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    Fine/fee schedule

     

    • Product: Aleph
    • Product Version: 20, 21, 22, 23
    • Relevant for Installation Type: Dedicated-Direct, Direct, Local, Total Care

     

     

    Question    
    Is there a report (or can it be created in SQL) of the fine/fee schedule for a sublibrary's items? The information needed would include: 

    material (ex. Textbook) 
    item status (ex. 53) 
    time limit (ex. 4 hour) 
    hourly fine (ex. $1.20 for every open hour) 
    daily fine (ex. $.50) 
    max fine (ex. $100.00) 
    replacement cost (ex. Varies or $399.00)

     

    Answer    
    1. SQL operates against Oracle tables and this data is in the Aleph (u-tree) files, not in any Oracle table. 

    2. Though there may be a connection between the "material" and the item status, the z30_material does not enter into fine calculation. 

    3. These are the tab16 columns which do: 

    tab16 col. 
    ---------- 
    2 Item status 
    6 time limit (days) 
    9 time limit (hours) 
    11 daily fine* 
    23 max fine 

    *The hourly fine is obtained by dividing the daily fine by 24. 

    The replacement cost is in the xxx50 $data_tab tab18.eng and tab34. Article 000043054 ("How are Lost item charges calculated? **MASTER RECORD**") (see smart link below) describes how it is calculated. 

    A (locally-written) script might read tab16 and output the above columns to a spreadsheet, but that doesn't seem feasible for the replacement cost.

    Additional Info / Related Articles    
    See also, Article "How are Lost item charges calculated? **MASTER RECORD**"

     


    • Article last edited: 28-Feb-2016
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