Enabling EDS Searching in Polaris PowerPAC

If your library subscribes to EDS, you can integrate EDS with Polaris PowerPAC.

Note: To complete this workflow, you must know the unique profile name associated with your library's EDS subscription.

To enable EDS searching in Polaris PowerPAC:

  1. Register a remote resource server for EDS.
  2. Define a search server connection for the EDS server record. When defining the EDS search server connection, be sure to do the following:
    1. On the Provider tab of the Search Server Properties dialog box, select the EDS search provider.

    2. On the All tab of the Search Server Properties dialog box, enter your library's unique EDS profile name in the Profile field.
    3. Select OK to save the server connection.
  3. Add the EDS server as a remote search target on the Remote databases: Categorization of target databases dialog box. For more information, see Add the EDS server as a remote search target.

After enabling EDS searching, your library may also want to: