[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Question about rule precedence

[Mike Rylander]

On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 1:38 PM, William Rockwood <wrockwood at tadl.org> wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> I was wondering if anyone knew where I might find some very detailed
> information about what my uninformed brain can only term "rule
> precedence" relating to items being holdable, circulatable, opac
> visible, etc...
>
> Specifically, I'm looking to find out what takes priority between
> "Shelving Location" "Circulation Modifier" and Copy attributes. If a
> shelving location is defined as being "Circulate: no, Holdable: no" can
> a circulation modifier override that? Can copy attributes? Can a
> circulation modifier "non-circulating" override copy attributes? Or vice
> versa? Basically, there are so many moving parts here, I'm having a hard
> time wrapping my head around it and would greatly appreciate any insight
> anyone can provide. Links to documentation that describes the
> interaction between these three things would also be appreciated!

For basic checks of visibility or holdability, if any one setting says
"no" then the answer is "no".  However, for circulations, staff can
override denials if they have the correct permissions.

Does that help?

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