[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] KPAC filtering

[Kate Butler]

We're doing the same thing, though I was using location_groups(#) which syntax I got from here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/evergreen/+bug/939570

Is one specification better/more supported than the other?    Neither seemed was on the wiki page.

Kate Butler
Technology Librarian
Rodgers Memorial Library (Hudson, NH)
http://www.rodgerslibrary.org/

> -----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 9:33 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
> 
> 
> 
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> Benjamin Shum
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