Thanks for clarifying that Lynn! So where are those settings stored now? I don't see any workstation settings jump out at me. -- Michele M. Morgan, Technical Support Analyst North of Boston Library Exchange, Danvers Massachusetts mmor...@noblenet.org
On Thu, Aug 20, 2020 at 9:49 AM Floyd, Angelia Lynn <lflo...@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. > > > > > > ----------------------------- > Lynn Floyd > MIS Supervisor > > Indiana State Library > 317-232-3290 > lflo...@library.in.gov > > > > *From:* Open-ils-general < > open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org> *On Behalf Of *Mary > Llewellyn > *Sent:* Wednesday, August 19, 2020 8:29 PM > *To:* Evergreen Discussion Group < > open-ils-general@list.georgialibraries.org> > *Subject:* [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Library setting: GUI: Hide these fields > within the Item Attribute Editor. > > > > **** This is an EXTERNAL email. Exercise caution. DO NOT open attachments > or click links from unknown senders or unexpected email. **** > ------------------------------ > > 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 > > > -- > > Mary Llewellyn > > Database Manager > > Bibliomation, Inc. > > 24 Wooster Ave. > > Waterbury, CT 06708 > > mllew...@biblio.org >
