By default, if no locations are set up to be blocked, all blocks across the entire system display.
If any blocks are suppressed at any location on the system, then each location displays blocks for only its own borrowers and for borrowers at any shared locations you have set up. (For more information on shared locations, see Setting Up a Single Circulation Station for Multiple Locations.)
You can specify additional locations to display in the block_item_location view for each location which other locations’ borrower blocks Horizon displays. For example, if you want location 2 to show its own and location 3’s blocks, you can identify location 3 as a block location for location 2.
You must individually set up each block location that you want to display at other locations. For example, if you have three locations and you want location 1 to show all three location’s blocks, you can identify location 2 as a location whose blocks you want to display for location 1. Then you can identify location 3 as a location whose blocks you want to display for location 1.
The Circ Settings By field in the matham view can also affect which locations’ blocks display. (For more information, see “System-Wide Settings” in the “General Setup” chapter of the System Administration Guide.)
This table explains the conditions under which blocks display for a location:
Other location’s blocks display if this |
and one of these |
You mark Item’s Location in the matham Circ Settings by field OR There is no checkout location listed on the item record |
The item owning location is the same as the circulating location OR The circulating location is listed in the Location field and the item owning location is listed in the Block Loc’s field of the block_item_location view OR The item owning location is a shared location of the circulating location |
You mark Circ’ing Location in the matham Circ Settings by field |
The item checkout location is the same as the circulating location OR The circulating location is listed in the Location field and the item checkout location is listed in the Block Loc’s field of the block_item_location view OR The item checkout location is a shared location of the circulating location |
To display blocks from another location
1 | Open the block_item_location view in the Table Editor. |
Horizon displays the List Location’s Blocks window.
2 | Choose the block location display you want to edit, or create a new block location. |
Horizon displays the Edit Location’s Blocks window:
3 | Complete or update these fields: |
Field |
Action |
Location |
Enter or choose the code for the location that you want to display other locations’ blocks. |
Enter or choose the code for the location whose borrower blocks Horizon should display. You can enter only one location code in each window. |
Note: If you want to remove a location’s capability to view another location’s borrower blocks, set the Location and Bloc Loc’s fields to the same location.
4 | Save your changes. |
If you want to display multiple other locations’ blocks at the same location, repeat steps 2 through 4.
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