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

[Morgan, Michele]

Thanks for clarifying that Lynn!

So where are those settings stored now? I don't see any workstation
settings jump out at me.
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Michele M. Morgan, Technical Support Analyst
North of Boston Library Exchange, Danvers Massachusetts
mmorgan at noblenet.org



On Thu, Aug 20, 2020 at 9:49 AM Floyd, Angelia Lynn <LFloyd1 at library.in.gov>
wrote:

> The setting in the Library Setting are from the XUL client and do not
> transfer to the Web Client.  In the Web Client you can set those up using
> the Holdings Template Editor.
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> Indiana State Library
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> Llewellyn
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> Hi,
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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. "
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> 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
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> 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.
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> Also, can I set this consortium wide, or do I need to set it library by
> library?
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> I appreciate any guidance.
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> Mary
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> Mary Llewellyn
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