[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Library setting: GUI: Hide these fields within the Item Attribute Editor.

[Morgan, Michele]

Hi Mary,

We use these library settings to hide fields that we don't use. It can be
done consortium wide. Here's an example of a value from
actor.org_unit_setting that hides the specified fields:

["Circulate as Type","Deposit Amount","Deposit?","Floating?","Quality"]

This setting can be configured in the client in the Holdings Editor on the
Defaults tab.

Hope this helps!

Michele
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Michele M. Morgan, Technical Support Analyst
North of Boston Library Exchange, Danvers Massachusetts
mmorgan at noblenet.org



On Wed, Aug 19, 2020 at 8:30 PM Mary Llewellyn <mllewell at biblio.org> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'm intrigued by this library setting. It would be useful to set this up
> for our libraries to hide fields we don't use instead of counting on
> library staff to remember to uncheck the fields in the Volume Copy Editor
> on the Defaults tab, workstation by workstation.
>
> We had an incident where a staff member didn't hide/disable the Deposit
> Amount field and accidentally put the price of the item in that field
> instead of in the price field, then was weirded out by an error message
> that popped up when trying to circulate the item. If I could get the
> library setting to work, we'd avoid situations like this.
>
> The instructions for this setting say " This setting may be best
> maintained with the dedicated configuration interface within the Item
> Attribute Editor. However, here it shows up as comma separated list of
> field identifiers to hide. "
>
> The documentation Chapter 14 Settings Overview says, " Sets which fields
> in the Item Attribute Editor to hide in the staff client." and adds " This
> is useful to hide attributes that are not used.
> http://docs.evergreen-ils.org/reorg/3.1/staff_client_admin/_settings_overview.html
>
> Where I'm lost is the text of the field identifiers to enter. I've tried
> column names from asset.copy, but have had no luck.
>
> Also, can I set this consortium wide, or do I need to set it library by
> library?
>
> I appreciate any guidance.
>
> Mary
>
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> Mary Llewellyn
> Database Manager
> Bibliomation, Inc.
> 24 Wooster Ave.
> Waterbury, CT 06708
> mllewell at biblio.org
>
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