a number within brackets. If the number is 0, then there is no problem. If the number is greater than 0, then you have titles that are missing information. The number equates to how many titles have issues.

Click on the blue View and a list of the titles missing the information will be displayed, as shown below:

By clicking on an individual item, you will then be taken directly to the relevant area within the title's record. You can amend the data, click on Update and the item will be cleared from the Preflight report.

You may have titles that will permanently fail aspects of the Pre-flight report; they can be marked as excluded. You can find the ONIX traffic light in your main Book List. Access this article and scroll down to item 4: Adjusting the Status of a Title.

It is good practice to check this part of the system every month or indeed immediately after you add a new title to the system to make sure all is correct. It's much easier to correct mistakes as you go along rather than going back at the end of several months and having to update information for many titles at one time.