Release Date: February 17, 2022
This release of WorldShare Reports and Report Designer provides new features and enhancements. These features will help you manage more complex workflows, including:
Many of these enhancements are the direct result of your feedback.
We encourage you to review all of the items in the release notes to determine whether there are other items that might require additional action or follow-up by your institution.
The Circulation universes have been updated to include new fields for normalized call numbers. These fields can be used in your custom queries to sort your output item lists by location on the shelf. A normalized call number allows the values to be sorted naturally by different data tools such as WorldShare Report Designer and Microsoft Excel.
This Item Call Number (Normalized) field contains the normalized call number based on the associated LHR (Local Holdings Record) item. Generation of the value is based on the concatenation of call number classification (852 $h) + call number cutter(s) (852 $i) + call number suffix(es) (852 $m)
Note: Data will be "N/A" when the circulation item does not have an associated LHR item, e.g. a temporary item (Item Type = TEMPORARY or CIRC_MANAGED) or a withdrawn item.
The following universes are updated:
The following fields were added to the above universes:
The Item Call Number (Normalized) field was added to the Circulation Events Detail Report. This new field can be used to sort your output by call number.
The Cataloging universes have been updated to include the new normalized call number field. This field can be used in your custom queries to sort your output item lists by location on the shelf. A normalized call number allows the values to be sorted naturally by different data tools such as WorldShare Report Designer and Microsoft Excel.
This Local Item Call Number (Normalized) field contains the normalized call number based on the associated LHR (Local Holdings Record) item. Generation of the value is based on the concatenation of call number classification (852 $h) + call number cutter(s) (852 $i) + call number suffix(es) (852 $m)
Local Item Call Number (Normalized): A normalized call number suitable for sorting. Derived from a valid Local Item Call Number when shelving scheme is set to Dewey or Library of Congress.
Note: The Local Item Call Number (Normalized) field in the Cataloging universe will start to be populated on 16 February 2022. Historical data will not be backfilled. Therefore the field only applies to titles added on or after 16 February 2022, or titles removed on or after 16 February 2022.
Note: This field is added to the Volatility Information folder, which only applies to New Titles and Removed Titles reports. This field cannot be used in conjunction with Title Holding Information or Item Holding Information. Since New Titles and Removed Titles reports are at the title level, the item level data in the Volatility Information folder is based on the first item added for a new title, or the last item removed for a removed title.
The Local Item Call Number (Normalized) and Title Holding Added Date fields were added to the New Titles List report. The Local Item Call Number (Normalized) will allow for sorting of your list, while the Title Holding Added Date will provide more detailed data about when the title was added to your collection for the given reporting month(s).
The item level data in the New Titles List is based on the first item added for a new title, at the time it was added.
The Local Item Call Number (Normalized) and Title Holding Removed Date fields were added to the Removed Titles List report. The Local Item Call Number (Normalized) will allow for sorting of your list, while the Title Holding Removed Date will provide more detailed data about when the title was removed from your collection for the given reporting month(s).
The item level data in the Removed Titles List is based on the last item removed for the removed title, at the time it was removed.
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