[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Item receiving in serial control view 2.0beta 5

[Dan Wells]

Hello Kathy,

Before answering the question, let me qualify it by saying that this call number link requirement is being shelved for now (possibly coming back in 2.1).  It will be replaced very soon by something more direct for creating call numbers in the 'Serial Control' view.

That said, the current interface populates the dropdown with any call numbers within the distribution's 'Holding Lib'.  So, if your distribution has 'BR1' for the holding lib, you should see in the dropdown any call numbers available within BR1 (will need to 'Refresh' if you add one without closing the tab).  With that set, new units should attach to this call number as they are created.

The idea here was that the OPAC holdings would display both the call number (e.g. PN1997.G53) and an additional unit label (e.g. V.1) rather than rely on the call number to hold both.  However, as I stated above, this idea has been postponed, and the interface will instead soon put both pieces of information in the call number (as is typical of current Evergreen use), so please keep that in mind as you continue your evaluation.

Thanks,
Dan

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>>> On 1/13/2011 at 2:51 PM, "Kathy Lussier" <klussier at masslnc.org> wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I just tried creating a serial subscription in the serial control view and
> came across a situation similar to the one Marjolein identified.
> 
> In his response, Lebbeous said:
> 
> In the Serial 
>> Control View's model of things, a call number has to be 
>> applied to the distribution, and items of all issuances that 
>> are predicted or created within that distribution will share 
>> the same call number.
> 
> However, when I am setting up a distribution in the Serial Control View, I
> am unable to enter a call number. It appears as if there is an empty
> dropdown menu where I would select a call number, but I'm not sure where it
> is pulling the data from. How do I add a call number to the distribution?
> 
> BTW - I'm having much more success with this view now than I did the first
> time I tested it a couple of months ago. The call number appears to be my
> only stumbling block at the moment. Thanks to Dan and Lebbeous for all of
> your work on serials.
> 
> Kathy
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org 
>> [mailto:open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org] 
>> On Behalf Of Lebbeous Fogle-Weekley
>> Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2011 9:23 AM
>> To: Evergreen Discussion Group
>> Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Item receiving in serial 
>> control view 2.0beta 5
>> 
>> 
>> On Tue, 11 Jan 2011 15:04:12 +0100, Marjolein Kremer 
>> <mkr at iisg.nl> wrote:
>> > Hi,
>> > 
>> > We created a serial subscription in the Alternate Serial Control
>> interface.
>> > It all went well until we tried to receive items using 
>> Serial control
>> view.
>> > The following error message appears:
>> > 
>> > FIXME: if you encounter this alert, please inform your 
>> IT/ILS helpdesk 
>> > staff or your friendly Evergreen developers. Tue Jan 04 
>> 2011 15:01:54 
>> > GMT
>> > +0.100 cmd_receive_items failed! 
>> > +SERIAL_DISTRIBUTION_HAS_NO_CALL_NUMBER
>> > Units cannot be created for the given item because its associated 
>> > distribution does not have a call number.
>> > How can we solve this problem?
>> 
>> Hello Marjolein,
>> 
>> The Alternate Serial Control interface is conceptually tied 
>> to the Batch Receive interface by certain assumptions shared 
>> by each.  The Batch Receive interface may fare better in 
>> receiving items set up in the Alternate Serial Control than 
>> the the regular Serial Control view's receiving tab.
>> 
>> Right now, the main disparity in the assumptions of each set 
>> of interfaces is that in Alternate Serial Control and Batch 
>> Receive, call numbers aren't applied until receive time, and 
>> then only if copy-equivalent (read
>> "barcoded") units are created by user choice.  In the Serial 
>> Control View's model of things, a call number has to be 
>> applied to the distribution, and items of all issuances that 
>> are predicted or created within that distribution will share 
>> the same call number.
>> 
>> I hope that helps. Indeed, this is one of those areas where 
>> future work in serials will hopefully give us a chance to 
>> reconcile differing serials models so things can work more smoothly.
>> 
>> --
>> Lebbeous
>>