[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Error receiving serial issuances

[Beth Willis]

Hi Dan,

Thank you for your reply.  It hadn't occurred to me that the "calendar 
change" was the problem.  I am so used to selecting that option, that I 
didn't think twice about it.  Your explanation makes perfect sense and, 
in this case, I suppose the title really increments continuously anyway.

Since I was using the Alternate Serial Control view, I had to create a 
new caption and pattern and then create new expected issuances.  I was 
able to receive the issuances.

I realize now, though, the Serial Control View does allow for editing.

So, I've learned a lot from this example.

I am happy to submit a bug report, but will check to see if there is a 
related bug already on Launchpad.

Thanks again.
beth

Beth Willis
Digital & Catalog Librarian
NOBLE, Inc.
26 Cherry Hill Drive
Danvers, MA 01923

On 6/17/2013 10:10 AM, Dan Wells wrote:
> Hello Beth,
>
> In this case, your problem is being caused by the '"x", "01"' in your pattern.  This subfield is for a "calendar change" meaning the volume should increment at a certain month (or day, or season), but your serial is not a monthly, and has no month in the caption.  If you remove the '"x", "01"', you should be able to receive as expected (with (I think) no need to delete and recreate any of the issuances).
>
> So, the caption/pattern has a minor problem, but this is one (of many) cases where the code should be more forgiving, especially since I only see one sensible way to interpret the caption/pattern in this case.  Please do file a bug for this case (or add a 'me too' if a bug exists for this already).  Also, if you used the caption/pattern wizard to create this caption, mention that in the bug report, since we need to be especially careful to avoid generating bad caption/patterns whenever we can.
>
> Thanks,
> Dan
>