[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Primary Barcode in Reports

[Mike Rylander]

Rogan,

Actually, Evergreen does track a single, "current" barcode from the
patron record perspective.  There's a field on the actor.usr table
called card which points to the current user barcode.  That's what's
labeled "Current Card" in the User reporting source.

When scanning a card we have to look at the actor.card table (where
all user barcodes live), so we are looking at things from another
direction -- one that doesn't readily tell us which the user record
considers "primary".

I hope that helps clarify the ... duality ... of cards in Evergreen. :)


On Fri, Mar 7, 2014 at 2:13 PM, Rogan Hamby <rogan.hamby at yclibrary.net> wrote:
> Just a warning, Evergreen doesn't actually have a concept of current or
> not-current though it has active and inactive.  I'm not familiar with what
> the reporter is drawing on there but I'm assuming it's looking for active
> cards and it is possible for a patron to have multiple active cards.
>
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> On Fri, Mar 7, 2014 at 1:56 PM, Jessica Venturo - Bibliomation
> <jventuro at biblio.org> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Rose,
>>
>> There are two barcode sources under the ILS User source - one called "All
>> Barcodes" and one called "Current Barcode."  Use the Current Barcode source
>> instead of the All Barcode source and you should be all set.
>>
>> Hope that helps!
>> Jessica
>>
>> Jessica Venturo
>> Applications Support Specialist
>> Bibliomation, Inc.
>> 24 Wooster Ave.
>> Waterbury, CT 06708
>> 203-577-4070 ext. 105
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Rose Schooff (LVA)" <Rose.Schooff at lva.virginia.gov>
>> To: open-ils-general at list.georgialibraries.org
>> Sent: Friday, March 7, 2014 1:40:38 PM
>> Subject: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Primary Barcode in Reports
>>
>> I'm running an overdue report (from reports menu) and its giving me all of
>> the barcodes that a patron may have.  I only want their primary barcode.  I
>> thought I had it when I said active = true, but I still get duplicates -
>> maybe because the system seems they all as active but one is marked as
>> primary.  Help.  I've looked for primary = true - haven't found it yet.
>>
>> Rose M. Schooff
>> Evergreen Virginia Project Manager
>> Technology Consultant
>> The Library of Virginia
>> 800 E. Broad Street
>> Richmond, VA  23219
>> (804) 692-3772
>> Cell (804) 310-7901
>> Skype: rose.whitman57
>>
>
>
>
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>
> Rogan Hamby, MLS, CCNP, MIA
> Managers Headquarters Library and Reference Services,
> York County Library System
>
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