[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Purchase Alert Report

[Jessica Venturo]

Hi Josh,

If you're interested in getting this set up in the reporter, there are two
sources that will do what you're looking for with minimal manipulation:
"Hold/copy ratio per Bib" and "Hold/copy ratio per Bib and Pickup Library"
(we use the latter).

Here is a screenshot of the display fields that we use:

[image: Inline image 1]

The only filter we use is Pickup Library, but it looks like you could also
filter by Hold/Copy Ratio.

Note that it's possible to get copy data from the hold source by going
under Bib > Call Numbers/Volumes > Copies. If you're in a consortium, you
may have to filter by Owning Library (which you can also find under Call
Number) so that you only get the copy count for your library. Personally, I
prefer this source because it is simpler and because you can compare your
library to the hold consortium if you like.

I hope that helps!

Jessica

On Sun, Sep 28, 2014 at 10:25 PM, Rogan Hamby <rogan.hamby at yclibrary.net>
wrote:

>
> If you're interested here is the purchase alert report I use:
>
> http://pastebin.com/F21LDFH9
>
> There are two versions there, one that reports based on system for
> purchasing and one that reports on branches for assigning copies.  There
> are some assumptions made since it's for our org unit structure.  It's not
> perfect and there are  few places I jury rigged things and could make it
> more elegant but it works.
>
>
>
>
> On Sun, Sep 28, 2014 at 9:38 PM, Josh Stompro <stomproj at exchange.larl.org>
> wrote:
>
>>  Hello, is it possible to use the reporter to produce a report that
>> shows a hold to copy ratio to look for titles that might need more copies
>> purchased?
>>
>>
>>
>> From the holds data source, I can get the bib data, but I cannot see how
>> to get the number of copies data.
>>
>>
>>
>> I want to be able to see which bibs have more than a 3 to 1 ration of
>> holds to copies.
>>
>>
>>
>> I can find a couple examples in the wiki for showing bibs with x number
>> of holds or more, but not also with the copy info.
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Josh
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>
> --
>
> Rogan Hamby, MLS, CCNP, MIA
> Managers Headquarters Library and Reference Services,
> York County Library System
>
> “You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit
> me.”
> ― C.S. Lewis <http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1069006.C_S_Lewis>
>



-- 
Jessica Venturo
Applications Support Specialist
Bibliomation, Inc.
24 Wooster Ave.
Waterbury, CT 06708
203-577-4070 x105
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