Popular Reports from the old Reports Module
List of Serials
The best report to show all your magazine holdings without individual barcodes, etc., is "Titles in Collection.rpt". It is in the Titles & Items folder. It will give you each title, in alpha order, and a column that shows the number of issues.
Printout of an Individual's Items
The report, "Bill Notice for a single Borrower", in your school reports folder, is useful if you need to print a bill for only a single student. But, this report checks only for fines. In order for it to work, the student must have a fine (or a lost book charge) on his name.
Report for Faculty Equipment Checkouts
To get a report of only equipment that faculty have checked out, you want to use the report "Borrowers with Items Checked out" in the Borrowers folder. It allows you to limit the report to one patron type and one holdingscode. Choose the following parameters:
All items (not just overdue)
Your school
date range: 9/1/01 - today
Use date checked out*
Only the eq holdingscode: ex. 0026EQ
* Many of you have an override due date for FAC checkouts of equipment, so if you use "date due" you have to use that specific date (such as 06/07/2006 if that's your override date). It's just much easier to use the "date checked out".
Reports for Checkouts of Withdrawn Students
Someone asked about making that last-ditch effort to get books back from withdrawn students by sending letters to the last-known address. Because of the way the Library.Solution system works (in relation to where students are enrolled and from where they have checked out books), pulling up withdrawn students who have your books is a 2-step process. But here are directions to get a list, and then to get individual notices.
List:
Use "Borrowers with Items checked out" in the Borrowers folder. Set it up as follows:
All items or overdue : all items
School : your school
Borrower type : W
Only the one borrower type
Dates : Sept. 1 until today : to get everything from the beginning of the school year (or three years ago if you want absolutely everything)
Sort by name only
Date due or checked out : checked out
Holdingscode : ALL