Using an Existing Publication Pattern

You may find that many titles have nearly identical prediction patterns; many are published once a month, once a week, or once every season. In such cases, you can speed up the process of setting up prediction. You do this by creating publication patterns that you can copy into the prediction tables for those titles that have similar or identical publication patterns.

To use an existing 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 New.

Horizon opens the Edit Serials Prediction Table window, overlaid by the Edit Run Code and Applicability Date dialog box.

5 Enter the run code and applicability date in the Run Code and Applicability Date field.
6 Click OK, or press ENTER.

Horizon returns to the first page of the Edit Serials Prediction Table window.

7 Click Pub Pattern.

Horizon opens a list of publication patterns.

8 Double‑click the pattern that you want.

Horizon closes the list and inputs the pattern into the appropriate fields.

9 Continue setting up basic prediction.

 


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