It all depends on how complex your js files are. In SC LENDS we went
1.6 -> 2.1 and did the js to indb switcharoo. Some of our libraries
were easy, some were straightforward but took some effort to quality
control and some were like cthulian nightmares.
In the end, to keep us from having indb rules with (tens of) thousands
of entries I went back to the directors and gave them the pros and
cons. We ended up changing circ policies where they covered esoteric
possibilities and had little public service impact in order to make
them more indb friendly. The end result was we have a few hundred and
it works quite well. The dialogues with staff in the end were far
more challenging than the writing of the indb rules.
Quoting Geoff Sams <[email protected]>:
I am actually curious, just how much of a pain it is to make the
switch from the JavaScript files to the use of the in-db setup?
I haven't had a lot of experience working with the innards of the
system yet, but I am slowly working my way inward and will hopefully
know quite a bit more soon.
Thanks,
Geoff Sams
Roanoke Public Library
817-491-2691
Chairman
North Texas Library Consortium Board
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Geoff Sams
Sent: Monday, April 30, 2012 3:17 PM
To: Evergreen Development Discussion List
Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-DEV] Adding new Circulation Rules to the system.
That is correct, we are still using the JavaScript files located in
that directory. We are planning to move to the newer method soon,
but this is a more immediate need for one of the libraries.
Thanks,
Geoff Sams
Roanoke Public Library
817-491-2691
Chairman
North Texas Library Consortium Board
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[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of
Peters, Michael
Sent: Monday, April 30, 2012 3:04 PM
To: Evergreen Development Discussion List
Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-DEV] Adding new Circulation Rules to the system.
Geoff,
You say you're using "scripts", so am I to assume that means you're
still using the legacy circ JavaScript files in /openils/var/circ
(most likely)?
That clarification will be crucial to advice on this.
Sincerely,
Michael Peters
Indiana State Library MIS | Inspire.IN.gov Helpdesk | Evergreen
Indiana Helpdesk
office - 317.234.2128
email - [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of
Geoff Sams
Sent: Monday, April 30, 2012 3:48 PM
To: Evergreen Development Discussion List
Subject: [OPEN-ILS-DEV] Adding new Circulation Rules to the system.
Hello,
We have a library in our system(running 2.0.10) that wish to add a
new circulation rule set to our system. We currently use scripts to
execute our circulation modifier settings and they rely on preset
circulation rules within the system. They are asking for a
configuration that is not currently in the system and I was hoping
to find out how one might go about adding a new rule to utilize to
the presets within.
They are wishing to run with a rule that would be something like
4_days_4_days_4_days_0_renewals in the system, or something similar
to that.
Any help would be greatly appreciated, I understand that everyone is
busy coming back from the conference and buzzing with ideas.
Thanks,
Geoff Sams
Roanoke Public Library
817-491-2691
Chairman
North Texas Library Consortium Board
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