Title Display Configure Dialog Box
To open this dialog box:
In Polaris Administration, select one of the following:
Profiles, PowerPAC, Title Display: Configure
Profiles, Mobile PAC, Title Display: Configure
Profiles, Community, Community Information Display (Mobile PAC): Configure
Profiles, Community, Community Information Display (PowerPAC): Configure
You can select the data elements that appear in the brief, full, and summary displays views for monographic and serial titles in Polaris PowerPAC and Mobile PAC bibliographic search results, and for PowerPAC and Mobile PAC community information search results.
See also:
- Configuring the PowerPAC Title Display
- Configuring the Mobile PAC Title Display
- Configuring the PAC Community Results Display
Use the Title Display Configure dialog box to:
- Select a view to configure - From the Configuration view menu, select the view you want to configure. The specific brief, full, and summary view options depend on whether you are configuring bibliographic or community information search results.
- Add an entity (data element) to the view - Select the entity in the Available entities list and click Add. The entity is moved to the Display these elements list.
- Remove an entity from the view - Select the entity in the Display these elements list and click Remove. The entity is moved to the Available entities list.
- View entity properties - To see what tags, indicators and subfields are included in an entity, hover the cursor over the entity for a quick view, select the entity and click the Properties icon
, or right-click and select Properties from the context menu. - Browse for additional entities - If the Available Entities or Display these entities lists do not include the data element you want to display, click the Browse icon
at the top of the Available entities list. The Browse Entities dialog box opens. Select the entity you want to add to the Available entities list and click Reveal. The entity is added to the Available entities list. - Suppress entities - You can shorten the Available entities list to reduce scrolling. Select the entity that you want to remove, right-click and select Suppress from the context menu, or click the Suppress icon
at the top of the Available entities list. - Suppress entities from small screen display - You can suppress bibliographic entities from the PowerPAC results display at mobile (650 px or narrower) width. This saves user data use and excessive scrolling through title information. Select the entity you want to suppress in the Display these entities list and click the phone icon
at the top of the list. - Edit labels - Right-click the entity in the Available entities or the Display these entities list, and select Labels from the context menu, select Edit Labels from the Entity Properties dialog box, or click the Change Labels icon
at the top of the Available entities or Display these entities list. - Set the display order - Select the entity or zone separator (represents white space in the display) and click the up or down arrow buttons at the top of the Display these entities list.
- Insert a zone separator (white space) - In the Display these entities list, select the entity that should appear just below the new zone separator. Then right-click and select Create Zone from the context menu, or click the Create Zone icon
at the top of the Display these entities list. - Remove an existing zone separator - Select the zone separator, right- click and select Drop Zone from the context menu, or click the Drop Zone icon
. - Suppress a label from display - Select the entity in the Display these entities list, right-click, and select Show/Hide Label from the context menu. In the Display these entities list, the label icon
indicates that the label is currently set to be shown. - Define a custom entity - Available at the system level for bibliographic entities only. Click the new entity icon
at the top of the Available Entities list. The New Custom Entity dialog box opens. - Description - Type a description for the entity. The description identifies the entity in the system, but does not display in PAC. Your description must contain at least one character and no more than 255 characters, and it must be unique within the set of bibliographic entities.
- Initial Label - Type an initial label for the entity. The label will be displayed in PAC if this entity and its label are both set to display. Labels associated with custom entities do not have default values. The initial label that you specify is created for each language at the system level. You can later edit the label for specific languages; see Select bibliographic entities for display and edit labels.
- Repeatable - Check if this entity is repeatable.
- Define the tags, indicators, and subfields for the new entity - See Edit bibliographic information display order.
- Delete a custom entity - You cannot delete a custom entity if it is currently used in any display configuration. Select the entity in the Available Entities list and click the delete icon
above the list. If the entity is currently in use, a message lists the configurations where it is used. - Copy a configuration - Click Copy. The Copy dialog box box opens. Select the configuration views you want to copy. Select the organizations that should receive your settings. Then click Copy.
- Revert to parent organization settings - Click Revert on the Title Display Configure dialog box. Only the currently-selected configuration view is inherited from the parent organization. If you make changes after clicking Revert, then inheritance is broken and you will no longer inherit settings from the higher organization.
Important:
When you click Revert, all branch-level configuration settings are lost. The action cannot be undone.
- Save or cancel your work:
- To remove any changes that have not been applied and close the Title Display Configure dialog box, click Cancel.
- To remove any changes that have not been applied and keep the Title Display Configure dialog box open, click Reset.
- To permanently save changes and keep the Title Display Configure dialog box open, click Apply.