[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Need community suggestions for back-filling EG documentation

[Ruth Frasur]

I would echo John's words.  I know most people cringe when it comes to
reports and having better/more documentation might alleviate some of that.


On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 11:11 AM, John Mundy <jmundy at tcpclibrary.org> wrote:

>  Broadly, the reports module needs better documentation. Specifically,
> what the fields are, what they do, and how they relate.
>
>  When I used to work with Millennium you had Item records, Bib records,
> Patron Records, and Order records (and that was it).
>
>  You could use Bib records connected to item and order records, Patron
> records connected to item records, I don't recall what order records
> connected to, Item records connected to Bib records and Patron records.
>
>  I still am pretty new to Evergreen and as I create or modify reports I
> find myself often puzzled about how the different fields fit together.
> Maybe even a comprehensive list of which fields are where with definitions.
>
>  Thanks,
>  John
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>  -----Original Message-----
> From: Yamil Suarez <ysuarez at berklee.edu>
> To: General Evergreen List <open-ils-general at list.georgialibraries.org>
> Cc: Documentation discussion for Evergreen software <
> open-ils-documentation at list.georgialibraries.org>
> Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2013 10:51:28 -0400
> Subject: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Need community suggestions for back-filling EG
> documentation
>
>  Hola,
>
> I am part of the Evergreen Oversight Board (EOB) and the Documentation
> Interest Group (DIG), and would like to get some suggestions from the EG
> community relating to documentation. The EOB would like to fund the
> creation of non-existing EG documentation. The EOB would like to get
> suggestions from the EG community of what area, workflow, or feature that
> currently completely lacks documentation the EOB should target in this
> project.
>
> With your suggestions the EOB will be able to finish formalizing a
> proposal based on the size and complexity of the documentation area
> selected for this proposal. My expectation is that for this project only
> one specific documentation target will be addressed, but depending on the
> success of this approach, we may try again in the future.
>
> Please let me know what areas that have never been documented you would
> like addressed.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Yamil
>
>
>
>
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> Yamil Suarez, MCS
> Library System Administrator
>
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> Berklee College of Music
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>
>
>
>



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