[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Problem with Edit Items / Volumes per Bib function?

[Kathy Lussier]

Hi Jennifer,

There is an existing bug on this issue in Launchpad.

https://bugs.launchpad.net/evergreen/+bug/1040686

Kathy

On 07/23/2015 03:14 PM, Walz, Jennifer wrote:
>
> All –
>
>   We are experiencing what we think is a bug, but maybe we are just 
> mis-understanding something.
>
>   When we edit an item with the “edit items / Volumes per bib” 
> function, it ADDS a second, empty call number record.  (We can see it 
> via the Holdings Maintenance screen).      All we want to do is to 
> CHANGE a call number on a record.  We DON’T want to create a second 
> call number record with no items attached.   It would be nice to also 
> change the copy location at the same time (what is this combo function 
> for, if not that??).    But all we get is a second empty record.  Not 
> an actual update of the current items / volumes.
>
>   What is going on here?   Is this a bug or something?   Why is this 
> occurring?   Is something wrong with this combo edit function?
>
>   However, when we edit the item with the “Edit Volume” option only, 
> it does just what we expect – it changes only the call number and 
> updates it.  It does not create a second record.    Then we have to go 
> into the “Edit Item Attributes” option to fix the copy location.   Now 
> all is good.
>
>   On top of that, since we have discovered this problem, we have been 
> DELETING volumes and REPLACING them with the same barcode from the 
> original, in “holdings maintenance.”    So, now the system thinks we 
> have deleted that volume / copy.   When I run a report, it has marked 
> those as “deleted” with the indicator, but they are ACUTALLY STILL 
> THERE!   Oh now what?  How do I remove the deleted indicator from 
> those records?    They are not actually deleted!!
>
> Please tell me how to fix all of this!   It is a nightmare.   All we 
> are trying to do is to move our Juvenile items from one copy location 
> to another and change all the call numbers.  What gives!?
>
>   Thanks!
>
> Jennifer
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> Jennifer Walz, MLS - Head of ILS Crazy
> Kinlaw Library - *Asbury University*
> One Macklem Drive, Wilmore, KY 40390
> 859-858-3511 ext. 2269
> jlwalz at asbury.edu
>

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Kathy Lussier
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