Add a New Search Target to a Category

Within a category, a target may be displayed as a text link in a list of links, or as a graphic link in a matrix of target graphics. To set up a new search target of either display type, and add it to a category:

1. Double-click Category construction on the Children’s PAC Profiles tabbed page for the organization. The Children’s PAC Category Configuration dialog box appears.
2. Select the category (folder) to which you want to add the new search target.

Note:
You can add a target directly under the Root level. In this case, the target link displays directly on the home page.

Tip:
You can view the structure of default targets to get ideas about how to set up targets. Select a default target and click Modify to view the target.

3. Click Add Target. The Add Children’s PAC Search Target dialog box appears.

 

4. In the Display Name box, type a target name. The Display Name identifies the new target in the Category Configuration dialog box and on the Children's PAC home page.
5. To insert a diacritic character in the display name, follow these steps:

Tip:
If you frequently enter diacritics, you can add Input Method Editor (IME) keyboards and switch back and forth from the English keyboard to the international keyboards. See Enter diacritics/characters using an IME keyboard.

1. Click Diacritics. The Character Picker dialog box opens.

 

2. Select a graphic character set.
3. Select the character, and click Insert. The Character Picker dialog box closes.

6. If you want this target to be part of a matrix of search targets for the category, do these steps:

1. Type the name of the target icon file in the Icon File Name box.

The search target icon is displayed in Polaris PowerPAC Children’s Edition as a link, which you can click to launch the search. All targets with icons in a specific category are grouped together in the matrix. If you do not specify an icon, the target is displayed as a simple text link in a list with any other text-link targets.

Important:
Be sure to place the target icon graphic file in the categories folder for each theme you offer. Although the actual image can be different, the filename must be the same in each theme. For example, if you specify a target icon graphic file dogs.gif, the categories folder for each theme must contain a graphic file called dogs.gif. Otherwise, if a theme is chosen that does not include the appropriate target icon graphic file, the interface displays a missing link. For more information about themes, see Managing Themes.

2. If you want to display text along with the target icon in the matrix, type the text in the Icon Display Name box. (If you specify an Icon Display Name, be sure you specify an Icon File Name.)

Note:
You can insert diacritic characters in the icon display name. See step 5.

7. Select a target type:

• Search - Launches a defined search in the Polaris database. This target type is identified by a database icon  in the Category Configuration dialog box. If you select this target type, also do step 8.

Note:
If you want all search targets in this category to be organized in a matrix, specify both an Icon Display Name and a corresponding Icon File Name for each search target. Otherwise, the search target is displayed as a text link.

• Bibliography - Displays a search link. The link launches a search for titles you specify. This target type is identified by a book icon  in the Category Configuration dialog box. If you select this target type, also do step 9.
• URL - Displays a text link that connects to a Web site. This target type is identified by a Web Site icon  in the Category Configuration dialog box. If you select this target type, also do step 10.

8. If you selected Search as the target type, input the search command as a Common Query Language (CQL) command in the Search box.

If the search string does not begin with FIND, the system automatically adds Find before the search is launched. For more information about using CQL search commands, see PAC CQL Commands & Access Points.

Exception: You cannot set up a phrase search with quotation marks in the Search box; instead, use the AND operator. For example, if you are setting up a subject search for the subject heading $aAnimals$xAdaptation$vJuvenile films, type
su=animals AND su=adaptation AND su=juvenile films
(not su= “Animals--Adaptation--Juvenile films”).

9. If you selected Bibliography as the target type, add titles to the bibliography by following these steps:

1. Click Add next to the Bibliography box.

 

The Polaris Find Tool is displayed.

2. Use the Find Tool to locate and select the bibliographic record for the title you want to add to the bibliography.

Note:
When the search is launched in the Children’s PAC, any search filters you defined in the Children’s PAC profile Default search limits are applied. If a title you selected does not meet the search filter criteria, it is not displayed in the search results.

3. Repeat these steps to add each title to the bibliography. You can add up to 120 titles.

You can multi-select records from the Find Tool results.

10. If you selected URL as the target type, input the complete URL for the Web page search target in the URL box.

To allow live-link Web targets, set the Children’s PAC profile Web access: Enable to Yes. Libraries where children’s Internet access is a concern should use lockdown software or set this profile to No. In this case the URL target appears as text only, and does not allow Web access.

11. Select or clear the Preview Search Target checkbox.

If you are adding a target directly under the Root level, the Preview Search Target box is not available, since the interface does not display the preview target link if it is not associated with a category.

If the Preview Search Target box is checked, the target Display Name is displayed as a link under the category to which the target belongs.

Note:
The preview search target does not automatically display once the category is selected. If you want the same target link to be displayed once the category is selected, set it up again under the appropriate category, leaving Preview Search Target unchecked. You can copy and edit a target. See Copy a category or target.

To display preview search targets, you must also specify an icon file name for the category (see Add a new category).

The illustration shows an example of preview search targets:

 

Note:
If the Preview Search Target box is checked for a target, the target icon is displayed with a small red flag in the Category Configuration dialog box. For example, the search target icon  changes to .

12. Click OK on the Add Children’s PAC Search Target dialog box. The Add Children’s PAC Search Target dialog box closes. The new target is displayed in the Category Configuration dialog box.
13. Click OK on the Category Configuration dialog box.

Note:
To display the categories in the Children’s PAC interface, be sure the Children’s PAC profile Categories: Enable is set to Yes for the organization.

Related Information

• Copy a target, and place the copy in another category - See Copy a category or target.
• Remove a target from a category - In the Category Configuration dialog box, select the target you want to remove from the category, and click Delete.
• Edit the settings for a target - In the Category Configuration dialog box, select the target you want to edit, and click Modify.
• Translate categories and targets - If your library system has purchased other language versions of Polaris PowerPAC Children’s Edition, you can translate the category and target names. See Translate a category or target, and Translate all categories and targets.