Understanding the Symphony ILS > User ID or alternate ID

User ID or alternate ID

The ILS Allow Lookup By User Alternative ID policy determines if the ILS will allow lookup by an alternate ID as well as by user ID.

Web Services will accept either a user ID or an alternate ID to authenticate a user. Here are some things you might need to know about the library’s use of user IDs or alternate IDs:

Whether the system uses alternate IDs
What values the library uses for user IDs or alternate IDs, for example, barcodes, user names, external identification numbers (such as license or social security number), and so on
Any specific patterns your application might use to validate the ID (for example, all numbers, a combination of numbers and dashes, and so on)

This information may help you in defining an interface to prompt for login credentials.

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