Specifying the Frequency

You can specify the frequency for a prediction pattern.

To specify the frequency

1 Open the Edit Serials Prediction Table window for the run that you are working with. (For instructions, see Opening the Edit Serials Prediction Table Window.)
2 Click Page Down or resize the window to display these fields in the Edit Serials Prediction Table window:

3 Enter publication instance information:
Instance String/Instance Unit. Enter the exact instance during a given unit of time that an issue is published. Using a string of numbers in the Instance String field provides a way to specify the following periods of publication:
One or more exact dates of a month
One or more exact days of a week
One or more exact weeks of a month
One or more exact months of a year
A specific range of days, weeks, or months
Enum. In Sync. Mark this box if the number of issues in a given year vary and you want to keep the enumeration in sync. (For example, if the publisher of a monthly serial publishes the May and June issue together instead of separately, marking this box ensures that the enumeration display for the May/June issue is correct and, although the publisher sends only 11 issues that year, the volume and number would display and increment correctly.)

Every/Calendar Unit. Enter how many times during a given calendar unit the publication frequency takes place. What instance unit (Day of, Week of, Month of) you select determines the choices of calendar unit to select. You must always select a calendar unit larger than the instance unit.
“On”/Day of Week. Enter the exact day a title is published. The “On” field works much like the Instance String field, but applies specifically to the Day of the Week unit. (For example, if the title is published on every third Thursday, you would enter a “3” in the “On” field and select the Thu radio button.)
End Date Type. Enter, where applicable, the end date an issue is published. Use these radio buttons for some forms of chronology that require two dates.

End date type options include:

4 Save the file.

 


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