[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] KPAC filtering

[Elisabeth Keppler]

We're not using KPAC at this point but I'd like to add my vote for being
able to filter on shelving location and circ modifier, regardless of
platform.  I'd have to talk to our consortium administrators about this, of
course, but is there a global filter tag in the TPAC as well?  Holly's
absolutely right about the problem of incomplete MARC records.  We're
finding an alarming percentage have almost no fixed field data which makes
filtering virtually useless.

Thanks,
Lise


On Mon, Apr 7, 2014 at 9:45 PM, Holly Brennan <haderhold at ci.homer.ak.us>wrote:

> GREAT idea, Ben. (I was waiting for you to chime in.) And I already have a
> group made that includes all the Children's locations!
>
> I'm sure I'll have more questions when I actually dive into this project,
> but this is great help already. Thanks!
>
> - Holly
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org [mailto:
> open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of Ben Shum
> Sent: Monday, April 07, 2014 5:33 PM
> To: Evergreen Discussion Group
> Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] KPAC filtering
>
> For whatever it's worth, we make use of the custom filter groups and just
> specify a filter group like:
> <global_filter>filter_group_entry(4)</global_filter>
>
> Where 4 is the filter group that we set aside for KPAC entries.  Then we
> update the locations(x, y, z) in that filter group using the filter editor
> in the staff client.  This way, whenever we add or remove different copy
> locations, it doesn't require updating the XML file.
>
> -- Ben
>
> On Mon, Apr 7, 2014 at 9:27 PM, McCanna, Terran <
> tmccanna at georgialibraries.org> wrote:
> > Holly,
> >
> > I think it's a great question, and I'd love to know if that works when
> you try it out!
> >
> > Another thing I was mulling over was that it would be fun to make
> > another version of the KPAC just for teens with its own graphics and
> > just including audience type c&d materials. (In my copious spare
> > time... )
> >
> >
> > Terran McCanna
> > PINES Program Manager
> > Georgia Public Library Service
> > 1800 Century Place, Suite 150
> > Atlanta, GA 30345
> > 404-235-7138
> > tmccanna at georgialibraries.org
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Holly Brennan" <haderhold at ci.homer.ak.us>
> > To: "Evergreen Discussion Group"
> > <open-ils-general at list.georgialibraries.org>
> > Sent: Monday, April 7, 2014 9:03:54 PM
> > Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] KPAC filtering
> >
> > Ah, look at the file! Why didn't I think of that? (Tired, reaching end
> > of day.)
> >
> > Thanks, Terran! Good clues on where to start looking and experimenting.
> >
> > -Holly
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org
> > [mailto:open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf
> > Of McCanna, Terran
> > Sent: Monday, April 07, 2014 4:57 PM
> > To: Evergreen Discussion Group
> > Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] KPAC filtering
> >
> > Hmm... I could be wrong (and I'm very tired), but I would guess that
> with the way the global filter tag is set up in the kpac.xml file, that you
> could put any sort of defined filter in there. It is configured for
> "audience(a,b,c,d,j)" and that is easy to modify, but my guess is you could
> replace that bit in the global filter tag with "locations(x,y,z)" where
> x,y,z were the IDs (not the names) of the shelving locations you wish to
> display.
> >
> > This page lists the filters that the query parser understands and it
> says "locations" refers to shelving location IDs:
> > http://evergreen-ils.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=documentation:technical:
> > search_grammar
> >
> > I'm not sure if there is a way to determine the IDs of your shelving
> locations without looking at the database table that holds them.
> >
> > We couldn't do this in PINES because our consortium allows different
> libraries to have different shelving locations and it would be too
> difficult to track, but I don't see why it couldn't work for a smaller or
> more standardized system.
> >
> >
> > Terran McCanna
> > PINES Program Manager
> > Georgia Public Library Service
> > 1800 Century Place, Suite 150
> > Atlanta, GA 30345
> > 404-235-7138
> > tmccanna at georgialibraries.org
>
>
>
> --
> Benjamin Shum
> Evergreen Systems Manager
> Bibliomation, Inc.
> 24 Wooster Ave.
> Waterbury, CT 06708
> 203-577-4070, ext. 113
>



-- 
Lise Keppler
Forsyth County Public Library
660 W 5th St
Winston Salem NC 27101
336-703-3070
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