Partially or fully receive serials and multi-parts
Discover how to receive serials one item at a time, receive or partially receive multiple items, and view the WorldCat record for an order item in WorldShare Acquisitions.
You are not required to receive serials and multi-parts in WorldShare Acquisitions. You can also choose to Do Not Track these items.
Receive serials one item at a time
Use this procedure to indicate you have started or finished receiving a serial on an order. To edit your serials holdings, and manage and receive issues see Serial issues. To claim for serial issues see Claim serial issues.
- On the left navigation, click Receive and Invoice.
- Select Serial from the Processing Type drop-down list.
- For Action, the default is Receive and Invoice.
- Click View Items.
- Click the Search Text form field and press <Enter>.
- You may also narrow your search by one of the filters below.
- Click the gear button () to display the Show Columns pop-up window.
- Select Receipt Status if it is not already selected.
- Receive item:
- Start receiving: In the item's row, in the Receipt Status column, click Start.
- Finish receiving: In the item's row, in the Receipt Status column, click Finish.
- Optionally, you can also invoice ordered serials and multi-parts from this page. See Add ordered items to invoice.
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Receive or partially receive multiple items
Follow the instructions below to update the Receipt Status of multiple serials or e-products to Received or Partially Received.
Update the Receipt Status of multiple serials to Received
- Search order items using the instructions under Search and filter order items.
- Select the checkboxes next to the items you want to update. If you want to update all items in the table, select the checkbox at the top of the table.
- At the top of the screen, click Receive > Receive.
- From the Receive dialog, click Receive.
Update the Receipt Status of multiple serials to Partially Received
- Search order items using the instructions under Search and filter order items.
- Select the checkboxes next to the items you want to update. If you want to update all items in the table, select the checkbox at the top of the table.
- At the top of the screen, click Receive > Partially Receive.
- From the Receive dialog, click Partially Receive.
View the WorldCat record for an order item