How to display format description instead of format code in OPAC brief list
- Article Type: General
- Product: Aleph
- Product Version: 20
Desired Outcome Goal:
* Display format description instead of format code in OPAC brief list
Procedure:
* Edit ./xxx01/tab_type_config.lng
* This table is used to define the specifications for the creation of the new field TYP that contains the format of the record based on the contents of various fields present in the record. For example:
TYP Conference FMT EQUAL BK
008 F29-01 EQUAL 1
* Set the table with desired definitions for all formats and save it
* Edit ./xxx01/tab/tab_expand and add the expand_doc_type expand to WEB-BRIEF Expand menu stating in col. 3 the tab_tab_config as program argument:
WEB-BRIEF expand_doc_type tab_type_config
* Edit ./xxx01/tab/www_tab_short.lng and add field TYP in col.12 for Format column name:
2 L Format S ## TYP## FMT##
* Restart PC Server and WWW Server
Additional Information
For several settings examples see "How_to_create_TYP_field_via_tab_type_config_lng" on Documentation>Aleph>Support>How To from Support by subject>Miscellaneous
Category: Web OPAC (500)
- Article last edited: 10/8/2013