How to configure Hold requests period ("To-date")
- Article Type: General
- Product: Aleph
- Product Version: 20
Desired Outcome Goal:
Understand how to configure the default "from date" and "to date" ("last interest date") parameters, for the GUI and the Web.
Procedure:
1. To set the default "End Date" ...
For GUI: set parameter in $alephe_root/pc_server_defaults: setenv pc_z37_date_to
For Web: set parameter in $alephe_root/www_server.conf: setenv www_z37_date_to
2. Restart pc server and/or www server.
Additional Information
The default "From Date" which appears in the GUI Create Hold Request screen and the Web screen is hardcoded as today's date + 1.
Examples:
The following in pc_server_defaults entry yields a 6 month interest date in the GUI:
setenv pc_z37_date_to M006
and the following in ./www_server.conf yields a 2 month date in the Web:
setenv www_z37_date_to M002
The following will be a 7 day interest date in GUI:
setenv pc_z37_date_to D007
and the following, 7 days in the Web:
setenv www_z37_date_to D007
Category: Circulation (500)
Subject: Hold requests (500)
- Article last edited: 10/8/2013