[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Holds pull lists

[Kathy Lussier]

Thank you Jason!

Kathy
 
 
 

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> On Behalf Of Jason Etheridge
> Sent: Monday, May 02, 2011 9:50 AM
> To: Evergreen Discussion Group
> Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Holds pull lists
> 
> > Can anyone tell me what the difference is between the print 
> full pull 
> > list and print full pull list (alternate strategy) options 
> in the Pull 
> > List for Hold Requests? I'm looking at a 2.0.3 system.
> 
> Both of these are attempts at handling very large pull lists 
> that can perform poorly in the native XUL interface.
> 
> Print Full Pull List makes use of an A/T template (Holds Pull 
> List, with hook ahr.format.pull_list).
> 
> The Alt option is powered by /opac/extras/circ/alt_holds_print.html
> and a streaming network call.
> 
> > Also, is there a way to control sorting for a printed pull 
> list sorts? 
> > It looks like the pull list is sorting by call number, but I was 
> > wondering if there is a way to sort by shelving location 
> then call number.
> 
> For the Alt strategy, change the sort_order variable in 
> alt_holds_print.html.  Looks like it's already trying to sort 
> first on shelving location (which can be explicitly ordered 
> under Admin->Local
> Administration->Copy Location Order)
> 
> I'm not sure how to pull in the copy location order 
> information with the A/T template.
> 
> It would take development to have the column sort for 
> Location in the XUL interface understand such order information.
> 
> --
> Jason Etheridge
>  | VP, Tactical Development
>  | Equinox Software, Inc. / Your Library's Guide to Open Source
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