Day End Processing
Day End processing is a set of procedures usually run once a day by your system administrator. These procedures update certain Horizon functions, including such Circulation functions as calculating which items are overdue, generating notices to be printed, and running statistics. This section briefly describes Day End Processes that are pertinent to Circulation. (For more information, see the “Maintenance and Day End” chapter in the System Administration Guide.)
These are the Day End Circulation processes:
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Set Overdues. This changes the status of an item from checked out to overdue. The status is changed when an item has been out past its due date. |
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ExpireHolds. This cancels holds. Holds are cancelled when they reach their expiration date. The item’s status is changed from Being Held to Checked In. A Hold Expired Block is placed on the borrower’s record, and a notice is generated to send to the borrower. |
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Purge Circ History. This deletes information about prior circulation activities. The number of days that must elapse before information qualifies to be purged is specified in the item_type view. |
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Purge Requests. This deletes any items from the request queue with a request expiration date that has been reached without the request being filled. A Request Expired block is placed on the borrower’s record, and a notice is generated to send to the borrower. |
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Purge Notes. This moves resolved blocks to the borrower’s History Blocks file. |
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Generate Notices and Reminders. This compiles all the notices and reminders to be sent to borrowers. The notices can be printed from Circulation Reports as soon as Day End has finished running. |
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Purge Burb History. This deletes past notes and blocks after a specified amount of time has elapsed. The number of days that must elapse before a purge or block is purged is specified in the Block Type view. |
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Age Item Status. This changes an item’s outdated status. (For example, if an item has had a status of Lost for a certain amount of time, the status will be changed to Missing.) |
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Day End Stat Processing. This gathers statistics on various library activities such as which groups of borrowers checked out which types of items. Day End can also generate reports based on these statistics. |
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Day End Create and Output Notices. This creates and sends overdue notices to borrowers. |
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