Re: Statistical Report Question on outstanding holds

[Mieko Yamaguchi <iss053@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I haven't tried this myself but even if you sort the outstanding holds
file by patron it seems like a lot of effort to produce what should be a
simple report if only the system can count and display the number of HOLD
fields in the patron record.

It might be a little easier if you create a review file of all the patrons
with holds and output the /8 HOLD fields only.  Since each HOLD field
begins with the patron record number it should be possible to manipulate
this file and count how many times each patron record appears.  It still
sounds like a lot of work, though.  Good luck.

On Wed, 8 Nov 2000, McClellan Jr., Michael C. wrote:

> We are reviewing our limit on the number of holds a patron can have as it's
> currently set at 100.  I need to find a way to report how many patrons are
> at various levels.  How many have 80 holds.  How many at 50 etc.  I have
> looked at the various reporting options and nothing leaps out at me.  We
> have over 12,000 outstanding holds which means this will be a bear to work
> with.  It looks like my best option is to run the View Outstanding Holds
> report and then export it into something that could be used to produce my
> report.  So my obvious question is has any one done this and would share
> their method with me.

Mieko
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