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z303_dispatch_library used as title request pickup-library; omitted from flat-file PLIF

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    22:36, 8 Dec 2015
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  • Article Type: General
  • Product: Aleph
  • Product Version: 20
  • Relevant for Installation Type: Dedicated-Direct; Direct; Local; Total Care


It seems that the z303_dispatch_library is taken as the default pickup library for a title level request (-- instead of the z303_home_library). Why is this happening?

Also, it seems that the XML PLIF has the ability to set the dispatch library, but the PLIF flat file / sequential file does not -- and that the only way to do this is to update the z303_dispatch_library via SQL, after the p_file_20 load.

Resolution:

As described in the z303.pdf document, the z303_dispatch_library is the "default pickup location for title request". This has been the case since at least version 19.

From Ex Libris: "No development work will be done on PLIF flat file, only XML file."

Not all sites use the title-level request function. Sites which do, need to either use SQL as described above, or switch over to using the XML format in order to add the z303_dispatch_library value.

  • Article last edited: 10/8/2013