Creating a Publication Pattern

Publication patterns are templates of common publication frequencies. These patterns might include monthly, weekly, quarterly, bimonthly, and so forth. When you need to set up prediction for a title that is published according to a common pattern, you can select a publication pattern and Serials will enter the template information.

When setting up a publication pattern, you enter the same type of information in a template as you do for the publication pattern portion of the Edit Serial Prediction Table window.

To create a publication pattern

1 Search for the serials title you want and send it to Serials Control, if necessary.

Horizon displays the Copy List window.

2 Choose the copy record with the media type for which you want to set up this prediction, or create a new copy record. (For more information, see Creating or Editing a Copy Record.)
3 Click Prediction.

Horizon opens the Prediction Table window.

4 Click Edit to open the Edit Serials Prediction window.
5 Click Pub. Pat. at the bottom of the window.

Horizon opens the Code Lookup Publication Pattern window. From this window, you can select a publication pattern, create a pattern, or edit a pattern.

6 Click Add.

Horizon opens a blank Edit Publication Patterns window:

7 Enter publication information in these fields:
Pub. Pat. Code. Enter a code for the publication pattern that you are setting up. (For example, if you were setting up a monthly pattern, you may enter “Mon” or “M”.)
Description. Enter a description of the publication pattern. (For example, if you were setting up a monthly pattern, you may enter “monthly” as the description.)
8 Specify the frequency information. (For more information, see Specifying the Frequency .)
9 Save the file.

Horizon returns to the Code Lookup Publication Patterns window. The pattern is included in the list.

10 Click Cancel on the Code Lookup window so that Horizon does not apply the new publication pattern to the title.

Note: Since you are not applying this publication pattern to the title that you used to access the Edit Publication Pattern window, you must close the window without selecting a pattern. If you accidentally click OK and thereby apply the publication pattern, close the Edit Prediction Setup window without making the change.

 


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