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

Description:
We need to know how to set up "Patron loader protected fields," so that when we update an existing z305 we update ONLY the Z305_EXPIRY_DATE using the PLIF loader , p_file_20.

Resolution:
For the EXPIRY-DATE: the program takes the date from the incoming PLIF record.
If that's blank, it leaves the existing Z305-EXPIRY-DATE as is.
Unless that too is blank, in which case it uses the TAB31-EXPIRY-DATE."

Also, the PLIF (p_file_20) allows you to specify an "Ignore character" which you place in each input record field for which you don't want to modify the existing record.

And, there is a Z303-PLIF-MODIFICATION value which is new in version 15.2.
It can have values of
A = Do not modify the borrower’s address records (Z304).
B = Do not modify the borrower’s status.
D = Do not modify the borrower’s expiry date.
E = Do not modify the borrower’s email address (Z304-EMAILADDRESS) in the address record (Z304).
1 = Do not modify all borrower’s records (Z303, Z304, Z305 and Z308).
Currently, the p_file_20 does *not* include the PLIF-MODIFICATION as a field which can be specified in the interface format. It would need to be updated individually in the GUI -- or with SQL.

(Keywords: p-file-20 file_20)

• Article last edited: 10/8/2013