RE: system messages Loc=NONE

["Ann Kebabian" <akebabian at mail dot colgate dot edu>]

It means that you have at least one item record that has no location.
You can see how many you actually have if you do a statistics cross-tab
report (on items) that has "Location" on one axis.  

Finding and fixing are harder.  You have to create a list of items with
the criteria
	Item location not equal to A and
	Item location not equal to B and
	Item location not equal to C and ...  including ALL your
existing item locations!  (Tip: make this a "Saved search"!)

Then you have to go through the list and try to determine what the
location of each item should be.  If you are a big library with lots of
branches you are in for a big job.  In our case, we were fortunate that
most locations were obvious based on classification, bib location, and.
in a few cases, order location.

Finally, *check all your templates*!!  Make sure that there isn't some
item template lingering somewhere that has no location -- this was the
source of our problem.  

Good luck!  --ann

Ann Kebabian
Head of Cataloging
Colgate University
Hamilton, NY 13346
Phone: 315-228-7309
Fax: 315-228-7934
Email: akebabian at mail dot colgate dot edu

-----Original Message-----
From: innopac-bounces at innopacusers dot org
[mailto:innopac-bounces at innopacusers dot org] On Behalf Of MJ Goodrum
Sent: Friday, October 01, 2004 10:33 AM
To: innopac at innopacusers dot org
Subject: system messages

Okay.  I'm calling on the collective brains to help me learn something!
I got an interesting system message on my System Status Report, view
system messages, this morning.  On the list of system messages to view
was one that said "Bad item location list - NONE"  What does that mean?
Is there a list anywhere that I can look at when I see a message I don't
understand?  I tried to look at the manual, but most of what I came up
with there were messages that we generate (notices, etc.) not what the
system itself generated.  Any and all help will be greatly appreciated!
 

M.J. Goodrum

Head of Technical Services

Chapel Hill Public Library

100 Library Drive

Chapel Hill, NC  27514

mgoodrum at townofchapelhill dot org <mailto:mgoodrum at townofchapelhill dot org> 

919.968.2777, ext. 130

 

 


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