A chronology pattern level refers to the individual calendar units of a chronology pattern. For example, this chronology pattern has four levels:
• | Level 1: Day of Week |
• | Level 2: Date of Month |
• | Level 3: Month |
• | Level 4: Year |
You assign the chronology pattern code to each level. This code links the levels together.
To set up chronology pattern codes and levels
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Horizon displays the Copy List window.
2 | Highlight the issue that you want to set up. |
3 | Click Prediction. |
Horizon opens the Serials Prediction Table window for the serial copy record.
4 | Click Page Down or resize the window to display these fields in the Edit Serials Prediction Table window: |
5 | Click Codes. |
Horizon opens the Code Lookup Chronology Pattern Codes window.
6 | Click Add. |
Horizon opens the Edit Chronology Pattern Codes window:
7 | Enter a code to identify the chronology pattern that you are setting up in the Chron. Code field. |
This is the code that staff members enter in the publication pattern setup for a run. (For example, a chronology code may be, “DoWDMY” [Day of week, Day, Month, Year].)
8 | Enter an example of how the chronology appears for this pattern in the Pattern field. |
(For example with the code, “DoWDMY” [Day of week, Day, Month, Year], the pattern would be, “Friday, 13 March 2002.”)
The remainder of the Edit Chronology Pattern Codes window contains a group used to set up chronology pattern levels for the code.
9 | Enter the number of the level for the first calendar unit. |
(For example, if you are defining the DoWDMY chronology pattern, you would enter “0” as the “Day of Week” level; you would enter “1” for the “Date” level, and so forth.)
10 | Mark the Range Type radio button for the level. |
(For example, a single day of the week, such as Thursday, would have a Single value. A range of days of the week, such as Monday through Wednesday, would have a Range value. A combination of days of the week, such as Mon/Tues, would have a Slash‑list value.
11 | Mark a Calendar Unit that corresponds with the level. |
12 | Enter the interpretation code that determines what values Horizon can choose from to display for this level, or click Codes to display a list of valid interpretation codes. |
(For example, for the level day of week to display this way: “Thursday,” you would want a code that causes Horizon to spell out each day of the week.)
(For more information about interpretations, see Setting Up Interpretation Codes.)
13 | Mark the Hemisphere radio button appropriate for your library. |
This field lets Horizon know whether to match Winter with December or with June.
14 | Do these tasks: |
a | Enter any label in the Label field if the level is preceded or followed by punctuation. |
b | Mark Postfix if the punctuation appears after the level name. |
(For the example Friday, March 13, 2002, you would enter a comma [ , ] in the Label field, then mark the Postfix for both the Day of Week level and the Date of Month level. The punctuation then follows the label.)
15 | Mark Lose On Collapse if you want Horizon to omit the level from the summary of holdings display in PAC and staff searching when issues or volumes are collapsed. |
16 | Repeat steps 9 through 15 for each remaining calendar unit. |
17 | Save the file. |
Horizon opens the Code Lookup Chronology Pattern Codes window when you close the Edit Chronology Pattern Codes window.
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