Fine Free Discharge/Checkin Wizard Properties

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Fine Free Discharge/Checkin Wizard Properties

You can change certain system settings for the Fine Free Discharge/Checkin Wizard using the Set Properties window. The Fine Free Discharge/Checkin Wizard allows you to set the following properties.

Display Property Page

You can choose when to display the Fine Free Discharge/Checkin wizard’s Set Properties window by selecting one of the following options.

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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.

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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, under Configure, select or clear any of the following check boxes.

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Hide Current Item – Controls the display of the Current item record button. If the check box is selected, the Current button will not appear under Identify Item to allow you to select the most recently viewed or modified item for the check in. If the check box is cleared, the Current button will appear. By default, this check box is selected.

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Pay Bills – Allows a patron to pay bills during discharge from the user alert window.

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Warning If User Delinquent – Displays a status alert window if the user’s status has a delinquency type of DELINQUENT, BLOCKED, or BARRED.

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Display “Item Not Checked Out” Error in a Separate Window – Displays the Item not charged message in a separate window when the operator checks in an item that is currently not checked out. If the check box is cleared, the item is added to the list of discharges.

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Display Circulation Note – If this property is selected, circulation notes (if they exist) will display when this wizard is in use.

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Display User ID in List — If the Global Configuration policy Configure Display of User Transaction Lists in enabled and the property Accumulate Fines is disabled, the Display User ID in List property is available. If this check box is selected, the User ID displays in the Discharge/Checkin list as a glossary. When the glossary is selected, a list of the user’s current checkouts displays. If the Configure Display of User Transactions Lists is disabled, this property does not appear. If the Accumulate Fines property is set to Yes or Prompt, and the Configure Display of User Transactions Lists is enabled, this property appears but is not available. If the Accumulate Fines property is set to Prompt and the Display User ID property is selected, the User ID field does not display the full list of checkouts if the operator selects to accumulate fines during check in.

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Check for Claims Returned Items – If this property is selected, when discharging an item, the program displays an alert if a user has claimed to have returned the item. The name of the user who made the claim and the date of the claim appear on the alert. You can continue discharging and have the option of opening the user record to edit it (when Allow Modify User Prompt is selected), or canceling the discharge. When Check for Claims Returned Items is selected, Claims Returned Alert: Allow Modify User Prompt and Play Sound for Claims Returned Alert become active and can be selected.

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Display User Information – Displays information about the user.

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Display Instructions – Displays any instructions about the user or item related to transaction.

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Display Hold Instructions – Displays a message with instructions for items that are placed on hold.

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Display In Transit Instructions – Displays a message with instructions for items that are to be put into transit for shelving at another library. By default, this check box is cleared.

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Discharge All Items Associated with a Set — This property only displays if the system is configured for Circulation Sets. Select one of the following settings depending on whether or not you want to discharge all items in a circulation set with one discharge action or discharge each item separately. Items checked in as a set or part of a set will transit to the circulation set’s owning library defined in the circulation set control record, and each item associated with the set and checked in will display in the checkin list.

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Yes — The wizard will discharge all items in the circulation set with one discharge action.

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No — The wizard will individually discharge each item.

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Prompt — The wizard will display the list of items checked out as part of the set, and you can select which items should be checked in.

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Claims Returned Alert: Allow Modify User Prompt – Adds the option to edit the user record to the Claims Returned alert. When selected, the program opens the Discharging: Modify User wizard after completely discharging the item.

Sounds

You can set options for playing a sound alert for various circulation functions. Select or clear any of the following check boxes.

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Play Sound for Hold Available Alert – Plays a sound during check in when the Hold Available alert displays.

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Play Sound for Transit Alert – Plays a sound during check in when the Route to [Library] alert displays.

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Play Sound for Claims Returned Alert – Plays a sound during discharging when the Claims Returned alert displays.

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Play Sound for User Delinquent Alert – Plays a sound during check in when the alert for a user with a DELINQUENT delinquency type user status displays.

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Play Sound for Item Not Charged Alert – Plays a sound during check in when the Item is Not Charged alert displays.

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Play Sound for Item Not in Catalog – Plays a sound during check in when the Item Not in Catalog alert displays.

To specify the sound file that will play for the alerts, click the Select File gadget for the corresponding Play Sound for property. In the Select File dialog box, type or select the sound file you want to play when the alert occurs. Sound files have a .wav extension. The default sound file for alerts is DISROUT.WAV.

Configure Properties

You can select the following check boxes to allow the following print settings.

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Print Available Hold Slips – Prints slips for items that are now available to satisfy a hold.

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Print Transit Slips – Prints slips listing the library to which the item is to be sent. This check box displays only for multilibrary systems.

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Print transit slip if transit to is outside selected group – Prints a transit slip only when the item being put in transit is outside the group selected in the drop-down list.

Note: This check box displays only for multilibrary systems. When you select this option, the Print Transit Slips option also becomes selected.

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Print Reshelving Slips – Prints slips listing the location where the item is to be reshelved.

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Print Hold Wrapper Slips – Prints slips with user, hold, and/or item information for items to be placed on a self-service holds shelf.

For more information on configuring available hold slips, transit slips, and reshelving slips, go to Receipt Printing Properties. For information on configuring hold wrappers, go to Receipt Printing Properties for Hold Wrapper Slips.

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.

Helpers

On the Helpers tab, you can select the helpers you want to use in the Fine Free Discharge/Checkin wizard. Click a specific Helper button to display the Helper properties that you can set.

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Item Search Helper

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Pay Bills Helper

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Check Item Status Helper

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Change Item ID Helper