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

[Kathy Lussier]

Hi Erhan,

That's interesting to hear the prediction pattern has been working 
successfully for you. We were trying it on a 2.2 beta2 system.

Kathy

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On 5/3/2012 10:05 AM, Erhan Tuskan wrote:
> Which version do you use? I tried both patterns of you in version 2_0_3 and they work without any problem, giving the same predictions.
>
> At the IISH we have the following pattern for an incrementing annual, using number instead of volume:
> ["2","0","8","1","a","no.","u","1","i","(year)","w","a","x","01"]
>
> And the calendar changes have indeed no influence.
>
> Erhan Tuskan
> IISH
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org [mailto:open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of David Fiander
> Sent: donderdag 3 mei 2012 3:29
> To: Evergreen Discussion Group
> Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Prediction pattern for annual serial
>
> 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
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Kathy Lussier
>> Project Coordinator
>> Massachusetts Library Network Cooperative
>> (508) 756-0172
>> (508) 755-3721 (fax)
>> klussier at masslnc.org
>> Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/kmlussier