Jennifer, You can also "hard code" your reports template so that "Is Deleted?" equals "False" when setting up the Base Filter.
Hope that helps! I can explain in more detail if that doesn't make sense. Chris ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rogan Hamby" <[email protected]> > To: "Evergreen Discussion Group" <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2015 4:30:12 PM > Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Deleted items in the system > > Why is it that we need to set a check box on all reports to exclude them? > Seems to me that you would have that checked by default and only UN-check > it when you needed to see deleted items. Is it backwards? > > > > Yes, you will though I think you can make it the default. The reporter > isn't what I would call an "end user complete solution." It's more of a > toolbox for users and is a pretty good one so long as you realize you'll be > building each report, they're not really built for you. The discussion > about the need for a lower bar of entry reporting solution pops up > regularly. > > > > > On Wed, Jan 21, 2015 at 4:19 PM, Walz, Jennifer <[email protected]> wrote: > > > All – > > > > > > > > Ok. A secondary question to my previous query. WHY do deleted items > > remain in the system? And do they take up space on the server? Is there > > a way to purge them? Is there a time frame that can be set for them to > > disappear for good? > > > > > > > > Why is it that we need to set a check box on all reports to exclude > > them? Seems to me that you would have that checked by default and only > > UN-check it when you needed to see deleted items. Is it backwards? > > > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > > > Jennifer > > > > -------------------------------------------------- > > Jennifer Walz, MLS – ILS kook > > Kinlaw Library - *Asbury University* > > One Macklem Drive, Wilmore, KY 40390 > > 859-858-3511 ext. 2269 > > [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Rogan Hamby, MLS, CCNP, MIA > Managers Headquarters Library and Reference Services, > York County Library System > > “You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit > me.” > ― C.S. Lewis <http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1069006.C_S_Lewis> > -- Chris Sharp PINES System Administrator Georgia Public Library Service 1800 Century Place, Suite 150 Atlanta, Georgia 30345 (404) 235-7147 [email protected] http://pines.georgialibraries.org/
