Hi, all-- There are many things that I don't understand about serials in 3.16--maybe one of the developers could help explain? E.g. when entering or modifying a subscription, the contextual help says:
> 'Numbering pattern' will help you determine how the numbers are printed for each issue > Start with the numbering on the issue you have in hand, the numbering that matches the date > you entered in the 'First issue publication' field Is that what goes in "Last value?" What is the purpose of "Inner counter?" > If you have chosen any 'Numbering Format' other than 'Number' in the 'Rollover at' field, enter > the last issue number before the volume number changes Where on the screens is the "Rollover at" field? To what is this referring? > If you chose the 'Number' Numbering Format you will see 'issues expected' in which you will > enter the total number of issues you expect to receive. Where on the screens is "Issues expected?" In the manual itself says at: http://manual.koha-community.org/3.16/en/newsubscription.html "The 'Inner counter' is usually only needed in the first field (the 'Volume' in the image above) to help with the rollover of the number. The 'Inner counter' is 1 less than the last field. If the 'Number' is 4 the 'Inner counter' under 'Volume' should be 3" I don't understand what "The 'Inner counter' is 1 less than the last field," means--which "last field?" "Last field" where? What is this "last field" called on the screen? I also don't understand what "If the 'Number' is 4 the 'Inner counter' under 'Volume' should be 3" is supposed to mean. Maybe a developer could help explain? Maybe a developer is working on updating the contextual help to match the screens, so that the manual could then be updated? I'm no serials newbie--I've worked extensively on ILS's going back to the old Innovacq that ran on a mainframe, but I find 3.16 serials byzantine--I can't guess what the developers are intending the values to do or how they are intended to work together. Screenshots are helpful as models from which I can hack new subs via trial and error, but I want to understand what the values are supposed to be doing & how they're supposed to work together, and the contextual help isn't matching the screen options...>_< So I'd really appreciate any clarification--maybe developer(s) could help? Thanks so much, everyone! Cheerio! heather ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Heather Hernandez Technical Services Librarian San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park Research Center heather_hernan...@nps.gov 415-561-7032 (voice) 415-556-3540 (fax) http://www.nps.gov/safr/historyculture/museum-collections.htm "The sailor does not pray for wind, he learns to sail."--Gustaf Lindborg _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha