Ephemeral Checkout Wizard PropertiesEphemeral Checkout Wizard PropertiesYou can change certain system settings for the Ephemeral Checkout wizard using the Set Properties window. The Ephemeral Checkout wizard allows you to set the following properties.
Display Property Page
You can choose when to display the Ephemeral Checkout wizard’s Set Properties window by selecting one of the following options.
| • | Wizard Startup – Displays the Set Properties window the first time you access the wizard until you end the wizard session or log off the client. |
| • | Never – Does not display the Set Properties window the first time you access the wizard. If Never is selected and you want to open the Set Properties window, point to the wizard’s toolbar button, right-click, and then click Properties on the shortcut menu. |
Depending on the value selected in Display Property Page, defaults may appear as the first step of the wizard. Property values that are changed in the first step of a wizard are retained only until the right-click method is used to set properties.
Behavior
On the Behavior tab, you can set up your system to allow these variations in the wizard process.
Configure
Select or clear any of the following check boxes.
| • | Extend User’s Library Privilege – Allows circulation staff to renew a patron’s privileges during check out. If the check box is not selected, the staff cannot extend the patron’s privileges, and the patron will be unable to check out items. |
| • | Pay Bills – Allows a patron to pay bills when checking out items from the user alert window. |
User Alerts Display
Select the Display Alert for Delinquent User check box to display a message during check out that the user status has a DELINQUENT, BLOCKED, or BARRED delinquency type. If your site uses the User Groups feature and the user has inherited the delinquency status of other users in the group, then if a user in the same group has a DELINQUENT, BLOCKED, or BARRED delinquency type user status, an alert window will display if this property is selected.
Sounds
| • | Play Sound for User Delinquent Alert – Plays a sound during check out when the delinquent user alert appears. |
| • | Select Play Sound for User Blocked Alert and Play sound for Item Hold Block Alert check boxes to play a sound during check out when a User Blocked alert or an Item Hold Block alert appears. The sound will also play if the User is BLOCKED override or the Holds Block override appears. |
| • | Specify the sound file to play for the alerts. Under Sounds, click the Select File gadget for the corresponding sound file. In the Select File dialog box, type or select the sound file (.WAV file) you want to play when the alert occurs. |
| • | For alerts or overrides for users with a Blocked delinquency type user status, or when a delinquent user alert appears, the default sound file is UBLOCK.WAV. For an Item Hold Block alert or a Holds Block override, the default sound file is IHLDBLK.WAV. |
Charge Printing
You can configure your receipt printing by selecting one of the Charge Printing options.
| • | None – Does not print receipts during check out. |
| • | Print Date Due Slips – Prints a date due slip during check out. Click the Print Date Due Slips button to specify the receipt header, receipt fields, and receipt footer using the corresponding gadget. |
| • | Print Charge Receipts – Prints a receipt for the checkout transaction. Click the Print Charge Receipts button to specify the receipt header, receipt fields, and receipt footer using the corresponding gadget. |
| • | Print Accountability Receipts – Click this option to print receipts for accountable items. An accountability receipt prints for each charged item. This option displays only when the system is configured to use Accountability. Click the Print Accountability Receipts button to specify the receipt header, receipt fields, and receipt footer. |
To use the wizard slip printing function, you must define receipt printer availability options by selecting the Preference menu, pointing to Peripherals, and selecting the Receipt Printer option.
If the Print date due slips option is selected and the Print a separate date due slip for each item check box is not selected, only one date due slip prints for the patron’s entire checkout transaction.
Defaults
On the Default tab, type or scan a default barcode to use when checking out impermanent items in the Default Barcode box. This default setting is useful if your library wants to use a particular barcode for impermanent items.
The default Payment Type and Credit Reason are used when the system is configured to automatically pay fines with funds from the user’s credit account. When a bill is created during check out and is automatically paid by the credit account, the bill will be paid with the selected Payment Type. The credit transaction issued to pay the bill will be updated with the selected Credit Reason.
Select the following properties from the drop-down menus.
| • | Payment Type – Select the Payment Type. The default Payment Type is used when a fine is automatically paid with funds from the credit account. The Payment Type describes what form of payment was used to pay the bill. For the Checkout wizard, only Payment Types of the CREDITACCT type are listed. |
| • | Credit Reason – Select the default Credit Reason. This Credit Reason will be used when a fine/bill is automatically paid at check out. A Credit Reason describes why the credit was issued. For the Checkout wizard, only Credit Reasons of the WITHDRAWAL type are listed. Examples of Credit Reasons are PAYMENT or AUTOPAY. |
Helpers
On the Helpers tab, you can select the helpers you want to display in the Ephemeral Checkout wizard. Click a specific Helper button to display the Helper properties that you can set.
| • | User Search Helper |
| • | Display User Helper |
| • | User Lost Card Helper |
| • | Register New User Helper |
| • | Renew Privilege Helper |
| • | Confirm Address Helper |
| • | Pay Bills Helper |
| • | Add Brief Title Helper |
| • | Item Search Helper |
| • | Change Item ID Helper |
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