Identifying new serials, new monographs check-ins

• Article Type: General
• Product: Aleph
• Product Version: 16.02

Description:
What is the proper way to identify, via SQL, when serials and monographs are actually received and checked-in to Aleph? For example, I would like to know that "on Wednesday, we received the July issue of Newsweek".

Resolution:
First, you would need to know the record key of the ADM record for Newsweek. To get this, note the bib key and then do util a/3/12, specifying the bib library and key. It will show you the ADM and HOL records linked to this bib record.

Then you would do the following SQL:

SQL> select z30_description, z30_arrival_date, z30_rec_key from z30 where z30_arrival_date like '2007%' and z30_rec_key like '000123456%';

<where 000123456 is the ADM record # you found in the first step>.

In regard to SQL, the Support Knowledge Base and the US PRB database have hundreds of SQL queries. One record with many queries is KB 8192-2744.

The ALEPH-NA archives also has many.

KB 8192-1496 describes how to access the Ex Libris user script repository.