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    Summon: Administration Console: User Guide

    • Product: Summon

    Where can I find a Summon Administration Console User Guide?

    This document is an outline of information contained in the Support Center on how to use the Summon Administration Console.

    The Summon Administration Console is a tool that provides clients the ability to customize the patron experience, view usage reports, and view MARC mappings for local collections.

    The Summon Administration Console is accessed from your Intota or Client Center profile:

    Intota Users: Click the link within the Administrative section of the Intota home page -

    Summon admin console link in Intota

    Client Center Users: In the Administer Your Productions, Summon section, click Administration Console:

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    If you do not see the Summon Administration Console link, that means that you do not have permissions to access that feature. To request permissions, contact your library's Client Center Administrator.

    For more information about permissions:

    There are seven tabs (pages) in the Administration Console, as shown below. Customizations saved in the admin console take effect in five minutes.

    Settings

    The Settings page provides a number of ways you can customize the look, feel, and behavior of your Summon service. For more information, see Settings.

    Mapping

    The Mapping page provides a view of the current mappings of your local MARC collections. For more information, see Metadata Mapping Tool.

    Pages

    The Pages tab contains the following pages:
    • Detail Page - Use this page to enable and configure the display of catalog records and enrichment content within the Summon service. For more information, see Detail Page.

    • Custom Panel Sections - Use this page to create and manage custom panel sections within the Summon service. For more information, see Custom Panel Sections.

    Usage

    The Usage page displays a reporting tool that provides clients the ability to run reports on the usage of the Summon service.

    Translation

    On the Translation page, you can make changes to the default text for any label or message element on the Summon search and results pages.

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    Content Ingestion

    Set up email delivery of the Content Ingestion Report that provides information about the success and failures of records during processing and loading into the Summon Index.


    • Date Created: 9-Feb-2014
    • Last Edited Date: 5-May-2016
    • Old Article Number: 8745
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