I believe David is correct. With only one volume per year the volumes increment by year not month.
Janet Schrader C/W MARS Inc. 67 Millbrook Street, Suite 201 Worcester, MA 01606 tel: 508-755-3323 ext. 25 fax: 508-757-7801 [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David Fiander Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2012 9:29 AM To: Evergreen Discussion Group Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Prediction pattern for annual serial 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
