[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] How to make the EG client default basic search instead of advanced catalog search?

[Ben Shum]

Hi Yamil,

I'm curious to understand what the reasoning is behind using basic 
search instead of the advanced search by default when in the staff 
client.  This question came up recently from one of our librarians and 
I'm still waiting to hear back from them as to their reasons, but 
wondering if there's similarity.

Is there a functional difference between basic/advanced that fuels this 
preference?  To me, I could not think of anything specific in our system 
since both default to keyword search, so they seem to have similar 
enough functional aspects to them.  Or is it merely an aesthetic choice 
to match the staff client to how the system would behave in an OPAC 
situation for consistency's sake?

-- Ben


On 11/28/2012 03:25 PM, Yamil Suarez wrote:
> Hello,
>
> We are running EG 2.2 with TPAC, and my staff would prefer that when 
> using the client that the "search catalog" (F3) button takes them to 
> the basic search instead of the advanced search. BTW, we are a small 
> single system, so it wold be fine to make this change globally. Any 
> suggestions of what I need to edit to make this change?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Yamil
>

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Benjamin Shum
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