[OPEN-ILS-DEV] Circ and Hold Matrix entry deletion

[Thomas Berezansky]

In general you should have no problem deleting circ or hold matrix  
rules. Any retained data (for circs in particular) is stored on the  
circulation, outside of logs there is no link back to the matchpoint  
(or matchpoints, see below) involved in the circulation.

Your problem with fines (recurring/max) compared to durations and  
such, for circ matrix rules at least, may be able to resolved fairly  
easily with fallthrough. It allows you to not set all the rules at  
once and instead have the system collect the final answer from  
multiple places.

For example, you could set durations at the most generic parts of the  
org tree and fines at the most specific and the system can assemble a  
complete rule with the full set.

Circ matrix fallthrough is a new feature in 2.1. If you want help  
figuring it out I may be able to be of assistance.

Thomas Berezansky
Merrimack Valley Library Consortium


Quoting Elizabeth Longwell <blongwel at eou.edu>:

> Evergreen gurus,
>
> After recent migration to 2.1 on our production system, I find myself
> wanting/needing to do some significant cleanup in the circulation and hold
> matrices. I figured that deleting entries from the hold matrix would be ok
> (correct me if I'm wrong), but I wasn't sure whether a connection to the
> circ matchpoint id remains with the open circulation transaction. Can anyone
> let me know if it is safe to delete circulation matrix entries?
>
> Also, for future development - I would love it if fines, max fines and max
> holds were in a separate table apart from the circ and hold policies. With
> our consortium of 76 multi-type libraries (academic, public, school, and
> special), a common fine structure isn't possible and the circ matrix entries
> multiply quickly to cover such individualities.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Beth Longwell
> System Manager
> Sage Library System
>