Create Bookings Wizard Properties
You can change current system settings in the Create Bookings wizard using the Set Properties window. The Create Bookings wizard allows you to set the following properties.
Display Property Page
You can choose when to display the Create Bookings 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, select or clear the following check boxes.
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Prompt Operator to Define Media Desk– If the item’s media desk is not already defined, and this check box is selected, the Define Item’s Media Desk option will appear. By default, this check box is selected. |
If the item record for the item being booked already contains a media desk value, the Prompt operator to define media desk property setting is ignored, and the Define Item’s Media Desk option does not appear while you create the booking.
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Display Alert for Delinquent User– Displays a message during checkout 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. |
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Extend User’s Library Privilege – Allows circulation staff to renew a patron’s expired privileges during checkout of a booking. If the check box is not selected, the staff cannot extend the patron’s expired privileges, and the patron will be unable to check out booked items. |
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Hide Current User – Controls the display of the Current user record button. If the check box is selected, the Current button will not appear under Identify User to allow the user to select the most recently viewed or modified user record for the checkout. If the check box is cleared, the Current button will appear. By default, this check box is selected. |
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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 the user to select the most recently viewed or modified item for the checkout. If the check box is cleared, the Current button will appear. By default, this check box is selected. |
Defaults
On the Defaults tab, you can set defaults to customize your use of the wizard.
Calendar Options
Under Calendar Options, you can specify default values for when the booking calendar is used.
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Number of Months to Display specifies how many months to display in the booking calendar. The default selection is 3 months. |
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Start Hour sets the default starting hour for a booking. The default selection is 10. |
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Start Minute sets the default starting minute for a booking. The default selection is 00. |
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End Hour sets the default ending hour for a booking. The default selection is 17. |
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End Minute sets the default ending minute for a booking. The default selection is 00. |
When selecting Number of Months to Display for the calendar, it is recommended that you take into the account the amount of time in the future that you typically book items. For instance, if you typically book five months in advance, you should set the default number of months to 5. If you had set the Number of Months to Display to 3, there would be no way to view the booking details and check for conflicting booking dates on an item booked five months in the future.
Booking Defaults
Under Booking Defaults, select the type of booking you want to create. You have these options.
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Single Booking – Click Single Booking if you are booking single items. |
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Group Booking – Click Group Booking if you are booking items grouped together. If you click Group Booking, you must make the following selections. |
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Booking Group – Select a booking group from the drop-down list. |
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Book All or Book Selected – If you click Book All, you cannot make changes to the requirements list. If you click Book Selected, it is possible to change the number of items for a requirement, even down to zero. |
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Booking Pickup Library– Allows you to set the default pickup library for the booking. |
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Media Desk– Allows you to set the default media desk when creating a booking. |
Even if there is a default value in Media Desk, the Media Desk Policy Not Defined dialog box will still appear regardless of the selection made for the Prompt Operator to Define Media Desk property.
Helpers
On the Helpers tab, you can select the helpers you want to display in the Create Bookings wizard by selecting or deselecting the check box by each specific Helper button. Click a specific helper button to display the helper properties that you can set.
Related topics
Create Bookings Wizard
Understanding Properties
FAQs: Creating Booking Information
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