[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] search for something other than barcode in checkout screen

[Steve Wills]

This thread raises an interesting dev situation/question. If one is trying to help a library pull Evergreen together and they are in a remote situation, what is the best practice for testing desk functions? I don't happen to have a stack and patrons handy most days. What are the best practices for testing remotely? Do folks have dummy items in their catalog? Is there an extra dummy volume that is barcoded and stored in the shelving location "test stack"? How do you do it?

for my part, for better or worse, I use live items that i know are currently not checked out. In my rural library setting this tends to be safe since I choose titles that have low circ stats. I do, however run the risk that a parton will try and check out my copy of "Zen and The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" while I'm using it for testing. While I use this technique for my poor library consortium, I am aware it is not a "Best Practice" in IT development. What does your development environment look like? 

Stev3

-----Original Message-----
From: Lori Bowen Ayre [mailto:lori.ayre at galecia.com]
Sent: Monday, February 20, 2012 10:06 AM
To: 'Evergreen Discussion Group'
Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] search for something other than barcode in checkout screen

It seems this is a feature that is only important when you are playing with a demo server sitting at home without library material! Thanks, Thomas.

Lori



On Sun, Feb 19, 2012 at 1:54 PM, Thomas Berezansky <tsbere at mvlc.org> wrote:
No, there is no way to do that from the checkout screen. Barcodes only.

I am not sure why you would want to, either. If you don't have the item in front of you, why are you checking it out?

Thomas Berezansky
Merrimack Valley Library Consortium


Quoting Lori Bowen Ayre <lori.ayre at galecia.com>: