M5 v5-6-8

May 2019

Ver 5.6.8

 

Advanced Cataloging.
1. A crash when searching bibs without holdings has been resolved.
2. Collection members can now be printed.
Catalog.
1. Catalog now supports saving records in RIS format from My List. 
2. The way lists are handled has been redesigned in this release.
3. The way records are added to a database in Record Fetch has been redesigned in this release.
4. Logon and session postback queries have been optimized, resulting in increased performance.
5. Compatibility issues with Microsoft Edge have been addressed.
6. Alt and Title elements have been added to the Logo image. These are based on the value of the Title field on the Library Settings section in Setup. Additionally, there is a new logo_alttext key in Setup that allows the user to specify a different value for the Alt and Title attributes.
7. An issue that prevented printing the results of a Patron search has been addressed.
Circulation.
1. Added Email and Phone columns for the Public Library display in the Library Transactions view on screen and in print.
2. An issue that caused receipts to be emailed twice has been addressed.
3. Circulation queries on the Group table have been optimized, resulting in a significant performance increase when loading patrons with large numbers of transactions.
4. An issue that would cause Circulation to hang on startup when the logged in user had access only to Self Mode has been addressed.
Group Editor.
1. Printing of group members has been implemented.
2. An issue where members of a Special Reserve group were not refreshed when viewing the members of another special reserve group has been addressed.

Advanced Cataloging.

  1. An issue that could prevent scope restrictions from being applied in Find/Replace has been addressed.

Catalog.

  1. The speed at which Search Suggestions will be displayed has been increased.

Circulation.

  1. Circulation now calculates the fine taking into account the number of closed days followed by the grace period. Previously, the grace period ran concurrently with the closed days.
  2. The Change Date feature now maintains the current time when setting a future date.
  3. The email notification process has been optimized internally.

Group Editor.

  1. An issue that prevented changing Boolean operators between fields has been corrected.

Inventory.

  1. The Inventory user interface has been revised and the session handling has been improved.

Record Editor.

  1. It is no longer possible to edit or delete a barcode in a holding that has open transactions.