[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Status change issue: Anyone else experiencing this?

[Christine Campbell]

Hi Kathy,

We are. I will check up on how receiving might affect the status on
already-processed items. Thanks, I hope this will shed some light.
Christine

On Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 11:19 AM, Kathy Lussier <klussier at masslnc.org> wrote:

> Hi Christine,
>
> Is Santa Cruz using acquisitions?
>
> We used to have a problem where staff would use a workflow where they
> would receive an item as part of the invoicing process, which often happens
> after the item had already been put on the shelf or even checked out to a
> patron. The receive action would then automatically change the status of
> the copy back to "in process," which makes sense when the copy was
> previously in an "on order" status, but doesn't make sense when the item
> has already been processed.
>
> A fix has been applied, but it looks like it wasn't added until 2.3.1, so
> you probably don't have the fix on your local system yet.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/**evergreen/+bug/1066629<https://bugs.launchpad.net/evergreen/+bug/1066629>
>
> I'm not sure why a status would be reverting to "on order," though.
>
> Kathy Lussier
> Project Coordinator
> Massachusetts Library Network Cooperative
> (508) 343-0128
> klussier at masslnc.org
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>
> On 3/1/2013 2:07 PM, Christine Campbell wrote:
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> Santa Cruz Public Library is operating on version 2.3.0 of the EG ils. We
>> have a recurring problem that seems to have come to everyone's attention in
>> the last month or so; items that have statuses such as "checked out" or
>> available have seemingly had these item statuses spontaneously changed to
>> "in process" or "on order". In some cases, they have remained checked out
>> to patrons while the status shows as one of these.
>>
>> Obviously we are pursuing this internally and through posting for
>> Equinox, but we'd like to know; is anyone else on the same version having a
>> similar experience?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Christine Campbell
>> (LA II in copy cataloging)
>>
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>>
>
>


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