Configure [DataBase] Dialog Box

To open this dialog box:
In Polaris Administration, select Profiles, PowerPAC, Remote databases: Usage settings. On the Remote databases Usage Settings dialog box, select a database and click Configure database.

Use this dialog box to set PowerPAC usage conditions for a specific remote database. See Remote Database Usage Settings for PowerPAC for detailed information.

Parameters Tab

• Display name - Specify a PowerPAC display name for this database, if you want a name other than that shown.

• Enable for follow-on searching - Select (check) to designate this database for follow-on searching. This option is available only if follow-on searching has been enabled for remote databases on the Remote Databases Usage Settings dialog box. The database must also be added as a search target for this organization’s PAC. See Organizing Target Databases for PowerPAC Display.

• Include by default - Select (check) to include this database in PowerPAC searches by default. See Default Remote Databases in PowerPAC Searches.

• Include in quick-select drop down - Select (check) to include the database in the Using drop-down list box in the PowerPAC search form. The database must be selected to appear in at least one place in the Remote Databases: Categorization of Target Databases dialog box for the organization. See Organizing Target Databases for PowerPAC Display.

• Maximum number of records to return - Specify the retrieved records limit by selecting a number in the box.

• Maximum search time (seconds) - Specify the search time limit in seconds by selecting a number in the box.

Authentication Tab

• Restrictions subtab - These settings specify whether and how patrons access the database from in-house computers and from remote computers.

• In-house access - Disabled prevents patrons from accessing the database from a library computer. Login required requires patrons to log in with their library account credentials to access the database from a library computer. No login required - Patrons can access the database from a library computer without logging in.

• Remote access - Disabled prevents patrons from accessing the database from a computer outside of the library. Login required requires patrons to log in with their library account credentials to access the database from a computer outside of the library. No login required - Patrons can access the database from a computer outside of the library without logging in.

• Patron codes subtab - select the patron codes to restrict. Patrons whose records have the selected patron code will be prevented from accessing the database.

Important:
If you choose to restrict access by patron code, you must also require the patron to log in (Restrictions subtab). If you do not require log-in, your settings for restricted patron codes are ignored.

• IP Addresses subtab - Sets access to the remote database by the IP address of the PAC search computer.

• Type the IP address in the top boxes and click Add.

• To include an IP address range, select Enter IP range, type the beginning IP address in the top boxes and the last two digits of the ending IP address in the bottom boxes.

• To remove an IP address, select it and click the Remove button.

UI Options Tab

These settings define the search access points for each search type in this database. These settings also control the types of searches available in the PowerPAC Other Searches dashboard that is displayed with results when this database is searched.