I would echo John's words. I know most people cringe when it comes to reports and having better/more documentation might alleviate some of that.
On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 11:11 AM, John Mundy <[email protected]> wrote: > Broadly, the reports module needs better documentation. Specifically, > what the fields are, what they do, and how they relate. > > When I used to work with Millennium you had Item records, Bib records, > Patron Records, and Order records (and that was it). > > You could use Bib records connected to item and order records, Patron > records connected to item records, I don't recall what order records > connected to, Item records connected to Bib records and Patron records. > > I still am pretty new to Evergreen and as I create or modify reports I > find myself often puzzled about how the different fields fit together. > Maybe even a comprehensive list of which fields are where with definitions. > > Thanks, > John > > Director > Perry County Public Library > 812-547-2661 > fax 812-547-3038 > [email protected] > http://www.tcpclibrary.org/ > > Check out our new databases: > http://gold.greyhouse.com/library. > > Nations of the World 2013 > Constitutional Amendments > Mental Health Directory > From Suffrage to the Senate > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Yamil Suarez <[email protected]> > To: General Evergreen List <[email protected]> > Cc: Documentation discussion for Evergreen software < > [email protected]> > Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2013 10:51:28 -0400 > Subject: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Need community suggestions for back-filling EG > documentation > > Hola, > > I am part of the Evergreen Oversight Board (EOB) and the Documentation > Interest Group (DIG), and would like to get some suggestions from the EG > community relating to documentation. The EOB would like to fund the > creation of non-existing EG documentation. The EOB would like to get > suggestions from the EG community of what area, workflow, or feature that > currently completely lacks documentation the EOB should target in this > project. > > With your suggestions the EOB will be able to finish formalizing a > proposal based on the size and complexity of the documentation area > selected for this proposal. My expectation is that for this project only > one specific documentation target will be addressed, but depending on the > success of this approach, we may try again in the future. > > Please let me know what areas that have never been documented you would > like addressed. > > Thanks in advance, > Yamil > > > > > -------------------------------- > > Yamil Suarez, MCS > Library System Administrator > > Stan Getz Library > Berklee College of Music > 1140 Boylston St > Boston, MA 02215 > > [email protected] > 617-747-2617 > > > > -- Ruth Frasur Director of the Historic(ally Awesome) Hagerstown - Jefferson Township Library 10 W. College Street in Hagerstown, Indiana (47346) p (765) 489-5632; f (765) 489-5808 Our Kickin' Website <http://hagerstownlibrary.org> Our Rockin' Facebook Page <http://facebook.com/hjtplibrary> and Stuff I'm Reading<http://pinterest.com/hjtplibrary/ruth-reads/>
