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5 <title>Administration Functions in the Acquisitions Module</title>
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6 <abstract>The following documentation is intended for users who will be managing funds and providers, managing EDI accounts, and creating drop down menus for invoices and purchase orders. This
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7 documentation will describe the purpose of each menu item in the Acquisitions menu in the Admin module and will present instructions for using each item. Front line processes are documented in The
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8 Acquisitions Module. This document is intended for first time users of the Acquisitions module as well as those who are familiar with the module and need only a reference guide. The
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9 contents of this document are ordered such that one who is new to the Acquisitions module could read through this document and set up the administrative portion of Acquisitions in Evergreen.
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12 <section id="acq_admin_currency_types">
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13 <title>Currency Types</title>
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14 <simpara>Currency types can be created and applied to funds in the administrative module.
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15 When a fund is applied to a copy or line item for purchase, the item will be purchased in
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16 the currency associated with that fund.</simpara>
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18 <title>Create a currency type</title>
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19 <orderedlist numeration="arabic">
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20 <listitem><simpara>To create a new currency type, click Admin → Server Administration → Acquisitions→ Currency types.</simpara></listitem>
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21 <listitem><simpara>Enter the currency code. No limits exist on the number of characters that can be entered in this field.</simpara></listitem>
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22 <listitem><simpara>Enter the name of the currency type in Currency Label field. No limits exist on the number of characters that can be entered in
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23 this field.</simpara></listitem>
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24 <listitem><simpara>Click Save.</simpara></listitem>
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28 <title>Edit a currency type</title>
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29 <orderedlist numeration="arabic">
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30 <listitem><simpara>To edit a currency type, click your cursor in the row that you want to edit. The row will turn blue.</simpara></listitem>
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31 <listitem><simpara>Double-click. The pop-up box will appear, and you can edit the fields.</simpara></listitem>
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32 <listitem><simpara>After making changes, click Save.</simpara></listitem>
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34 <note><simpara>From the currency types interface, you can delete currencies that have never been applied to funds or used to make purchases.</simpara></note>
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37 <section id="acq_admin_exchange_rates">
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38 <title>Exchange Rates</title>
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39 <simpara>Exchange rates define the rate of exchange between currencies. Evergreen will automatically calculate exchange rates for purchases.
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40 Evergreen assumes that the currency of the purchasing fund is identical to the currency of the provider, but it provides for two unique
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42 If the currency of the fund that is used for the purchase is different from the currency of the provider as listed in the provider
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43 profile, then Evergreen will use the exchange rate to calculate the price of the item in the currency of the fund and debit the fund
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45 When money is transferred between funds that use different currency types, Evergreen will automatically use the exchange rate to convert
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46 the money to the currency of the receiving fund. During such transfers, however, staff can override the automatic conversion by providing
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47 an explicit amount to credit to the receiving fund.</simpara>
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49 <title>Create an exchange rate</title>
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50 <orderedlist numeration="arabic">
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51 <listitem><simpara>To create a new exchange rate, click Admin → Server Administration → Acquisitions → Exchange Rates.</simpara></listitem>
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52 <listitem><simpara>Click New Exchange Rate.</simpara></listitem>
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53 <listitem><simpara>Enter the From Currency from the drop down menu populated by the currency types.</simpara></listitem>
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54 <listitem><simpara>Enter the To Currency from the drop down menu populated by the currency types.</simpara></listitem>
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55 <listitem><simpara>Enter the exchange Ratio.</simpara></listitem>
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56 <listitem><simpara>Click Save.</simpara></listitem>
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60 <title>Edit an Exchange Rate</title>
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61 <simpara>Edit an exchange rate just as you would edit a currency type.</simpara>
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64 <section id="acq_admin_funding_sources">
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65 <title>Funding Sources</title>
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66 <simpara>Funding sources allow you to specify the sources that contribute monies to your fund(s). You can create as few or as many funding
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67 sources as you need.</simpara>
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69 <title>Create a funding source</title>
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70 <orderedlist numeration="arabic">
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71 <listitem><simpara>To create a new funding source, click Admin → Server Administration → Acquisitions → Funding Source.</simpara></listitem>
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72 <listitem><simpara>Enter a funding source name. No limits exist on the number of characters that can be entered in this field.</simpara></listitem>
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73 <listitem><simpara>Select an owner from the drop down menu. The owner indicates the organizational unit(s) whose staff can use this funding source.
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74 This menu is populated with the shortnames that you created for your libraries in the organizational units tree (See
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75 Admin → Server Administration → Organizational Units).</simpara>
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76 <literallayout class="monospaced">The rule of parental inheritance applies to this list. For example, if a system is made the owner of a funding source,
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77 then users with appropriate permissions at the branches within the system could also use the funding source.</literallayout></listitem>
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78 <listitem><simpara>Create a code for the source. No limits exist on the number of characters that can be entered in this field.</simpara></listitem>
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79 <listitem><simpara>Select a currency from the drop down menu. This menu is populated from the choices in the Currency Types interface.</simpara></listitem>
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80 <listitem><simpara>Click Save.</simpara></listitem>
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84 <title>Allocate Credits to Funding Sources</title>
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85 <orderedlist numeration="arabic">
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86 <listitem><simpara>Apply a credit to this funding source.</simpara></listitem>
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87 <listitem><simpara>Enter the amount of money that the funding source contributes to the organization. Funding sources are not tied to fiscal
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88 or calendar years, so you can continue to add money to the same funding source over multiple years, e.g. County
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89 Funding. Alternatively, you can name funding sources by year, e.g. County Funding 2010 and County Funding 2011, and apply
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90 credits each year to the matching source.</simpara></listitem>
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91 <listitem><simpara>To apply a credit, click on the hyperlinked name of the funding source. The Funding Source Details will appear.</simpara></listitem>
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92 <listitem><simpara>Click Apply credit.</simpara></listitem>
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93 <listitem><simpara>Enter an amount to apply to this funding source.</simpara></listitem>
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94 <listitem><simpara>Enter a note. This field is optional.</simpara></listitem>
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95 <listitem><simpara>Click Apply.</simpara></listitem>
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99 <title>Allocate credits to funds</title>
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100 <simpara>If you have already set up your funds, then you can then click the Allocate to Fund button to apply credits from the
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101 funding sources to the funds. If you have not yet set up your funds, or you need to add a new one, you can allocate
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102 credits to funds from the funds interface. See section 1.2 for more information.</simpara>
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103 <orderedlist numeration="arabic">
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104 <listitem><simpara>To allocate credits to funds, click Allocate to Fund.</simpara></listitem>
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105 <listitem><simpara>Enter the amount that you want to allocate.</simpara></listitem>
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106 <listitem><simpara>Enter a note. This field is optional.</simpara></listitem>
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107 <listitem><simpara>Click Apply.</simpara></listitem>
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111 <title>Track Debits and Credits</title>
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112 <simpara>You can track credits to and allocations from each funding source. These amounts are updated when credits and allocations are
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113 made in the Funding Source Details. Access the Funding Source Details by clicking on the hyperlinked name of the Funding Source.</simpara>
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116 <section id="acq_admin_fund_tags">
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117 <title>Fund Tags</title>
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118 <simpara>You can apply tags to funds so that you can group funds for easy reporting. For example, you have three funds for children’s materials: Children’s Board Books, Children’s DVDs, and
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119 Children’s CDs. Assign a fund tag of “children’s” to each fund.
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120 When you need to report on the amount that has been spent on all children’s materials,
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121 you can run a report on the fund tag to find total expenditures on children’s materials
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122 rather than reporting on each individual fund.</simpara>
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124 <title>Create a Fund Tag</title>
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125 <orderedlist numeration="arabic">
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126 <listitem><simpara>To create a fund tag, click Admin → Server Administration → Acquisitions → Fund Tags.</simpara></listitem>
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127 <listitem><simpara>Click New Fund Tag. No limits exist on the number of characters that can be entered in this field.</simpara></listitem>
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128 <listitem><simpara>Select a Fund Tag Owner from the drop down menu. The owner indicates the organizational unit(s) whose staff can use this
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129 fund tag. This menu is populated with the shortnames that you created for your libraries in the organizational units tree
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130 (See Admin → Server Administration → Organizational Units).</simpara>
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131 <note><simpara>The rule of parental inheritance applies to this list.</simpara></note></listitem>
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132 <listitem><simpara>Enter a Fund Tag Name. No limits exist on the number of characters that can be entered in this field.</simpara></listitem>
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133 <listitem><simpara>Click Save.</simpara></listitem>
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137 <section id="acq_admin_funds">
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138 <title>Funds</title>
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139 <simpara>Funds allow you to allocate credits toward specific purchases. In the funds interface,
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140 you can create funds; allocate credits from funding sources to funds; transfer money
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141 between funds; and apply fund tags to funds.
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142 Funds are created for a specific year, either fiscal or calendar. These funds are owned
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143 by org units. At the top of the funds interface, you can set a contextual org unit and
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144 year. The drop down menu at the top of the screen enables you to focus on funds that
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145 are owned by specific organizational units during specific years.</simpara>
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147 <title>Create a fund</title>
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148 <orderedlist numeration="arabic">
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149 <listitem><simpara>To create a new fund, click Admin → Server Administration → Acquisitions → Funds.</simpara></listitem>
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150 <listitem><simpara>Enter a name for the fund. No limits exist on the number of characters that can be entered in this field.</simpara></listitem>
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151 <listitem><simpara>Create a code for the fund. No limits exist on the number of characters that can be entered in this field.</simpara></listitem>
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152 <listitem><simpara>Enter a year for the fund. This can be a fiscal year or a calendar year. The format of the year is YYYY.</simpara></listitem>
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153 <listitem><simpara>Select an org unit from the drop down menu. The org unit indicates the organizational units whose staff can use this fund. This menu is populated with the
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154 shortnames that you created for your libraries in the organizational units tree (See Admin → Server Administration → Organizational Units).</simpara>
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155 <note><simpara>The rule of parental inheritance applies to this list. See section</simpara></note></listitem>
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156 <listitem><simpara>Select a currency type from the drop down menu. This menu is comprised of entries in the currency types menu. When a fund
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157 is applied to a line item or copy, the price of the item will be encumbered in the currency associated with the fund.</simpara></listitem>
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158 <listitem><simpara>Click the Active box to activate this fund. You cannot make purchases from this fund if it is not active.</simpara></listitem>
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159 <listitem><simpara>Enter a Balance Stop Percent. The balance stop percent prevents you from making purchases when only a specified amount of the
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160 fund remains. For example, if you want to leave a five percent balance in the fund, then you would enter 5 in the field.
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161 You can also enter negative numbers to prevent over expenditure. When the fund reaches its balance stop percent, it will appear in
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162 red when you apply funds to copies.</simpara></listitem>
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163 <listitem><simpara>Enter a Balance Warning Percent. The balance warning percent gives you a warning that the fund is low. You can specify any percent. For example, if you want to be
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164 warned when the fund has only 10 percent of its balance remaining, then enter 10 in the field. When the fund reaches its balance warning percent, it will appear in yellow when you
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165 apply funds to copies.</simpara></listitem>
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166 <listitem><simpara>Check the Propagate box to propagate funds. When you propagate a fund, the ILS will create a new fund for the following fisca
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167 year with the same parameters as your current fund. All of the settings transfer except for the year and the amount of
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168 money in the fund. Propagation occurs during the fiscal year close-out operation.</simpara></listitem>
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169 <listitem><simpara>Check the Rollover box if you want to roll over remaining funds into the same fund next year.</simpara></listitem>
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170 <listitem><simpara>Click Save.</simpara></listitem>
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174 <title>Allocate Credits from Funding Sources to Funds</title>
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175 <simpara>Credits can be applied to funds from funding sources using the fund interface. The
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176 credits that you apply to the fund can be applied later to purchases.</simpara>
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177 <orderedlist numeration="arabic">
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178 <listitem><simpara>To access funds, click Admin → Server Administration → Acquisitions → Funds.</simpara></listitem>
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179 <listitem><simpara>Click the hyperlinked name of the fund.</simpara></listitem>
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180 <listitem><simpara>To add a credit to the fund, click the Create Allocation tab.</simpara></listitem>
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181 <listitem><simpara>Choose a Funding Source from the drop down menu.</simpara></listitem>
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182 <listitem><simpara>Enter an amount that you want to apply to the fund from the funding source.</simpara></listitem>
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183 <listitem><simpara>Enter a note. This field is optional.</simpara></listitem>
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184 <listitem><simpara>Click Apply.</simpara></listitem>
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188 <title>Transfer credits between funds</title>
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189 <simpara>The credits that you allocate to funds can be transferred between funds if desired. In
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190 the following example, you can transfer $500.00 from the Young Adult Fiction fund to
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191 the Children’s DVD fund.</simpara>
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192 <orderedlist numeration="arabic">
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193 <listitem><simpara>To access funds, click Admin → Server Administration → Acquisitions → Funds.</simpara></listitem>
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194 <listitem><simpara>Click the hyperlinked name of the originating fund.</simpara></listitem>
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195 <listitem><simpara>The Fund Details screen appears. Click Transfer Money.</simpara></listitem>
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196 <listitem><simpara>Enter the amount that you would like to transfer.</simpara></listitem>
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197 <listitem><simpara>From the drop down menu, select the destination fund.
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198 </simpara></listitem>
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199 <listitem><simpara>Add a note. This field is optional.</simpara></listitem>
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200 <listitem><simpara>Click Transfer.</simpara></listitem>
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204 <title>Track Balances and Expenditures</title>
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205 <simpara>The Fund Details allows you to track the fund’s balance, encumbrances, and amount
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206 spent. It also allows you to track allocations from the funding source(s), debits, and
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207 fund tags.</simpara>
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208 <orderedlist numeration="arabic">
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209 <listitem><simpara>To access the fund details, click on the hyperlinked name of the fund that you
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210 created.</simpara></listitem>
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211 <listitem><simpara>The Summary allows you to track the following:</simpara>
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212 <orderedlist numeration="loweralpha">
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213 <listitem><simpara>Balance – The balance is calculated by subtracting both items that have been
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214 invoiced and encumbrances from the total allocated to the fund.</simpara></listitem>
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215 <listitem><simpara>Total Allocated – This amount is the total amount allocated from the Funding
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216 Source.</simpara></listitem>
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217 <listitem><simpara>Spent Balance – This balance is calculated by subtracting only the items that
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218 have been invoiced from the total allocated to the fund. It does not include
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219 encumbrances.</simpara></listitem>
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220 <listitem><simpara>Total Debits – The total debits are calculated by adding the cost of items that
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221 have been invoiced and encumbrances.</simpara></listitem>
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222 <listitem><simpara>Total Spent – The total spent is calculated by adding the cost of items that
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223 have been invoiced. It does not include encumbrances.</simpara></listitem>
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224 <listitem><simpara>Total Encumbered – The total encumbered is calculated by adding all
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225 encumbrances.</simpara></listitem>
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226 </orderedlist></listitem>
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230 <title>Edit a Fund</title>
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231 <simpara>Edit a fund just as you would edit a currency type.</simpara>
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234 <title>Perform Year End Closeout Operation</title>
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235 <simpara>The Year End Closeout Operation allows you to deactivate funds for the current year
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236 and create analogous funds for the next year. It transfers encumbrances to the
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237 analogous funds, and it rolls over any remaining funds if you checked the rollover box
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238 when creating the fund.</simpara>
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239 <orderedlist numeration="arabic">
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240 <listitem><simpara>To access the year end closeout of a fund, click Admin → Server Administration →
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241 Acquisitions → Funds.</simpara></listitem>
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242 <listitem><simpara>Click Fund Propagation and Rollover.</simpara></listitem>
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243 <listitem><simpara>Check the box adjacent to Perform Fiscal Year Close-Out Operation.</simpara></listitem>
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244 <listitem><simpara>Notice that the context org unit reflects the context org unit that you selected at
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245 the top of the Funds screen.</simpara></listitem>
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246 <listitem><simpara>If you want to perform the close-out operation on the context org unit and its child
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247 units, then check the box adjacent to Include Funds for Descendant Org Units.</simpara></listitem>
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248 <listitem><simpara>Check the box adjacent to dry run if you want to test changes to the funds before
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249 they are enacted. Evergreen will generate a summary of the changes that would
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250 occur during the selected operations. No data will be changed.</simpara></listitem>
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251 <listitem><simpara>Click Process.</simpara></listitem>
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252 <listitem><simpara>Evergreen will begin the propagation process. Evergreen will make a clone of each
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253 fund, but it will increment the year by .</simpara></listitem>
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257 <section id="acq_admin_providers">
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258 <title>Providers</title>
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259 <simpara>Providers are vendors. You can create a provider profile that includes contact
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260 information for the provider, holdings information, invoices, and other information.</simpara>
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262 <title>Create a provider</title>
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263 <orderedlist numeration="arabic">
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264 <listitem><simpara>To create a new provider, click Admin → Server Administration →Acquisitions →
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265 Providers.</simpara></listitem>
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266 <listitem><simpara>Enter the provider name.</simpara></listitem>
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267 <listitem><simpara>Create a code for the provider. No limits exist on the number of characters that can
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268 be entered in this field.</simpara></listitem>
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269 <listitem><simpara>Select an owner from the drop down menu. The owner indicates the organizational units whose staff can use this provider. This menu is populated with the shortnames
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270 that you created for your libraries in the organizational units tree (See Admin → Server Administration → Organizational Units).</simpara>
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271 <note><simpara>The rule of parental inheritance applies to this list. See section .1
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272 for more information.</simpara></note></listitem>
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273 <listitem><simpara>Select a currency from the drop down menu. This drop down list is populated by the
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274 list of currencies available in the currency types.</simpara></listitem>
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275 <listitem><simpara>A provider must be active in order for purchases to be made from that provider. To
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276 activate the provider, check the box adjacent to Active. To deactivate a vendor,
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277 uncheck the box.</simpara></listitem>
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278 <listitem><simpara>Select a default claim policy from the drop down box. This list is derived from the
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279 claim policies that can be created</simpara></listitem>
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280 <listitem><simpara>Select an EDI default. This list is derived from the EDI accounts that can be created.</simpara></listitem>
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281 <listitem><simpara>Enter the provider’s email address.</simpara></listitem>
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282 <listitem><simpara>In the Fax Phone field, enter the provider’s fax number.</simpara></listitem>
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283 <listitem><simpara>In the holdings tag field, enter the tag in which the provider places holdings data.</simpara></listitem>
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284 <listitem><simpara>In the phone field, enter the provider’s phone number.</simpara></listitem>
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285 <listitem><simpara>If prepayment is required to purchase from this provider, then check the box
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286 adjacent to prepayment required.</simpara></listitem>
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287 <listitem><simpara>Enter the Standard Address Number (SAN) for your provider.</simpara></listitem>
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288 <listitem><simpara>Enter the web address for the provider’s website in the URL field.</simpara></listitem>
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289 <listitem><simpara>Click Save.</simpara></listitem>
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293 <title>Add contact and holdings information to providers</title>
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294 <simpara>After you save the provider profile, the screen reloads so that you can save additional
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295 information about the provider. You can also access this screen by clicking the
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296 hyperlinked name of the provider on the Providers screen. The tabs allow you to add a
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297 provider address and contact, attribute definitions, and holding subfields. You can also
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298 view invoices associated with the provider.</simpara>
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299 <orderedlist numeration="arabic">
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300 <listitem><simpara>Enter a Provider Address, and click Save.</simpara>
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301 <note><simpara>Required fields for the provider address are: Street 1, city, state,
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302 country, post code. You may have multiple valid addresses.</simpara></note></listitem>
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303 <listitem><simpara>Enter the Provider Contact, and click Save.</simpara></listitem>
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304 <listitem><simpara>Your vendor may include information that is specific to your organization in MARC
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305 tags. You can specify the types of information that should be entered in each MARC
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306 tag. Enter attribute definitions to correlate MARC tags with the information that
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307 they should contain in incoming vendor records. Some technical knowledge is
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308 required to enter XPath information.</simpara></listitem>
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309 <listitem><simpara>You may have entered a holdings tag when you created the provider profile. You
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310 can also enter holdings subfields. Holdings subfields allow you to specify subfields
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311 within the holdings tag to which your vendor adds holdings information.</simpara></listitem>
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312 <listitem><simpara>Click invoices to access invoices associated with a provider.</simpara></listitem>
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316 <title>Edit a provider</title>
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317 <simpara>Edit a provider just as you would edit a currency type.</simpara>
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318 <note><simpara>You can delete providers only if no purchase orders have been assigned
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319 to them.</simpara></note>
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322 <section id="acq_admin_edi">
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324 <simpara>Many libraries use Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) accounts to order new acquisitions.
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325 In Evergreen 2.0, users can set up EDI accounts and manage EDI messages in the admin
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326 module. EDI messages and notes can be viewed in the acquisitions module.</simpara>
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327 <note><simpara>The following fields are required to create an EDI account: host,
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328 username, password, path, and incoming directory.</simpara></note>
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330 <title>EDI Accounts</title>
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331 <simpara>Create EDI Accounts to communicate electronically with providers.</simpara>
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332 <orderedlist numeration="arabic">
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333 <listitem><simpara>Create a label. The label allows you to differentiate between accounts for the same
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334 provider. No limits exist on the number of characters that can be entered in this
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335 field.</simpara></listitem>
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336 <listitem><simpara>Enter a host. Your provider will provide you with the requisite FTP or SCP
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337 information.</simpara></listitem>
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338 <listitem><simpara>Enter the username that has been supplied by your provider.</simpara></listitem>
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339 <listitem><simpara>Enter the password that has been supplied by your provider.</simpara></listitem>
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340 <listitem><simpara>Enter account information. This field enables you to add a supplemental password
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341 for entry to a remote system after log in has been completed. This field is optional
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342 for the ILS but may be required by your provider.</simpara></listitem>
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343 <listitem><simpara>Select an owner from the drop down menu. The owner indicates the organizational
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344 units whose staff can use this EDI account. This menu is populated with the
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345 shortnames that you created for your libraries in the organizational units tree (See
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346 Admin → Server Administration → Organizational Units).</simpara>
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347 <note><simpara>The rule of parental inheritance applies to this list.</simpara></note></listitem>
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348 <listitem><simpara>The Last Activity updates automatically with any inbound or outbound
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349 communication.</simpara></listitem>
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350 <listitem><simpara>Select a provider from the drop down menu to whom this account belongs.</simpara></listitem>
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351 <listitem><simpara>Enter a path. The path indicates the remote location on the server from which files
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352 are pulled in to the ILS.</simpara></listitem>
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353 <listitem><simpara>Enter the incoming directory. This directory indicates the location on your local
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354 network to which the files download.</simpara></listitem>
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355 <listitem><simpara>Enter the vendor account number supplied by your provider.</simpara></listitem>
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356 <listitem><simpara>Enter the vendor account code supplied by your provider.</simpara></listitem>
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357 <listitem><simpara>Click Save.</simpara></listitem>
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361 <title>EDI Messages</title>
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362 <simpara>The EDI messages screen displays all incoming and outgoing messages between the
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363 library and the vendor.</simpara>
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366 <section id="acq_admin_claiming">
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367 <title>Claiming</title>
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368 <simpara>Evergreen 2.0 provides minimal claiming functionality. Currently, all claiming is manual,
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369 but the admin module enables you to build claim policies and specify the action(s) that
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370 users should take to claim items.</simpara>
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372 <title>Create a claim policy</title>
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373 <simpara>The claim policy link enables you to name the claim policy and specify the organization
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374 that owns it.</simpara>
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375 <orderedlist numeration="arabic">
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376 <listitem><simpara>To create a claim policy, click Admin → Server Administration → Acquisitions →
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377 Claim Policies.</simpara></listitem>
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378 <listitem><simpara>Create a claim policy name. No limits exist on the number of characters that can be
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379 entered in this field.</simpara></listitem>
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380 <listitem><simpara>Select an org unit from the drop down menu. The org unit indicates the
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381 organizational units whose staff can use this claim policy. This menu is populated
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382 with the shortnames that you created for your libraries in the organizational units
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383 tree (See Admin → Server Administration → Organizational Units).</simpara>
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384 <note><simpara>The rule of parental inheritance applies to this list.</simpara></note></listitem>
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385 <listitem><simpara>Enter a description. No limits exist on the number of characters that can be entered
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386 in this field.</simpara></listitem>
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387 <listitem><simpara>Click Save.</simpara></listitem>
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391 <title>Create a claim type</title>
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392 <simpara>The claim type link enables you to specify the reason for a type of claim.</simpara>
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393 <orderedlist numeration="arabic">
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394 <listitem><simpara>To create a claim type, click Admin → Server Administration → Acquisitions →
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395 Claim types.</simpara></listitem>
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396 <listitem><simpara>Create a claim type. No limits exist on the number of characters that can be entered
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397 in this field.</simpara></listitem>
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398 <listitem><simpara>Select an org unit from the drop down menu. The org unit indicates the
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399 organizational units whose staff can use this claim type. This menu is populated
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400 with the shortnames that you created for your libraries in the organizational units
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401 tree (See Admin → Server Administration → Organizational Units).</simpara>
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402 <note><simpara>The rule of parental inheritance applies to this list.</simpara></note></listitem>
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403 <listitem><simpara>Enter a description. No limits exist on the number of characters that can be entered
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404 in this field.</simpara></listitem>
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405 <listitem><simpara>Click Save.</simpara></listitem>
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409 <title>Create a claim event type</title>
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410 <simpara>The claim event type describes the physical action that should occur when an item
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411 needs to be claimed. For example, the user should notify the vendor via email that the
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412 library is claiming an item.</simpara>
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413 <orderedlist numeration="arabic">
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414 <listitem><simpara>To access the claim event types, click Admin → Server Administration →
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415 Acquisitions →Claim event type.</simpara></listitem>
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416 <listitem><simpara>Enter a code for the claim event type. No limits exist on the number of characters
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417 that can be entered in this field.</simpara></listitem>
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418 <listitem><simpara>Select an org unit from the drop down menu. The org unit indicates the
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419 organizational units whose staff can use this event type. This menu is populated
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420 with the shortnames that you created for your libraries in the organizational units
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421 tree (See Admin → Server Administration → Organizational Units).</simpara>
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422 <note><simpara>The rule of parental inheritance applies to this list.</simpara></note></listitem>
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423 <listitem><simpara>Enter a description. No limits exist on the number of characters that can be entered
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424 in this field.</simpara></listitem>
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425 <listitem><simpara>If this claim is initiated by the user, then check the box adjacent to Library Initiated.</simpara>
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426 <note><simpara>Currently, all claims are initiated by a user. The ILS cannot automatically
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427 claim an issue.</simpara></note></listitem>
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428 <listitem><simpara>Click Save.</simpara></listitem>
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432 <title>Create a claim policy action</title>
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433 <simpara>The claim policy action enables you to specify how long a user should wait before
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434 claiming the item.</simpara>
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435 <orderedlist numeration="arabic">
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436 <listitem><simpara>To access claim policy actions, click Admin → Server Administration → Acquisitions
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437 →Claim Policy Actions.</simpara></listitem>
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438 <listitem><simpara>Select an Action (Event Type) from the drop down menu.</simpara></listitem>
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439 <listitem><simpara>Enter an action interval. This field indicates how long a user should wait before
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440 claiming the item.</simpara></listitem>
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441 <listitem><simpara>In the Claim Policy ID field, select a claim policy from the drop down menu.</simpara></listitem>
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442 <listitem><simpara>Click Save.</simpara></listitem>
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444 <note><simpara>You can create claim cycles by adding multiple claim policy actions to a
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445 claim policy.</simpara></note>
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448 <section id="acq_admin_invoice_menus">
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449 <title>Invoice menus</title>
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450 <simpara>Invoice menus allow you to create drop down menus that appear on invoices. You can
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451 create an invoice item type or invoice payment method.</simpara>
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453 <title>Invoice item type</title>
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454 <simpara>The invoice item type allows you to enter the types of additional charges that you can
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455 add to an invoice. Examples of additional charge types might include taxes or
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456 processing fees. Charges for bibliographic items are listed separately from these
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457 additional charges. A default list of charge types displays, but you can add custom
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458 charge types to this list.
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459 Invoice item types can also be used when adding non-bibliographic items to a purchase
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460 order. When invoiced, the invoice item type will copy from the purchase order to the
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462 <orderedlist numeration="arabic">
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463 <listitem><simpara>To create a new charge type, click Admin → Server Administration → Acquisitions
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464 → Invoice Item Type.</simpara></listitem>
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465 <listitem><simpara>Click New Invoice Item Type.</simpara></listitem>
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466 <listitem><simpara>Create a code for the charge type. No limits exist on the number of characters that
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467 can be entered in this field.</simpara></listitem>
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468 <listitem><simpara>Create a label. No limits exist on the number of characters that can be entered in
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469 this field. The text in this field appears in the drop down menu on the invoice.</simpara></listitem>
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470 <listitem><simpara>If items on the invoice were purchased with the monies in multiple funds, then you
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471 can divide the additional charge across funds. Check the box adjacent to Prorate? if
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472 you want to prorate the charge across funds.</simpara></listitem>
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473 <listitem><simpara>Click Save.</simpara></listitem>
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477 <section id="acq_admin_invoice_payment_method">
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478 <title>Invoice payment method</title>
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479 <simpara>The invoice payment method allows you to predefine the type(s) of invoices and
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480 payment method(s) that you accept. The text that you enter in the admin module will
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481 appear as a drop down menu in the invoice type and payment method fields on the
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483 <orderedlist numeration="arabic">
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484 <listitem><simpara>To create a new invoice payment method, click Admin → Server Administration →
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485 Acquisitions → Invoice Payment Method.</simpara></listitem>
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486 <listitem><simpara>Click New Invoice Payment Method.</simpara></listitem>
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487 <listitem><simpara>Create a code for the invoice payment method. No limits exist on the number of
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488 characters that can be entered in this field.</simpara></listitem>
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489 <listitem><simpara>Create a name for the invoice payment method. No limits exist on the number of
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490 characters that can be entered in this field. The text in this field appears in the drop
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491 down menu on the invoice.</simpara></listitem>
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492 <listitem><simpara>Click Save.</simpara></listitem>
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495 <section id="acq_admin_distribution_formulas">
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496 <title>Distribution Formulas</title>
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497 <simpara>Distribution formulas allow you to specify the number of copies that should be
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498 distributed to specific branches. You can create and reuse formulas as needed.</simpara>
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500 <title>Create a distribution formula</title>
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501 <orderedlist numeration="arabic">
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502 <listitem><simpara>Click Admin → Server Administration → Acquisitions →Distribution Formulas.</simpara></listitem>
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503 <listitem><simpara>Click New Formula.</simpara></listitem>
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504 <listitem><simpara>Enter a Formula Name. No limits exist on the number of characters that can be
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505 entered in this field.</simpara></listitem>
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506 <listitem><simpara>Choose a Formula Owner from the drop down menu. The Formula Owner indicates
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507 the organizational units whose staff can use this formula. This menu is populated
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508 with the shortnames that you created for your libraries in the organizational units
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509 tree (See Admin → Server Administration → Organizational Units).</simpara>
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510 <note><simpara>The rule of parental inheritance applies to this list.</simpara></note></listitem>
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511 <listitem><simpara>Ignore the Skip Count field. It has no purpose in 2.0.</simpara></listitem>
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512 <listitem><simpara>Click Save.</simpara></listitem>
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513 <listitem><simpara>Click New Entry.</simpara></listitem>
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514 <listitem><simpara>Select an Owning Library from the drop down menu. This indicates the branch that
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515 will receive the items. This menu is populated with the shortnames that you created
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516 for your libraries in the organizational units tree (See Admin → Server
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517 Administration → Organizational Units).</simpara></listitem>
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518 <listitem><simpara>Select a Shelving Location from the drop down menu.</simpara></listitem>
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519 <listitem><simpara>In the Item Count field, enter the number of items that should be distributed to the
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520 branch. You can enter the number or use the arrows on the right side of the field.</simpara></listitem>
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521 <listitem><simpara>Click Apply Changes. The screen will reload.</simpara></listitem>
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522 <listitem><simpara>To view the changes to your formula, click Admin → Server Administration →
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523 Acquisitions → Distribution Formulas. The item_count will reflect the entries to
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524 your distribution formula.</simpara></listitem>
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526 <note><simpara>To edit the Formula Name, click the hyperlinked name of the formula in
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527 the top left corner. A pop up box will enable you to enter a new formula
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528 name.</simpara></note>
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531 <title>Edit a distribution formula</title>
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532 <simpara>To edit a distribution formula, click the hyperlinked title of the formula.</simpara>
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535 <section id="acq_admin_line_item_features">
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536 <title>Line item features</title>
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537 <simpara>Line item alerts are predefined text that can be added to line items that are on selection
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538 lists or purchase orders. You can define the alerts from which staff can choose. Line
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539 item alerts appear in a pop up box when the line item, or any of its copies, are marked
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540 as received.</simpara>
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542 <title>Create a line item alert</title>
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543 <orderedlist numeration="arabic">
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544 <listitem><simpara>To create a line item alert, click Administration → Server Administration →
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545 Acquisitions → Line Item Alerts.</simpara></listitem>
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546 <listitem><simpara>Click New Line Item Alert Text.</simpara></listitem>
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547 <listitem><simpara>Create a code for the text. No limits exist on the number of characters that can be
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548 entered in this field.</simpara></listitem>
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549 <listitem><simpara>Create a description for the text. No limits exist on the number of characters that can
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550 be entered in this field.</simpara></listitem>
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551 <listitem><simpara>Select an owning library from the drop down menu. The owning library indicates the
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552 organizational units whose staff can use this alert. This menu is populated with the
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553 shortnames that you created for your libraries in the organizational units tree (See
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554 Admin → Server Administration → Organizational Units).
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555 </simpara></listitem>
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556 <listitem><simpara>Click Save.</simpara></listitem>
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560 <section id="acq_admin_line_item_marc_attribute_definitions">
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561 <title>Line Item MARC Attribute Definitions</title>
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562 <simpara>Line item attributes define the fields that Evergreen needs to extract from the
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563 bibliographic records that are in the acquisitions database to display in the catalog.
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564 Also, these attributes will appear as fields in the New Brief Record interface. You will be
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565 able to enter information for the brief record in the fields where attributes have been
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568 <section id="acq_admin_cancel_suspend_reasons">
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569 <title>Cancel/Suspend reasons</title>
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570 <simpara>The Cancel reasons link enables you to predefine the reasons for which a line item or a
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571 PO can be cancelled. A default list of reasons appears, but you can add custom reasons
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573 Applying the cancel reason will prevent the item from appearing in a claims list and will
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574 allow you to cancel debits associated with the purchase.
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575 Cancel reasons also enable you to suspend or delay a purchase. For example, you could
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576 create a cancel reason of “back ordered,” and you could choose to keep the debits
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577 associated with the purchase.</simpara>
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579 <title>Create a cancel/suspend reason</title>
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580 <orderedlist numeration="arabic">
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581 <listitem><simpara>To add a new cancel reason, click Administration → Server Administration →
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582 Acquisitions → Cancel reasons.</simpara></listitem>
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583 <listitem><simpara>Click New Cancel Reason.</simpara></listitem>
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584 <listitem><simpara>Select a using library from the drop down menu. The using library indicates the
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585 organizational units whose staff can use this cancel reason. This menu is populated
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586 with the shortnames that you created for your libraries in the organizational units
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587 tree (See Admin → Server Administration → Organizational Units.)</simpara></listitem>
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588 <listitem><simpara>Create a label for the cancel reason. This label will appear when you select a cancel
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589 reason on an item or a PO.</simpara></listitem>
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590 <listitem><simpara>Create a description of the cancel reason. This is a free text field and can be
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591 comprised of any text of your choosing.</simpara></listitem>
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592 <listitem><simpara>If you want to retain the debits associated with the cancelled purchase, click the box
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593 adjacent to Keep Debits?</simpara></listitem>
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594 <listitem><simpara>Click Save.</simpara></listitem>
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598 <section id="acq_admin_acquisitions_permissions_in_the_admin_module">
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599 <title>Acquisitions Permissions in the Admin module</title>
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600 <simpara>Several setting in the Library Settings area of the Admin module pertain to functions in
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601 the Acquisitions module. You can access these settings by clicking Admin → Local
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602 Administration →Library Settings Editor.</simpara>
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604 <listitem><simpara>CAT: Delete bib if all copies are deleted via Acquisitions lineitem cancellation – If
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605 you cancel a line item, then all of the on order copies in the catalog are deleted. If,
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606 when you cancel a line item, you also want to delete the bib record, then set this
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607 setting to TRUE.</simpara></listitem>
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608 <listitem><simpara>Default circulation modifier – This modifier would be applied to items that are
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609 created in the acquisitions module</simpara></listitem>
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610 <listitem><simpara>Default copy location – This copy location would be applied to items that are
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611 created in the acquisitions module</simpara></listitem>
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612 <listitem><simpara>Fund Spending Limit for Block - When the amount remaining in the fund, including
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613 spent money and encumbrances, goes below this percentage, attempts to spend
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614 from the fund will be blocked.</simpara></listitem>
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615 <listitem><simpara>Fund Spending Limit for Warning - When the amount remaining in the fund,
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616 including spent money and encumbrances, goes below this percentage, attempts to
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617 spend from the fund will result in a warning to the staff.</simpara></listitem>
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618 <listitem><simpara>Temporary barcode prefix - Temporary barcode prefix for items that are created in
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619 the acquisitions module</simpara></listitem>
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620 <listitem><simpara>Temporary call number prefix - Temporary call number prefix for items that are
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621 created in the acquisitions module</simpara></listitem>
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