Changing Broadcast Searching

Your library may want to let your users search other libraries’ databases (or broadcast search) using the Z39.50 protocol or Consolidated Searching. (For more information on adding new Z39.50 Libraries, see Adding a Z39.50 Library Connection. For more information on Consolidated Searching, see the documentation for this add-on feature.)

When you create new Z39.50 Libraries and you want to make them available for broadcast searching, you must assign them to your profile so that users can select them from your user interface pages. (For example, if you add a new Z39.50 Library in the Customization tab, you must then come to the Setup tab and assign this Library to a user page within the profile.)

When you set up your broadcast libraries, compare the universal IDs in the searching library with those in the library being searched. If the IDs do not match, you need to add secondary universal IDs to the libraries being searched so they match the universal IDs for the searching library.

To change broadcast searching

1 Access the profile you want to change, or add a new one.
2 Click Broadcast Searching.

The Administration tool displays the Broadcast Searching page with all of the available Libraries listed:

3 Do one or more of these options:

To do this

Do this

Add more Libraries to the broadcast searching selections

1 Mark the libraries that you want to display on the user interface pages.
2 Click Next to continue.

The Administration tool displays the libraries that are currently selected:

3 If you want to change how your library’s name displays on searching pages for this profile, enter the new name in the Labelfields.
4 Click OK.

Change the display order of the Libraries on the user interface pages

Note: To change the order of Libraries, you must have at least two other Libraries selected, in addition to your default Library.

1 Mark the libraries that you want to display on the user interface pages.
2 Click Next to continue.
3 Click Reorder Broadcast Libraries.

The Administration tool displays a the list of the Libraries that are currently available for broadcast searching on this sub-tab.

4 Click the Library that you want to move to highlight it.
5 Click the up or down arrow to move the Library where you want it.

These Libraries will appear in this order on the user interface pages.

6 Repeat steps 4 and 5 in this table until you have rearranged all of the Libraries that you want to.
7 Click OK.
4 Click OK.

The Administration tool returns to the Edit Profile page.

5 When you finish making changes in Information Portal, restart the Application Server process (JBoss).

 


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