Hi Mary, We use these library settings to hide fields that we don't use. It can be done consortium wide. Here's an example of a value from actor.org_unit_setting that hides the specified fields:
["Circulate as Type","Deposit Amount","Deposit?","Floating?","Quality"] This setting can be configured in the client in the Holdings Editor on the Defaults tab. Hope this helps! Michele -- Michele M. Morgan, Technical Support Analyst North of Boston Library Exchange, Danvers Massachusetts [email protected] On Wed, Aug 19, 2020 at 8:30 PM Mary Llewellyn <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm intrigued by this library setting. It would be useful to set this up > for our libraries to hide fields we don't use instead of counting on > library staff to remember to uncheck the fields in the Volume Copy Editor > on the Defaults tab, workstation by workstation. > > We had an incident where a staff member didn't hide/disable the Deposit > Amount field and accidentally put the price of the item in that field > instead of in the price field, then was weirded out by an error message > that popped up when trying to circulate the item. If I could get the > library setting to work, we'd avoid situations like this. > > The instructions for this setting say " This setting may be best > maintained with the dedicated configuration interface within the Item > Attribute Editor. However, here it shows up as comma separated list of > field identifiers to hide. " > > The documentation Chapter 14 Settings Overview says, " Sets which fields > in the Item Attribute Editor to hide in the staff client." and adds " This > is useful to hide attributes that are not used. > http://docs.evergreen-ils.org/reorg/3.1/staff_client_admin/_settings_overview.html > > Where I'm lost is the text of the field identifiers to enter. I've tried > column names from asset.copy, but have had no luck. > > Also, can I set this consortium wide, or do I need to set it library by > library? > > I appreciate any guidance. > > Mary > > -- > Mary Llewellyn > Database Manager > Bibliomation, Inc. > 24 Wooster Ave. > Waterbury, CT 06708 > [email protected] >
