pc_cir_c0471 ("Booking Request") called when performing regular loan

• Article Type: General
• Product: Aleph
• Product Version: 20

Description:
We see the following series of entries in the pc_server log when we loan an item in the Circ GUI:

DESCRIPTION: Get Global Patron/Local Patron Information
ACTION : LOANPER
PROGRAM : pc_cir_c0438


DESCRIPTION: Check Patron [and Item] and Retrieve Error Messages
ACTION : RECHECK
PROGRAM : pc_cir_c0404


DESCRIPTION: Find Item
ACTION : CIC
PROGRAM : pc_cir_c0461


DESCRIPTION: Get Item by Barcode
ACTION :
PROGRAM : pc_com_c0105


DESCRIPTION: Get/Update/Delete Booking Request <------
ACTION : PATRON_BK
PROGRAM : pc_cir_c0471


DESCRIPTION: No Description Available
ACTION :
PROGRAM : pc_com_c0184


DESCRIPTION: Loan Item
ACTION :
PROGRAM : pc_cir_c0441


DESCRIPTION: Get Global Patron/Local Patron Information
ACTION : LOANPER
PROGRAM : pc_cir_c0438

Why is the "Booking Request" program being invoked? This is just a regular loan *not* a booking.

Resolution:
Before doing a regular loan it wants to make sure that this patron does not have a booking request for the item. (pc_cir_c0471 calls the get_patron_first_z37 program which calls the get_buf_z37_by_time_range_id program which checks the z37 for such Booking values as Z37-EFFECTIVE-START-TIME.) If it finds no z37 or no such values, it exits and performs the normal c0441 loan.

• Article last edited: 10/8/2013