Evergreen 2.11 Release Notes ============================ :toc: :numbered: Evergreen 2.11.2 ---------------- This release contains several bugfixes improving on Evergreen 2.11.1 * A fix to the web client patron interface that changed the holds count in the patron summary from total / available to available / total. * A fix to an issue where the Closed Dates Editor was displaying an extra day of closure. * A fix to the Closed Dates Editor so that it now displays "All Day" when the library is closed for the entire day. * A fix to properly format LC Call numbers in spine label printing. * A fix to a bug that was causing intermittent search failures. * A fix to a bug that was causing search failures for Copy Location Group searches. * A fix to significant increased slowness with holds transfers. * The addition of an index to the action.aged_circulation table to resolve a problem with long-running queries. * A fix to redirects that for one-hit metarecord searches for systems that have enabled the setting to immediately jump to a bib record on one-hit searches. * A fix to the new acquisitions cost field available in the copy editor to resolve an issue where accidentally clearing out the value in the field resulted in an error. * A fix to a bug that broke the Alternate Printable Hold Pull List and Vandelay uploads on systems that were running OpenSRF 2.5. Acknowledgements ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We would like to thank the following individuals who contributed code, testing and documentation patches to the 2.11.1 point release of Evergreen: * Galen Charlton * Bill Erickson * Kyle Huckins * Jeanette Lundgren * Michele Morgan * Dan Pearl * Michelle Purcell * Mike Rylander * Jane Sandberg * Dan Scott * Chris Sharp * Remington Steed Evergreen 2.11.1 ---------------- This release contains several bug fixes improving on Evergreen 2.11.0 * A fix to that provides alphabetical sorting to the fund selector in the Acquisitions Selection List -> Copies interface. * A fix to the web client check in screen allowing users to click the title of the checked-in item to retrieve the bib record for that item. * The addition of a progress bar that displays when conducting a patron searchin the web client. * A fix to the web client patron interface so that total Items Out in the patron summary now includes overdue and long overdue items. It will also include Lost and Claims Returned items when the appropriate library setting is enabled. * A change to the public catalog My Account screen where the font for leading articles will now be smaller when sorting a list by title. * A fix to subject links in the catalog's record summary page so that periods are no longer stripped from resulting subject searches, leading to more accurate results when those links are clicked. * A fix to avoid unint warnings in the logs for prox_cache in open-ils.circ.hold.is_possible. * A fix to rounding errors that occurred when summing owed/paid totals for display in the catalog's credit card payment form. * A change to sort behavior in the My Account screens. Previously, a third click on a column header returned the list to its original sort order. Clicking column headers will now simply toggle the sort between ascending and descending order. * The Permalink option on the catalog's record summary page will now be hidden in the staff client because clicking the link in the client led to no discernible change for users. * A fix to the display of permanent lists in the catalog, which had broken in 2.11.0. * A fix to the text of a notice that displays when migrating circulation history during the upgrade to 2.10. * An improvement to the performance for the lookup of a user's circ history by adding an index on action.usr_circ_history(usr). * A fix so that when a bib record's fingerprint changes, it gets correctly moved to a different metarecord. Acknowledgements ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We would like to thank the following individuals who contributed code, tests and documentation patches to the 2.11.1 point release of Evergreen: * Galen Charlton * Bill Erickson * Blake Henderson * Jim Keenan * Kathy Lussier * Christine Morgan * Dan Scott * Ben Shum * Remington Steed * Josh Stompro * Dan Wells 2.11.0 Upgrade notes -------------------- Tablefunc Extension No Longer Required ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Changes in the behavior of the connectby function in PostgreSQL 9.5 have prompted its removal from the database. It is easier for Evergreen to maintain compatibility with previous versions of PostgreSQL without this function. By eliminating the use of the connectby function, we eliminate the requirement for the tablefunc database extension. It is no longer installed when the database is created. If you are upgrading and wish to remove it from your database, you may run the following statement in the database to drop it: DROP EXTENSION tablefunc; 2.11.0 New Features ------------------- Administration ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Add Date Header to Action Trigger Email/SMS Templates ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The Date: header specified in RFC 2822 has been added to the seed data for the example Action Trigger email and SMS templates, but no attempt has been made to automatically modify existing templates. To add this header (and end any "Why are my library emails from 1969/70?" questions you may have heard) make sure the following lines are in all templates that use the SendEmail or SendSMS reactors: The first is already in most sample templates, but you may need to add it to the top of any custom templates: `[%- USE date -%]` And this line should be inserted into the header block of each template: `Date: [%- date.format(date.now, '%a, %d %b %Y %T -0000', gmt => 1) %]` Support for Ubuntu 16.04 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Adds support for Ubuntu Xenial Xerus (16.04). Purge User Activity ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ User activity types are now set to transient by default for new Evergreen installs.. This means only the most recent activity entry per user per activity type is retained in the database. This change does not affect existing activity types, which were set to non-transient by default. To make an activity type transient, modify the 'Transient' field of the desired type in the staff client under Admin -> Server Administration -> User Activity Types. Setting an activity type to transient means data for a given user will be cleaned up automatically if and when the user performs the activity in question. However, administrators can also force an activity cleanup via SQL. This is useful for ensuring that all old activity data is deleted and for controlling when the cleanup occurs, which may be useful on very large actor.usr_activity tables. To force clean all activity types: [source,sql] ------------------------------------------------------------ SELECT actor.purge_usr_activity_by_type(etype.id) FROM config.usr_activity_type etype; ------------------------------------------------------------ NOTE: This could take hours to run on a very large actor.usr_activity table. Cataloging ~~~~~~~~~~ Authority Record Import Updates Editor, Edit Date. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Importing an authority record via MARC Batch Import/Export now causes the authority record's editor and edit_date fields to be updated. The editor value may come from the MARC 905u field or, if none is present, the user performing the import. Authority Propagation Updates Bib Editor / Edit Date ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ When a bib record is automatically updated as a result of the modification of a linked authority record, the bib record's "Last Edit Date/Time" and "Last Editing User" fields will be updated to match the time of the update and the editor of the modified authority record. A new global flag is available to control this behavior called 'ingest.disable_authority_auto_update_bib_meta' ("Authority Automation: Disable automatic authority updates from modifying bib record editor and edit_date"). When enabled, theses fields will not be updated. By default, this setting is disabled. An additional speed improvement is included in this feature. No attempt will be made to update linked bib records when the normalized heading of the modified authority record is unchanged by the authority record update. Bibliographic Record Source Now Copied to 901$s ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ If a bibliographic record has a source set, the name of that source is now copied to the 901$s whenever the record is created or updated. This allows the source to be used for record matching and MARC field queries. Option to Update Bib Source and Edit Details on Record Import ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ When importing records through the client, users will now have the ability to define whether the bib source, last editor, and last edit date should be updated on a record merge/overlay. In MARC Batch Import / Export, select the _Merge / Overlay_ tab. Each entry in the table has a value in the new _Update bib. source_ column. If that value is True, then the bib source, last editor, and last edit date will be updated. The two system-defined entries have been pre-set to appropriate values (Full Overlay = true; Match-Only Merge = false). Circulation ~~~~~~~~~~~ Staff Client Honors Aged Circulations ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The browser and XUL clients now better represent copy checkout history by honoring and displaying information from aged circulations. * Browser client 'Recent Circ History' and the analogous XUL client 'Circulation History' tabs show summary data for aged circulations as well as regular/active circulations. When aged circulation data is displayed, any references to patron names are replaced by the string "". * Browser client 'Circ History List' and the analogous XUL client 'Last Few Circulations' tabs behave as above, plus their 'Add Billing' buttons are disabled when displaying aged circulation data. * XUL client 'Retrieve Last Patron' actions from various UI's report, "Item XXX circulation is an aged circulation and has no linked user". Browser client analog uses 'Circ History List' instead; no additional changes required. "Canceled Transit" Item Status ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Previously, when a transit was aborted, the transited item would either go into "Reshelving" status or would return to whatever status it was in when it went into transit, even when the item itself was in a different status (including "Checked out"). Now, for most transits that get aborted, the item is put into a new status, "Canceled Transit", which signals to staff the actual state of the item. This feature only affects items with a status of "In transit" and does not affect items that were in the following statuses at the time they were sent into transit: * Bindery * Lost * Missing * On order * ILL * Damaged * Long Overdue * Lost and Paid * Any custom statuses This change should help clear up confusing situations caused by the previous "abort transit" behavior, such as items showing "Available" when they are actually en route, and patrons' items mysteriously disappearing from their accounts and showing "Available" at the item-owning library without evidence of check-in. Copy Status "Is Available" Flag ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ A new boolean field is now available for copy statuses to indicate when copies having a given status should be considered available. The field has 2 main effects: 1. Checking out an "available" copy will no longer result in an override-able "COPY_NOT_AVAILABLE" alert for staff. The copy will checkout without status warnings. 2. "Available" copies will appear in catalog searches where "limit to available" is selected as a search filter. By default, the "Available" and "Reshelving" statuses have the "Is Available" flag set. The flag may be applied to local/custom statuses via the copy status admin interface. Email Checkout Receipts ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ This feature allows patrons to receive checkout receipts through email at the circulation desk in the web client and in the Evergreen self-checkout interface. Patrons need to opt in to receive email receipts by default and must have an email address associated with their account. Opt in can be staff mediated at the time of account creation or in existing accounts. Patrons can also opt in directly in their OPAC account or through patron self-registration. This feature does not affect the behavior of checkouts from the XUL client or SIP2 devices. Patrons can opt in to receive email checkout receipts by default via a new _Email checkout receipts by default_ patron setting. This feature also enhances the patron staging tables so that patron settings can be chosen during self-registration. The web staff interface's checkout screen now includes a "Quick Receipt" button that allows staff members to generate a receipt at any time. Set Per-OU Limits on Allowed Payment Amounts ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Two new settings have been added to prevent clerks from accidentally clearing all patron bills by scanning a barcode into the Payment Amount field, or accidentally entering the amount without a decimal point (such as you would when using a cash register). Both settings are available via the Library Settings Editor. The _Payment amount threshold for Are You Sure? dialog_ (ui.circ.billing.amount_warn) setting identifies the amount above which staff will be asked if they're sure they want to apply the payment. The _Maximum payment amount allowed_ (ui.circ.billing.amount_limit) setting identifies the maximum amount of money that can be accepted through the staff client. These settings only affect the staff client, not credit cards accepted through the OPAC, or direct API calls from third party tools. Client ~~~~~~ Additional Fields Available for Display in Some Interfaces ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The holds age protection field will now be available for display in the following interfaces: * Item status list view column picker * Item status alternate view * Holdings maintenance column picker The asset.copy.cost field, which records the amount paid for an item when an invoice is processed, will be available for display in the following interfaces: * Items status list view column picker * Item status alternate view * Copy editor OPAC ~~~~ Merge Notification Preferences Tables in TPAC ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The patron notification preference page in the public catalog used to have two tables, separating notification settings based on their source. Since that distinction does not matter to patrons, and since the two tables aren't styled consistently, they are merged together. Improved Holds Screens in My Account ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The grids in the My Account _Items on Hold_ and _Holds History_ interfaces are simplified. Data previously contained in their own Activate, Active, and Date Fulfilled columns are now incorporated into the Status column. To further declutter the interface, the holds queue position will only show when the user most needs the information - before the hold has been captured. Distinct CSS classes have also been added for each hold status and each date that could potentially display in these holds interfaces. A new default style highlights the _Available_ status in green and the _Suspended_ status in red. Popularity Boost for Ranking Search Results ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ This feature uses factors such as circulation and hold activity, record and item age, and item ownership counts to generate popularity badges for bibliographic records. Each badge will have a five-point scale, where more points indicates a more popular record. The average of the badge points earned by each record will constitute a "popularity rating". The number and types of badges will break ties for average popularity, and relevance will sort items with like popularity. A new sort axis of popularity is created to sort first on the weighted average popularity of each record, followed by the query-specific relevance available today. A new option is created in the drop-down called _Most Popular_ that sorts on the combination of "activity metric" (aka badge ranking, aka popularity) first and then the existing, stock relevance ranking when those are equal. For instance, given two records that both have a badge ranking of "4.5", they sort in the order of the query relevance ranking that is calculated today as a tie breaker. Those two records will sort above other records with lower badge rankings regardless of what today's relevance ranking says about them. In addition, a new sort axis of _Popularity-Adjusted Relevance_ is created that augments the normal Relevance sort with a normalized popularity value by multiplying the base relevance by a value controlled by a new global flag, generally set to a decimal number between 1 and 2. Finally, there will continue to be a pure _Relevance_ sort option, which is the version that exists today. Administrators can comment out one of the available sort methods by editing the filtersort.tt2 file.A global flag will allow Evergreen sites to select a default sort method. Badge Configuration +++++++++++++++++++ Administrative interfaces to configure badges are only available in the web client. Administrators can also configure badges directly via the database. Available Popularity Parameters available for badges include: * Holds Filled Over Time * Holds Requested Over Time * Current Hold Count * Circulations Over Time * Current Circulation Count * Out/Total Ratio * Holds/Total Ratio * Holds/Holdable Ratio * Percent of Time Circulating * Bibliographic Record Age (days) * Publication Age (days) * Available On-Line (for e-books, etc) * Copy Count Badges can be configured to apply to a targeted group of bibliographic records based on the following available filters: * Record attribute * Bibliographic source * Circulation modifier * Copy location group Badges can also be be restricted to materials owned by a specific organizational unit. This new feature comes with a starter badge based on the top 97th percentile of holds requested over the past five years. Display in the OPAC +++++++++++++++++++ Ratings for records will be displayed in the catalog in the following ways: * On the record result page, the overall average popularity rating is displayed with a label of _Popularity_. * On the record detail page, each individual badge earned by the record is displayed with its rating. New Global Flags ++++++++++++++++ * **OPAC Default Sort (opac.default_sort)**: Identifies the default sort method to be used in the catalog. * **Maximum popularity importance multiplier for popularity-adjusted relevance searches (search.max_popularity_importance_multiplier):** A multiplier identifying the importance of popularity in the Popularity-Adjusted Relevance ranked searches. The number should be a decimal ranging between 1.0 and 2.0. The default value is 1.1. More detailed information is available in the TechRef docs directory of the Evergreen source code. Removal of Advanced Hold Options link when part holds are expected ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ If a user attempts to place a metarecord hold when all eligible copies contain parts, the hold will fail. To help prevent the user from reaching a dead end while placing holds, the *Advanced Hold Options* link is removed from the Place Hold page in cases where all copies on the record contain parts. The *Advanced Hold Options* link will remain for records that have a mix of parted and non-parted copies. SIP ~~~ SIP Renewals ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Renewals attempted via SIP will now consider whether a penalty is configured to block renewals before blocking the renewal. Previously, any penalty, even if it wasn't set to block renewals, would prevent a renewal from succeeding via SIP. Treat SIP Location Field as Login Workstation ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ When using a version of SIPServer that supports the feature, the Location (CP) field of the Login (93) message will be used as the workstation name if supplied. Blank or missing location fields will be ignored. This allows users or reports to determine which selfcheck performed a circulation. Translations ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Translation Updates ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Translations in this release have been significantly increased. In particular, Spanish has received a huge update with over 9,000 new translations, Czech has received a sizable update of over 800 translations, and additional smaller updates have been added for Arabic, French (Canada), and Armenian. 2.11.0 Acknowledgments ---------------------- The Evergreen project would like to acknowledge the following organizations that commissioned developments in this release of Evergreen: * Bibliomation * Georgia Public Library Service * MassLNC * Pennsylvania Integrated Library System * Pioneer Library System We would also like to thank the following individuals who contributed code, management, translations, documentation patches and tests to this release of Evergreen: * Jason Boyer * Eva Cerninakova * Galen Charlton * Bill Erickson * Blake Henderson * Jeff Godin * Kathy Lussier * Michele Morgan * Dan Pearl * Dan Scott * Chris Sharp * Ben Shum * Mike Rylander * Jason Stephenson * Anahi Valdez * Dan Wells We also thank the following organizations whose employees contributed patches: * Calvin College * Central/Wester Massachusetts Automated Resource Sharing * Equinox Software, Inc. * Emerald Data Networks, Inc. * Evergreen Indiana * Georgia Public Library Service * King County Library System * Knihovna Jabok * Laurentian University * MassLNC * MOBIUS * North of Boston Library Exchange * Traverse Area District Library We regret any omissions. If a contributor has been inadvertently missed, please open a bug at http://bugs.launchpad.net/evergreen/ with a correction.