[Koha] Help with Serial Prediction Pattern

Nicole Engard nengard at gmail.com
Mon Mar 11 14:21:23 NZDT 2013


That was it!! Thank you so very much.  How would you explain the inner
counter in the manual? I'll need to add that info to help others in the
future.

Nicole


On Sun, Mar 10, 2013 at 5:03 PM, Francois Charbonnier <
francois.charbonnier at biblibre.com> wrote:

> Hi Nicole,
>
> Your "inner counters" look wrong.
> Set "O" and it should work.
>
> You have to set up the inner counter only when you start receiving in the
> middle of a cycle.
>
> Here is how the inner counter works with your example :
>
> inner counter = 0
>
>  vol. 4, no. 1, iss. 796
>>
>
> inner counter = 1
>
>  vol. 4, no. 2, iss. 797
>>
>
> inner counter = 2
>
>  vol. 4, no. 3, iss. 798
>>
>
> inner counter = 3
>
>  vol. 4, no. 4, iss. 799
>>
>
> inner counter = 4
>
>  vol. 4, no. 5, iss. 800
>>
>
> inner counter = 5
>
>  vol. 4, no. 6, iss. 801
>>
>
> inner counter = 0
>
>  vol. 5, no. 1, iss. 802
>>
>
> inner counter = 1
>
>  vol. 5, no. 2, iss. 803
>>
>
> inner counter = 2
>
>  vol. 5, no. 3, iss. 804
>>
>
> inner counter = 3
>
>  vol. 5, no. 4, iss. 805
>>
>
> inner counter = 4
>
>  vol. 5, no. 5, iss. 806
>>
>
> inner counter = 5
>
>  vol. 5, no. 6, iss. 807
>>
>
> So if, the first issue to receive is "vol. 4, no. 1, iss. 796", you need
> to set up "inner counter = 0"
>
> But if it's "vol. 4, no. 2, iss. 797", the inner counter should be "1".
> This way koha knows where the "receiving cycle" starts. In that case, Koha
> will add "1" to the volume after 5 issues because you told Koha to start
> after 1 issue he would have received if you started at the beginning of the
> "receiving cycle".
>
> Hope it works! ;^)
>
> François
>
> Le 2013-03-10 21:45, Nicole Engard a écrit :
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I need some help getting a serial to work.  The pattern goes like this:
>>
>> vol. 4, no. 1, iss. 796
>> vol. 4, no. 2, iss. 797
>> vol. 4, no. 3, iss. 798
>> vol. 4, no. 4, iss. 799
>> vol. 4, no. 5, iss. 800
>> vol. 4, no. 6, iss. 801
>> vol. 5, no. 1, iss. 802
>> vol. 5, no. 2, iss. 803
>> vol. 5, no. 3, iss. 804
>> vol. 5, no. 4, iss. 805
>> vol. 5, no. 5, iss. 806
>> vol. 5, no. 6, iss. 807
>>
>> Where the volume changes once a year.  The issues arrive irregularly
>> throughout the year.  I set up the subscription like this :
>>
>> http://screencast.com/t/**rtBUMABdE <http://screencast.com/t/rtBUMABdE>
>>
>> and this:
>>
>> http://screencast.com/t/**kW5UcMHF <http://screencast.com/t/kW5UcMHF>
>>
>> But when I generate serials I get the volume rolling over after number 2:
>>
>> http://screencast.com/t/**mG8wS4IX <http://screencast.com/t/mG8wS4IX>
>>
>> and
>>
>> http://screencast.com/t/**e5zfnqkY <http://screencast.com/t/e5zfnqkY>
>>
>> (ignore the missing dates that's cause I didn't actually receive them).
>>  So
>> my question is - what does everyone thing I need to change to get the
>> volume to roll over after 6 instead of after 1?
>>
>> Thanks in advance!
>> Nicole
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