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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+import argparse
+import jaydebeapi
+import os
+import pandas as pd
+import datetime
+
+pd.set_option('display.max_rows', None)
+pd.set_option('display.max_columns', None)
+pd.set_option('display.width', None)
+pd.set_option('display.max_colwidth', None)
+
+def get_args():
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Fetch Migration Status Issues from AMIDB')
+    parser.add_argument('-e', '--engineer', nargs='+', help='Filter output by specific engineers (last names).')
+    return parser.parse_args()
+
+def fetch_data_from_jdbc():
+    server_ip = os.getenv('FM_SERVER')
+    database_name = os.getenv('AMI_DATABASE')
+    username = os.getenv('AMI_DATABASE_USERNAME')
+    password = os.getenv('AMI_DATABASE_PASSWORD')
+    jdbc_path = os.path.expanduser('~/Desktop/ami-preservation/ami_scripts/jdbc/fmjdbc.jar')
+    
+    conn = None
+    df = pd.DataFrame()
+
+    try:
+        conn = jaydebeapi.connect(
+            'com.filemaker.jdbc.Driver',
+            f'jdbc:filemaker://{server_ip}/{database_name}',
+            [username, password],
+            jdbc_path
+        )
+        print("Connection to AMIDB successful!")
+        print("Now Fetching Data (Expect 2-3 minutes)")
+
+        query = 'SELECT "bibliographic.primaryID", "__migrationExceptions", "__captureIssueNote", "__captureIssueCategory", "issue", "issue.Type", "digitizer.operator.lastName", "source.object.format", "source.object.type" FROM tbl_metadata'
+        curs = conn.cursor()
+        curs.execute(query)
+
+        columns = [desc[0] for desc in curs.description]
+        data = curs.fetchall()
+        
+        df = pd.DataFrame(data, columns=columns)
+        print("Data fetched successfully!")
+        print(f"Total records fetched: {len(df)}")
+        
+    except Exception as e:
+        print(f"Failed to connect or execute query: {e}")
+
+    finally:
+        if conn:
+            conn.close()
+    
+    return df
+
+def clean_text(text):
+    # Replace problematic characters and ensure consistent delimiter use for splitting later
+    if text:
+        text = text.replace('\r', '; ')  # Ensure every \r introduces a semicolon and a space
+        text = text.replace('\n', ' ')  # Replace newlines with a space
+        text = '; '.join([t.strip() for t in text.split(';') if t.strip()])  # Remove any empty resulting strings
+    return text
+
+def concatenate_issues(df):
+    # Clean and split the '__captureIssueCategory' to handle multiple categories properly
+    df['__captureIssueCategory'] = df['__captureIssueCategory'].apply(lambda x: clean_text(x) if x is not None else [])
+
+    # Explode the DataFrame on the '__captureIssueCategory' to create a row for each category
+    df = df.explode('__captureIssueCategory')
+
+    # Remove duplicates and aggregate, ensuring consistent ordering if needed
+    issues_agg = df.groupby('bibliographic.primaryID')['__captureIssueCategory'].agg(lambda x: '; '.join(sorted(set(x.dropna())))).reset_index()
+
+    # Merge this back to the original DataFrame on 'bibliographic.primaryID'
+    df = df.drop(columns=['__captureIssueCategory']).drop_duplicates('bibliographic.primaryID').merge(issues_agg, on='bibliographic.primaryID', how='left')
+    return df
+
+def main():
+    args = get_args()
+    df = fetch_data_from_jdbc()
+
+    # Clean fields which may contain special characters or formatting issues
+    df['__captureIssueCategory'] = df['__captureIssueCategory'].apply(lambda x: clean_text(x) if x is not None else x)
+    df['__captureIssueNote'] = df['__captureIssueNote'].apply(lambda x: clean_text(x) if x is not None else x)
+
+    df = concatenate_issues(df)
+
+    # Define columns to check for blankness
+    cols_to_check = ['__migrationExceptions', '__captureIssueNote', 'issue', 'issue.Type', '__captureIssueCategory']
+
+    # Convert 'None' strings to actual None (if needed)
+    df[cols_to_check] = df[cols_to_check].replace('None', pd.NA)
+
+    # Filter out records where all specified fields are effectively blank
+    df = df.dropna(subset=cols_to_check, how='all')
+
+    # Alternative approach to explicitly check for blank entries if the above doesn't work
+    df = df[~df[cols_to_check].fillna('').apply(lambda x: x.str.strip().eq('')).all(axis=1)]
+
+    # Debugging specific primaryID after processing
+    print("Processed record for primaryID 470016:")
+    print(df[df['bibliographic.primaryID'] == '470016'])
+
+    # Define the desired column order
+    column_order = [
+        'bibliographic.primaryID',
+        'source.object.type',
+        'source.object.format',
+        '__migrationExceptions',
+        'issue.Type',
+        'issue',
+        '__captureIssueCategory',
+        '__captureIssueNote',
+        'digitizer.operator.lastName'
+    ]
+
+    # Reorder the DataFrame columns
+    df = df[column_order]
+
+    # Sort the DataFrame first by '__migrationExceptions' and then by 'issue.Type'
+    df = df.sort_values(by=['__migrationExceptions', 'issue.Type'])
+
+    today_date = datetime.datetime.now().strftime("%Y-%m-%d")
+    file_path = os.path.expanduser(f'~/Desktop/migration_status_{today_date}.csv')
+    
+    df.to_csv(file_path, index=False)
+    print(f"Data exported successfully to {file_path}")
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()