Patron Inactivity Timeout Dialog Box

To open this dialog box:
In Polaris Administration, select Profiles, PowerPAC, Patron inactivity timeout.

Use this dialog box to set a period of inactivity after which a logged-in patron at an in-house workstation is automatically logged out. For more information, see Set an inactivity timeout for in-house workstations.

A logged-in patron’s activity consists of any of the following actions:

• Clicking Polaris product buttons

• Clicking links

• Clicking cover images

• Clicking in the whites area of the PowerPAC portion of the browser window

• (Credit card payment form only) Text entry

When any of these actions occur, activity is registered and the inactivity timer is restarted.

Note:
When a credit card payment is submitted, the Patron Inactivity Timeout value is calculated by adding it to the credit card gateway timeout set in the Credit Card parameter Online payments: Configure plus 90 seconds.

The settings in the Patron Inactivity Timeout dialog box apply only to in-house workstations. A workstation is typically considered to be in-house if it is registered in Polaris Administration (staff client workstations) or if the workstation’s IP address is listed in the In-House IP Addresses database table. If you use Polaris PowerPAC on workstations within the library and you are enabling the patron inactivity timeout, be sure to list them in the In-House IP Addresses database table.

• For information about registering client workstations in Polaris Administration, see Setting Up Workstations.

• For information about listing PowerPAC workstations in the In-House IP Addresses database table, see Identifying In-House Computers.

• You can determine whether the system checks both the In-House IP Addresses table and the registered workstations (the default setting), or only the In-House IP Addresses table, to determine whether a workstation is in-house. See Set criteria for determining in-house location.

These settings do not apply to patrons who are not logged in or those working outside the library.

• Enable patron inactivity timeout for in-house workstations - Click to enable the inactivity timeout.

• Automatically log out after [20] minutes - Set the time after which the patron is logged out and the PowerPAC home page (or a page you specify) is displayed.

• After logging out, return to - Specify the page to display after the inactivity period and automatic logout. You can select Default PowerPAC home page, or select URL and type the complete URL of the page that should be displayed (255 characters maximum).