[Koha] creating a new subscription for a journal with continuous numbering

Nicole Engard nicole.engard at liblime.com
Fri Jun 12 02:42:55 NZST 2009


I have added this as an FAQ to the Koha documentation site:

http://koha.org/documentation/faq/how-do-i-create-a-new-subscription-for-a-journal-with-continuous-numbering/view


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On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 7:21 AM, Laurence
Lefaucheur<laurence.lefaucheur at biblibre.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Balcziunas, Adam a écrit :
>> Hello,
>>
>>
>>
>> I am setting up serials subscriptions in Koha and have a question about
>> creating the prediction pattern for a particular title. The /Journal of
>> the American Statistical Association/ comes out quarterly and the volume
>> changes every year.  However, the numbering is continuous. The copy I
>> have in hand is Volume 104, Number 486. Can someone explain how to
>> create a custom prediction for this title?
>>
>
> You can choose Numbering formula: Volume {X}, Number {Y}, {Z}
> (Z if you want the year for instance)
> Then you edit advanced pattern :
>
> For X :
>     Add  : 1
>     once every : 4 (every 4 issues for a quarterly, as volume
> changes every year)
>     When more than  9999999
>     inner counter
>     Set back to     0
>     Begins with 104
>
> inner counter : if you begin with first issue of the year write nothing
> or 0; if you begin with the second issue (april-june for instance),
> inner counter = 1 (you say to koha to take into account already one
> "received" issue, to calculate when the volume changes) ; ...
>
> For Y :
>     Add  : 1
>     once every : 1 (for each received issue)
>     When more than  9999999
>     inner counter     :     same as for X
>     Set back to     0
>     Begins with 486
>
> For Z :
>     Add  : 1
>     once every : 4
>     When more than  9999999
>     inner counter     :     same as for X
>     Set back to     0
>     Begins with 2009
>
>
> You let "When more than 9999999" , "Set back to 0",as volume, number and
> year increase continuously
>
> Regards,
>
> Laurence
>
>
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