[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Prediction pattern for annual serial

[David Fiander]

It's probably an odd boundary condition. Because every issue arrives
in January, the month never actually "changes".

- David

On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 9:15 AM, Kathy Lussier <klussier at masslnc.org> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I have a question about a serials prediction pattern that seems like it
> should have been fairly straightforward, but took some time to get the
> volumes to increment correctly.
>
> The prediction pattern is for an annual serial where the volume should be
> incrementing every year. The example I was using was for the Journal of
> Hellenic Studies. When I was first setting up the prediction pattern through
> the alternate serial control view, I did the following:
>
> *I added a first level enumeration for v.
> *I selected the option to use calendar changes and identified the start of
> January as the time when the first-level enumeration should change.
> * I selected year for the caption
> * I selected annual as the frequency
>
> The resulting prediction pattern was:
> ["2","0","8","1","a","v.","i","(year)","w","a","x","01"]
>
> I then set up my first issuance with a volume number of 10, but when I
> generated the predictions, the volumes didn't increment.
>
> We ultimately were able to get the volumes to increment correctly by
> de-selecting the option to use calendar changes, which resulted in the
> following prediction pattern:
>
> ["2","0","8","1","a","v.","i","(year)","w","a"]
>
> I'm happy we got this pattern working correctly, but I'm still curious as to
> why the calendar change option does not work in this situation.
>
> Thanks for any insight you can provide!
>
> Kathy
>
>
>
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