Renew Item Wizard PropertiesRenew Item Wizard PropertiesYou can change certain system settings for the Renew Item wizard using the Set Properties window. The Renew Item wizard allows you to set the following properties.
Display Property Page
You can choose when to display the Renew Item 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. Under Configure, select or clear the following check boxes.
| • | Renew Reserve Desk Items – Allows staff members to renew items on reserve. |
| • | Review Items Before Renewing – Displays information about the item before you renew it. When this option is selected, information about the item such as author, title, item type, number of holds on the item, and the user ID of the user to whom the item is checked out displays. |
| • | Display Circulation Note – If this property is selected, the item circulation note (if it exists) will display when item is used in a transaction in the wizard. |
| • | Display an Alert for the Next to Last Renewal — If this property is selected, an alert will display at renewal when the second to the last renewal is reached. This alert displays for “seen” and “unseen” renewals. A count of remaining renewals displays in the checkout glossary in the Checkout wizard and in the e-Library’s My Account page. If the item has unlimited renewals, the remaining renewals will display as UNLIMITED. |
| • | Extend User’s Library Privilege – Allows staff members to renew a user’s privileges during the item renewal process. To configure the default property settings for renew privilege, click the Extend User’s Library Privilege button (Renew Privilege Helper Properties). |
| • | Accumulate Fines – Select one of the following settings depending on whether you want to accumulate fines for each patron during the discharge session. The property does not control whether or not fines are created at discharge/check in, but rather controls if the created fines are grouped together by patron and totaled at the end of the session for easy payment. |
| – | Yes – Wizard always accumulates or groups together fines for each patron. |
| – | No – Fines will not be grouped together and totaled for each patron at check in. |
When the Accumulate Fines property is set to Yes and the Pay Bill helper is accessed after items have been checked in, the bills/fines created during the check in session will display for each patron. All fines created during the session can be paid or an individual fine can be paid. If fines are paid from the Total Amount owed field, the Change field will display next to the amount owed. If a fine/bill is paid from the inside the list, the Change field will not display.
| – | Prompt – Displays a prompt for you to specify if you want to accumulate fines (Yes or No). |
Charge Printing
Select the receipt printing option you want.
| • | 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 (Receipt Printing Properties) to specify the receipt header, receipt fields, and receipt footer information.
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.
Defaults
Select the following default property settings.
Configure
Item Seen – Determines whether the Mark Item as Seen check box is selected by default in the Renew Item window. (If the Mark Item as Seen check box is selected, the renewal is recorded as a “seen” renewal, meaning the item is physically present at the time of renewal.) By default, the Item Seen check box is selected.
Automatic Payment Defaults
Under Automatic Payment Defaults, select values for the following properties. These properties display only if the system is configured to pay fines with funds from the patron’s credit account.
| • | Payment Type – Specifies the default Payment Type to use when a fine is automatically paid at renewal with funds from the credit account. The default Payment Type for funds from a credit account is CREDITACCT. |
| • | Credit Reason – Specifies the credit reason to be used when a fine or bill is automatically paid at renewal with funds from a credit account. The list of available credit reasons is defined in the Credit Reason policies, and only withdrawal credit reasons display for this wizard. An example of a withdrawal credit reason is AUTOPAY. |
Helpers
On the Helpers tab, you can select the helpers you want to use in the Renew Item wizard. Click a specific Helper button to display the Helper properties that you can set.
| • | Item Search Helper |
| • | Change Item ID Helper |
| • | Special Due Date Helper |
| • | Pay Bills Helper |
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