It's probably an odd boundary condition. Because every issue arrives in January, the month never actually "changes".
- David On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 9:15 AM, Kathy Lussier <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I have a question about a serials prediction pattern that seems like it > should have been fairly straightforward, but took some time to get the > volumes to increment correctly. > > The prediction pattern is for an annual serial where the volume should be > incrementing every year. The example I was using was for the Journal of > Hellenic Studies. When I was first setting up the prediction pattern through > the alternate serial control view, I did the following: > > *I added a first level enumeration for v. > *I selected the option to use calendar changes and identified the start of > January as the time when the first-level enumeration should change. > * I selected year for the caption > * I selected annual as the frequency > > The resulting prediction pattern was: > ["2","0","8","1","a","v.","i","(year)","w","a","x","01"] > > I then set up my first issuance with a volume number of 10, but when I > generated the predictions, the volumes didn't increment. > > We ultimately were able to get the volumes to increment correctly by > de-selecting the option to use calendar changes, which resulted in the > following prediction pattern: > > ["2","0","8","1","a","v.","i","(year)","w","a"] > > I'm happy we got this pattern working correctly, but I'm still curious as to > why the calendar change option does not work in this situation. > > Thanks for any insight you can provide! > > Kathy > > > > -- > Kathy Lussier > Project Coordinator > Massachusetts Library Network Cooperative > (508) 756-0172 > (508) 755-3721 (fax) > [email protected] > Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/kmlussier
