[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Clear Holdshelf Report?

[Josh Stompro]

I just wanted to reply that the solution to my problem was the fact that there is a way to sort in receipt templates, I just didn't know about it.

It isn't in the official docs right now, but the details can be found on the MassLNC site at
http://masslnc.org/node/2528#Sorting_of_slips

Josh Stompro - LARL IT Director

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Subject: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Clear Holdshelf Report?

Has anyone tried replicating the clear holdshelf process with a report that gets sent out on a regular basis?  I'm running into a few annoyances/roadblocks in making this process easy, a report that gets sent out via email every morning would make it very simple.


1.       Initial setup of columns in the view holdshelf area. ( I think this can be standardized by setting a global default though).

2.       Number of steps to get the information and have it sorted in the correct order.  Having to re-sort on several columns each time the view holds interface is loaded is an extra couple steps.

3.       %patron_barcode% doesn't work in hold shelf receipt templates.  Our hold shelves are self service, we print a code that includes the last two digits of the barcode on the hold slip.  So staff need to know that code when pulling items off of the holdshelf since that code is how the items are ordered on the holdshelf.  https://bugs.launchpad.net/evergreen/+bug/1254205

A report would make it easy to automate this process, no need for staff to deal with sorting the list each time it is run, or dealing with the receipt template that won't have the full sort code.  Staff members would just print off the list and pull the items for check-in with the clear-holdshelf modifier.

Josh

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