Thanks Kathy.  I'm glad it made sense.  It is a real workflow problem for some 
of our libraries.

Joan

Joan Kranich
Member Services Supervisor
C/W MARS, Inc.
508-755-3323, ext. 321 or ext. 1

From: Open-ils-general 
[mailto:open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of Kathy 
Lussier
Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2016 8:59 AM
To: open-ils-general@list.georgialibraries.org
Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Copy Count Display

Ah, ok! It looks like I was wrong in my earlier e-mail. The preferred library 
does show in the counts, and I see what you're saying. The non-visible copies 
display in the counts if the branch is the search library or for parents of the 
search library.

However, when the count is for the preferred library, you are correct that it's 
not displaying non-visible copies, which is inconsistent with the other counts.

I would consider this to be a bug. I don't see an existing one in Launchpad, so 
I think we'll need to file on.

Kathy
On 08/23/2016 08:44 AM, Joan Kranich wrote:
Hi Kathy,

Thank you for your quick response.  Yes, I want to see the count for the 
preferred library or basically the library that I am logged in as.  It's the 
line:
1 of 1 copy available at Pepperell Lawrence Library.

I'll try to explain it better.

I am logged into the client as Pepperell (Pepperell Lawrence Library).
My Search Preferences are set for Default Search Library C/W MARS and Preferred 
Library Pepperell.

The Search All CWMARS screenshot attached shows Invisible which is owned by 
Pepperell and has a status of Available.  The search was done for all C/W MARS.
The copy count shows this item in the count of 1 of 1 copy available at 
Pepperell Lawrence Library.

The second screenshot, Betrayed (2007), is a search of all C/W MARS and a copy 
count does not display for Pepperell.  Pepperell owns a copy and it has a 
status of Damaged which is not set to be OPAC visible.

The third screenshot, Betrayed, is a search scoped to Pepperell and the copy 
count shows the damaged item in the Pepperell copy count.

I would like the damaged item to also show in the copy count when searching all 
C/W MARS.  It seems to be the Copy Status setting of not OPAC Visible that is 
preventing the display of the damaged item in the copy count.  Items with other 
statuses that are not status Available but are OPAC Visible such as our status 
Walk In Loan do display in the Pepperell (library) copy count when searched as 
all C/W MARS.

Thanks for your help.

Joan

Joan Kranich
Member Services Supervisor
C/W MARS, Inc.
508-755-3323, ext. 321 or ext. 1

From: Open-ils-general 
[mailto:open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of Kathy 
Lussier
Sent: Monday, August 22, 2016 2:55 PM
To: 
open-ils-general@list.georgialibraries.org<mailto:open-ils-general@list.georgialibraries.org>
Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Copy Count Display

Hi Joan,

My understanding is that the OPAC invisible copies should be included in the 
copy counts in the client. I just did a brief test and found that Lost copies 
were part of the copy count in the client, even though it wasn't in the public 
catalog.

However, from reading your question, it sounds like it's really related to 
showing counts for an OU that is a child of the search OU. In your example, 
then, if the user is searching Pepperell, they would see the count for the 
Pepperell Lawrence Library, whether that count happens to include OPAC visible 
items or not.

The quick answer is that you currently can't do that, but I could see this 
being a Wishlist bug in Launchpad. I think it would need to consider the user's 
preferred library. If there are many children for your search org unit, the 
catalog would need to know which branch's copy count to display. I could see 
something that shows the copy count for the user's preferred library if it is a 
child of the search org unit. Also adding a note that those copies should 
already be displaying at the top of the list of holdings.

Kathy
On 08/22/2016 01:47 PM, Joan Kranich wrote:
Hello,

We have some of our copy statuses such as Lost set to not be visible is the 
public OPAC.

The copies are visible in the client.  However on the title search results 
screen the copies are not included in the copy count display for the library if 
the search is done at the system/consortia level, for example the 0 of 1 count 
available at the Library.

If searched at the library level the 0 of 1 count available displays as shown 
below.

[cid:image001.jpg@01D1FD1D.EE01A860]

Is it possible to have the copy count display for the library when searched at 
the system level for copies with statuses that are set invisible?  For staff 
this is helpful.

Thanks.
Joan

Joan Kranich
Member Services Supervisor
C/W MARS, Inc.
508-755-3323, ext. 321 or ext. 1





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