Adding the Selection List Search to a PAC Flavor

Before you can track and review items using selection lists, you must add a Selection List search to the PAC flavor you want. You may want to add the Selection List search to just your staff search. This way, only your staff can see the items your library wants to review and perhaps buy. However, you may have reasons for letting borrowers search for your selection lists, such as letting borrowers use the “Selection list” search to find best sellers, or letting borrowers request items that you have not yet purchased. This lets you see the items that your borrowers would like you to buy.

To add the Selection list search to a PAC flavor

1 Start the Table Editor process.

The default location of this process is the Administration folder on the navigation bar.

2 In the Mq View field, start entering “search” until Horizon places the selector arrow next to the search (Lister Search Lists) view.
3 Click OK.

Horizon displays the List Lister Search Lists window:

4 Do one of these options:
If you want to create a Selection List search from scratch, click New.
If you want to copy an existing search to create the Selection List search, do these steps:
Highlight the search that you want to copy.

Note: You may want to choose a search that is not based on an mq_index because the Selection List search is not based on an mq_index. (For more information, see “Creating a Search Option not Based on an Index” in the “Searching Setup” chapter of the System Administration Guide.)

Choose File, Copy Record.

Horizon displays the Edit Lister Search Lists window:

5 Complete or update these fields:

Field

Action

Search

Enter the PAC flavor in which you want the Selection search placed.

(For example, enter “stafpac.”)

Index No.

Enter the number for the order in which you want Horizon to display the Selection search in the list of searches.

(For example, enter “4” if you want the Selection search to display fourth in the list of searches.)

Label

Enter the description of the search that Horizon will display in the list of searches.

(For example, enter “Selection List.”)

-or- [Table

Enter “bib_control” as the table from which Horizon will get the selection list information.

Column

Enter “selection” as the column from which Horizon will get the selection list information.

Foreign Key]

Enter “bib#”.

Entry Aid Label

Enter “Selections”.

Entry Aid View

Enter “selection” to use the “Acquisitions Selections” code.

This index contains:

Enter information that identifies what is in this index. This is a required field.

6 Complete the rest of the fields on the Edit Lister Search List window as necessary.

For more information on these fields, see “Creating a Search Option not Based on an Index” in the “Searching Setup” chapter of the System Administration Guide.

7 Save your changes.

You can now search for and use any selection lists you create.

 


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