What about creating a custom frequency, is there any way to do it in there without having to make edits to the predicted dates?
Nicole On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 10:25 AM, Gaetan Boisson < gaetan.bois...@biblibre.com> wrote: > Hi Nicole, > > the pattern you describe is between two times a month and once every two > weeks actually. It's not the same thing since we don't have exactly four > weeks per month. > > Looking at the link you gave and a calendar (for 2015), it seems this > publication is issued once every other tuesday. (It looks like it is "first > and third tuesdays of every month" like Julian said.) > But then, you can have 3 tuesdays in one month, which is what's happening > for march 2015. Issue 7 should be on the 31st of March if we were truly > publishing one issue once every two weeks. I'd say the serial is published > every other tuesday but twice a month no matter what. In this case you'll > have to manage it as an irregularity : the publication skips one week if > there are 3 tuesdays in one month, and this is too complicated to be > supported by the serials module by itself. > > What i would do is set up this serial with a once every two weeks > frequency, and the 7th of January as the first issue publication date. It > would look alright until issue 7, which would be planned for the 31st of > March, and the next issue being 2 weeks after it would be scheduled for the > 14th of April and everything onwards would be screwed. > I would save the subscription this way, after receiving number 6, Koha > would generate number 7, for the 31st of March. Before receiving it (i > think you could do it when receiving it too), i'd edit this serial, and > change the publication date to the 7th of April (which is my guess at how > this publication works). This way, the next issues generated will be based > on this date, and the subscription will be back on track. You'll have to do > this everytime you have 3 tuesdays in the same month. > > The rest of the model looks fine to me, and the numbers should increment > and roll properly. > > Hope that helps, > > Le 19/03/2015 14:41, Nicole Engard a écrit : > >> Hi all, >> >> >> I have this subscription: http://annals.org/issues.aspx >> >> You can see the the numbering/dates should look like this: >> >> Jan 7 160 (1) >> Jan 21 160 (2) >> Feb 4 160 (3) >> Feb 18 160 (4) >> Mar 4 160 (5) >> Mar 18 160 (6) >> Apr 1 160 (7) >> Apr 15 160 (8) >> May 6 160 (9) >> May 20 160 (10) >> Jun 3 160 (11) >> Jun 17 160 (12) >> Jul 1 161 (1) >> Jul 15 161 (2) >> Aug 5 161 (3) >> Aug 19 161 (4) >> Sep 2 161 (5) >> Sep 16 161 (6) >> Oct 7 161 (7) >> Oct 21 161 (8) >> Nov 4 161 (9) >> Nov 18 161 (10) >> Dec 2 161 (11) >> Dec 16 161 (12) >> >> But when I put it in I get this: http://screencast.com/t/0PTXDxJC (note >> that the dates on the pattern on the right don't match the dates above - >> the numbering is right though) >> >> How do I set up a pattern for 2 times a month? >> >> Thanks a bunch in advance! >> Nicole >> >> PS. This will go in the manual. >> _______________________________________________ >> Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org >> Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz >> http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha >> > > -- > Gaetan Boisson > Chef de projet bibliothécaire > BibLibre > 06 52 42 51 29 > 108 avenue Breteuil 13006 Marseille > gaetan.bois...@biblibre.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org > Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz > http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha > _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha