Automatic Process for Lost, Missing, Withdrawn Items

Libraries can set the patron services parameters, Lost item transition and Missing item transition, to automatically update the circulation status of lost or missing items based on a specified period of time. When the Lost item transition or Missing item transition processing has been enabled, the Lost Missing Withdrawn Processing SQL job identifies items that meet the criteria specified in the applicable parameter and updates the items as follows:

Lost items transition to either Missing or Withdrawn
Missing items transition to Withdrawn

Note:
The first time the job runs, processing may take some time because all the item records that have retained a Lost status for longer than specified in the Lost item transition parameter, and all the items that have retained a Missing status for longer than specified in the Missing item transition parameter are included in the processing. When determining if a particular item should be updated automatically, the day on which the job is run is not included.