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<h1><a name="kanchor3694"></a>Enable automatic copying of .mdb files from the server to offline clients</h1>
<p class="NoteShade"><b>Note:</b>
<br />Each night, the SQL job <b>OfflineExtract</b>&#160;updates the .mdb files automatically. If you are setting up offline Polaris at a time other than at the beginning of the day, you must manually run the SQL Server job to update the .mdb files before copying them to the offline client(s). See <a href="Manually_update_the_offline_files.htm">Manually update the offline .mdb files</a>.</p>
<p>No matter whether your library is setting up offline processing to upload the offline transaction files manually or automatically, you first need to copy the <b>PolPatron.mdb</b> and <b>PolSystem.mdb</b> files from the server to the designated offline workstations, either by manually copying the files or copying them automatically.</p>
<p>To enable the Copy Offline Files job that automatically copies the . mdb files from the server to the designated offline workstations, you must create a SQL Server credential, then create a proxy account to associate this credential with the process, so that it can access and update the designated offline workstations. The credential name and proxy name can be anything you choose.</p>
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<br />If you are using automated offline processing, you must also create a credential and proxy to allow the automatic upload process. See <a href="enable_the_sql_job.htm" class="MCXref xref"><span style="color: Blue;" class="mcFormatColor">Enable and schedule the Automated Offline SQL job</span></a><span>.</span></p>
<p>To enable the <b>Copy Offline Files</b> job to automatically copy .mdb files from the server to the designated offline workstations:</p>
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<li value="1">Create the SQL Server credential. The credential account must be a domain account that has rights to the domain workstations to which the job will copy the .mdb files.</li>
<li value="2">Then create the proxy under <b>PowerShell</b>.</li>
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<h1><a name="XREF_27382_Set_fine"></a>Copy files from the server to the offline client manually</h1>
<p class="NoteShade"><b>Note:</b>
<br />Instead of manually copying the .mdb files, you can set up a job to automatically copy the .mdb files from the server to all the designated offline workstations. See <a href="CopyMDBFilesAuto.htm" class="MCXref xref" xrefformat="{color blue}{paratext}{/color}"><span style="color: Blue;" class="mcFormatColor">Enable automatic copying of .mdb files from the server to offline clients</span></a>.</p>
<p><a name="kanchor3435"></a><a name="IX_downloading_files"></a>To copy files from the Polaris server to the offline client manually:</p>
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<br />The Offline Extract Job runs automatically each night, but if you are copying the offline Polaris files from the server at a time other than at the beginning of the day, manually run the SQL Server task, <b>Offline Extract</b>&#160;<b>job</b>. See <a href="Manually_update_the_offline_files.htm#XREF_13553_Manually_update">Manually update the offline files</a>.</p>
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<li value="1">Select the following files in the <b>ProgramData\Polaris\[version]\Offline</b>&#160;folder on your librarys server:</li>
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<li><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;">If no datalink is used: <span class="FM_Emphasis">Local drive</span><b>:\ProgramData\Polaris\[version]\offline. </b></span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;">This folder is created by default when the staff client is installed. If you are using multiple offline clients, you must copy the .mdb files to each offline client.</span>
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<li><span class="FM_BulletHead" style=" font-style: normal; font-size: 11.0pt; color: #000000; text-decoration: none; letter-spacing: 0.00em; font-weight: normal;">If a datalink is used:<span class="FM_Emphasis">Local drive</span><b>:\ProgramData\Polaris\[version]\</b><span class="FM_Emphasis">datalink\</span><b>offline</b></span>
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<p class="NoteShade"><b>Note:<br /></b>Administrators can override the default location with a registry entry, and create a convenient location in a common area such as a network share. First create a <b>Polaris</b>&#160;or <span class="FM_Emphasis" style="font-weight: bold;">UDL instance</span>&#160;(if there is one) folder at that location. However, do not include the new folder in the registry entry, because it is automatically appended. The registry entry should consist of <span class="FM_Emphasis" style="font-weight: bold;">network path</span><b>\offline</b>.</p>
<p class="indent2">See also: <a href="Working_Offline.htm" class="MCXref xref" xrefformat="{color blue}{paratext}{/color}"><span style="color: Blue;" class="mcFormatColor">Working Offline</span></a>.</p>
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<h1><a name="XREF_40125_Getting_Started_in"></a>Managing Offline Circulation</h1>
<p>Your library can use Polaris offline when the Polaris server is not accessible, such as during an upgrade or when you use the Bookmobile. The offline files contain the transactions that occurred while the workstations were disconnected from the main server.</p>
<p>To manage offline circulation in Polaris Administration, you can set up a highly automated process that copies and retrieves the offline transactions from the workstations and automatically loads them into the database, or you can opt for a more manual process for transferring and uploading the transaction files.</p>
<p>With either the manual or automated offline process, the offline files PolPatron.mdb and PolSystem.mdb must first be copied from the server to the workstations that will be used offline. These .mdb files are updated automatically each night by the Offline Extract SQL job, but if you are copying the files to the workstations at a time other than the beginning of the day, you must run the job manually to ensure that the files are updated.</p>
<p> After the .mdb files are updated, you can copy them from the server to the designated offline workstations manually or automatically. To copy the .mdb files automatically, you must enable the Copy Offline Files SQL job, which automatically updates the offline files on designated workstations. The job is disabled by default because it must be run under an account that has rights to copy the files to the local workstations on a network. To create the account, first create a SQL Server credential and then create a proxy account that associates this credential with the process that allows access to the workstations. The credential name and proxy name can be anything you choose.</p>
<p>If your library is implementing automated offline processing, whereby the offline transaction files are uploaded automatically to the server, you must also set up a credential and proxy to allow this process.</p>
<p>The procedure staff use when working offline is the same whether your library is set up for manual or automatic uploading of the transaction files.</p>
<p class="NoteShade"><b>Important:<br /></b>The procedures described in this unit differ for Polaris Hosted customers. Polaris Hosted customers can find specific instructions for installing the Polaris staff client and working offline on the Polaris Hosted Utilities page or the Innovative Customer Supportal (<a href="https://support.iii.com/">https://support.iii.com</a>).<br /><br />To use the Automated Offline process, the Polaris system used for offline processing must be directly accessible by the SQL Server where the Copy Offline and the Automated Offline jobs and processes are executed.<br /><br />In a Polaris library with their databases running in a hosted environment, the workstations designated for offline processing must be directly connected to the SQL server to use Automated Offline. If the Polaris client is installed on a local workstation that is <i>not</i> connected to a terminal server via a Remote Desktop connection, the user must manually copy the .mdb files to work offline and must also manually copy the transaction files. </p>
<p>For information on the steps you must take to ensure that the offline workstations are prepared for offline transactions, whether you are implementing the automatic upload process or using the manual upload process, see:</p>
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<li><a href="Manually_update_the_offline_files.htm" class="Heading MCXref xref xrefHeading" xrefformat="{color blue}{paratext}{/color}"><span style="color: Blue;" class="mcFormatColor">Manually update the offline .mdb files</span></a>
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<p>If you are implementing automated offline processing, see <a href="Set_up_auto_offline.htm" class="MCXref xref" xrefformat="{color blue}{paratext}{/color}"><span style="color: Blue;" class="mcFormatColor">Setting Up Automated Offline Processing</span></a></p>
<p>If you are implementing offline circulation with manual uploading of transaction files, see <a href="Set_up_man_upload.htm" class="MCXref xref" xrefformat="{color blue}{paratext}{/color}"><span style="color: Blue;" class="mcFormatColor">Setting Up Offline Circulation for Manual Uploading</span></a>.</p>
<p>For procedures staff members use when working offline, whether the transactions are uploaded automatically or manually, see <a href="Working_Offline.htm" class="MCXref xref" xrefformat="{color blue}{paratext}{/color}"><span style="color: Blue;" class="mcFormatColor">Working Offline</span></a>.</p>
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<p><a name="kanchor3976"></a><a name="IX_running_1"></a><a name="kanchor3977"></a><a name="IX_updating_offline_files"></a>The Offline Extract job runs automatically each night, but you need to run it manually if, for example, you want to start using offline Polaris in the middle of the day and include that mornings transactions in the offline database.</p>
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<h1>Setting Up Automated Offline Processing</h1>
<p>With automated offline processing, libraries can automatically retrieve offline files from library workstations and load them into the database without library staff intervention. When automated offline processing is enabled via a system-level parameter, all transactions (files with a .TRN extension) for patron registrations, check-ins, and check-outs are pulled from the designated offline workstations to the server.</p>
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<br />The designated offline workstation could include a terminal server located on the same network as the librarys SQL server.</p>
<p>The process then uploads the transactions to the Polaris database, renames the .TRN files with a .DON extension, and logs the results of the upload. Upload logs are generated for each branch or for all offline branches, and then the logs are emailed to specified staff members.</p>
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<p>If your library is not using automated offline processing, the offline transaction files (.TRN) files must be copied manually from the offline workstations and uploaded to the appropriate directory. You can upload transaction files to any directory, anywhere on the network share. But you must first create the appropriate <b>Polaris\[version]\offline </b>folder in that directory, before you upload the files. Administrators can specify the filepath for offline transaction files on the workstation during staff client installation.</p>
<p>When staff members are done using offline Polaris, the transaction files from each offline client must be copied to the online staff client workstation, located by default at:</p>
<p><span class="FM_Emphasis" style="font-weight: bold;">Local Drive</span><b>:\ProgramData\Polaris\[version]\OfflineTransaction<br />&#160;or <br /></b><span class="FM_Emphasis">Local Drive</span><b>:\ProgramData\Polaris\[version]\</b><span class="FM_Emphasis">datalink</span><b>\OfflineTransaction</b>)</p>
<p>When you upload the files, a report (log file) is created. The file extension changes from <b>.TRN</b>&#160;to <b>.LOG</b>. For example, the file name <b>PTF 2017 06 01 0913 _</b><span class="FM_Emphasis">workstation name</span><b>.LOG</b>&#160;consists of the following elements:</p>
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<p>Under certain conditions, warning messages appear in the upload report. This generally occurs when an item was checked in or checked out offline, but the circulation status is <span class="FM_Emphasis">not</span>&#160;In or Out when uploaded to online Polaris. The item that circulated offline would have caused a block or alert if it had circulated online; for example, a patron exceeds the overdue item limit at check-out, or an item that fills a hold request is checked out. The warning messages in the upload report alert the staff that some follow-up action or an automatic update by Polaris may be necessary. See <a href="upload_rep_warn.htm" class="MCXref xref"><span style="color: Blue;" class="mcFormatColor">Upload Report Warning Messages</span></a>.</p>
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<p><a name="kanchor594"></a><a name="IX_uploading_to_online_1"></a><a name="kanchor595"></a><a name="IX_uploading_files_procedure"></a>To view and upload offline transaction files to your online client:</p>
<p class="NoteShade"><b>Tip:</b>&#160;<img alt="pBookmobileIcon.gif" style="margin-bottom: -4.000pt;width: 30;height: 28;" id="image3" src="pBookmobileIcon_30x28.gif" /><br />Click this button on the Shortcut Bar to display the Bookmobile workform.</p>
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<li value="1">Using your online staff client, select <b>Circulation, Bookmobile</b>&#160;from the Polaris Shortcut Bar. The Bookmobile workform appears. The list displays the transaction files available on the local drive.</li>
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<img alt="pBookmobile.gif" style="margin-bottom: 0.000pt;width: 498;height: 342;" id="image4" src="pBookmobile_498x342.gif" />&#160;</p>
<p class="indent2">In a terminal server environment, specify which transaction files you want to display in the <b>Transaction files to be uploaded</b> list:</p>
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<li value="1"><a name="kanchor596"></a><a name="IX_Bookmobile_overview"></a><a name="kanchor597"></a><a name="IX_overview_161"></a>Select <b>Tools, Options. </b>The Bookmobile: Tools Options dialog box appears. Then select a <b>Display files </b>option:</li>
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<li><b>Created by workstations at this branch</b>&#160;- Files created by workstations at the branch</li>
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<li value="1">Select the transaction files in the <b>Transaction files to be uploaded</b>&#160;list. You can select up to 50 files at a time.</li>
<li value="2">Click <b>View File.</b> The View Transaction file dialog box displays the files.</li>
<li value="3">When you are finished viewing the files, click <b>Close</b> on the dialog box.</li>
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<li value="3"><a name="kanchor598"></a><a name="IX_free_days"></a>Specify the number of days to omit from overdue fine calculation, if any, in the <b>Free days</b>&#160;box or click <b>Pick a date</b>&#160;and select a date from the calendar. See <a href="../PDPfines/Calculating_Overdue_Fines.htm#XREF_58198_Free_Days">Free Days</a>.</li>
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<p class="indent2">When you select a date from the calendar, the system automatically calculates the number of <a href="javascript:void(0)" class="MCTextPopup MCTextPopupHotSpot MCTextPopup_Open MCTextPopupHotSpot_ MCTextPopupHotSpot_Popup #text #textPopup">free days<span class="MCTextPopupBody popupBody"><span class="MCTextPopupArrow"> </span>A value applied at normal and bulk check-in, renewal, and offline that allows you to omit a specified number of days from the overdue fine calculation.</span></a>. The date box reflects the number of free days selected.</p>
<p class="indent2">The specified number of days will be omitted from fine calculation when check-in transactions are uploaded. If you do not enter a value, the system uses the value set by the Patron Services parameter <b>Free days (bulk)</b>&#160;in Polaris Administration parameters. See <a href="../PDPfines/Calculating_Overdue_Fines.htm#XREF_58198_Free_Days">Free Days</a>.</p>
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<li value="4">To set error handling during upload, follow these steps:</li>
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<li value="1">Click <b>Upload File</b>. The Error Stop Option dialog box appears.</li>
<li value="2">Choose one of the following options, and click <b>OK</b>.</li>
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<li>Click <b>stop on errors</b>&#160;if you want the file upload process to stop for any file in which Polaris finds an error. When errors are found, a message indicates why the file is not being uploaded.</li>
<li>Click <b>continue and get error report in the end</b>&#160;if you want Polaris to complete the file upload process and then compile an error report.</li>
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<li value="5">Click <b>Upload File</b> to upload the selected files. The files are transferred to the <b>Transaction files already uploaded</b>&#160;list with a .log extension.</li>
<li value="6"><a name="kanchor599"></a><a name="IX_viewing_14"></a><a name="kanchor600"></a><a name="IX_transaction_reports"></a>To view the report, select the file in the <b>Transaction files already uploaded</b>&#160;list, and click <b>View Report</b>.</li>
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<p class="indent2">If the log files were created in a non-terminal server environment, but you are working in a terminal server environment, you can click <b>Find Report</b>&#160;(or press <b>ALT+O</b>) and navigate to the local machines files. Select the files to display them in the <b>Transaction files already uploaded</b> list.</p>
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<h1><a name="XREF_13926_Using_the"></a>Working Offline</h1>
<p>The process for working offline in Polaris is the same whether your library has opted to use the automated offline uploading process or the manual uploading process. For more information on these options, see <a href="Managing_Offline_Circulation.htm" class="MCXref xref"><span style="color: Blue;" class="mcFormatColor">Managing Offline Circulation</span></a>.</p>
<p class="NoteShade"><b>Note:<br /></b>Polaris Hosted customers should not connect to Polaris Terminal Server to work offline.</p>
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<p><a name="kanchor3470"></a><a name="IX_overview_160"></a><a name="kanchor3471"></a><a name="IX_transaction_files_1"></a><a name="kanchor3472"></a><a name="IX_transaction_files"></a>Once you have logged on, you are ready to work offline. Polaris creates a new transaction file for the session and automatically generates a file name.</p>
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<p class="NoteShade"><b>Note:<br /></b>In offline circulation, the due date calculation is based on the Standard Loan Period of the workstations branch, not the users branch. However, the Loaning Branch recorded in the transaction and in the item record is the logged-on users branch. This allows libraries to gather statistics for different bookmobile stops based on user log-on, while maintaining a consistent loan period for the bookmobile (the workstation branch).</p>
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<h1><a name="kanchor1039"></a>Enable and schedule the Automated Offline SQL job</h1>
<p>When the Automated Offline job runs, it pulls the .TRN files from the offline folder location defined in the system-level parameter <b>Offline (Automated): Directory where offline TRN files are stored</b>. </p>
<p>To enable and schedule the Automated Offline SQL job:</p>
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<br />You can also run this job manually.</p>
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<li value="1">Create the server credential and proxy that allow the <b>Automated Offline</b> SQL job to access the designated offline workstations and pull the transaction files from them:
<p class="NoteShade"><b>Note:</b><br />You can use any name for the credential and proxy.</p><ol style="list-style-type: lower-alpha;"><li value="1"> Create the credential - The credential account must be a domain account that has access to the domain workstations from which the job will pull the offline circulation transactions (.TRN files).</li><li value="2">Create the proxy that associates the credential with the job under <b>Operating System (CmdExec)</b>.<p><img src="../../../Resources/Images/servCredProxforOffline(copyTRNfiles)_226x298.gif" style="width: 226;height: 298;" alt="" /></p></li></ol></li>
<li value="2">Ensure that the System-level <b>Offline (Automated): Enable automatic offline uploading</b> parameter is set to <b>Yes</b>. See also: <a href="set_up_auto_offline_param.htm" class="MCXref xref"><span style="color: Blue;" class="mcFormatColor">Set up Offline (Automated) Parameters</span></a>.</li>
<li value="3">Schedule the <b>Automated Offline </b>SQL job. No default schedule is specified. You can also run the job manually.<p>When the job runs, it finds the .TRN files that are stored on the workstations in the directory specified in the parameter <b>Offline (Automated): Directory where offline TRN files are stored</b>. It then pulls these files from the workstations to the server, uploads the transactions into the Polaris database, renames the .TRN files with a .DON extension, and logs the results of the upload.</p><p class="NoteShade"><b>Note:</b><br />If no .TRN files are found, the SQL job history includes the message:<b> There were no TRN files copied. </b></p></li>
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<h1><a name="kanchor4173"></a>Automated offline log processing</h1>
<p>If your library has set up automated offline processing, a System-level Patron Services parameter <b>Offline (Automated): Generate one upload log per branch </b>specifies whether one or multiple upload logs are generated. If the parameter is set to <b>Yes</b>, (the default), a log file is generated for each offline branch. If the parameter is set to <b>No</b>, a single log file is generated for all offline branches. Log files are saved to: <b>\\SERVER\c$\ProgramData\Polaris\&lt;version&gt;\Logs\Offline</b></p>
<p>Another parameter <b>Offline (Automated):Send offline upload log report to email address</b>, which can be set at the System, Library, or Branch level, specifies the email addresses of users who receive the log reports. </p>
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<p>The log files contain the following information:</p>
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<li>If a single log is generated at the System level for all offline branches, it has a section for each branch with the branch name and branch totals displayed at the top of each section.</li>
<li>If the log is generated at the branch level, only one branch name is displayed with totals for that branch displayed at the top of the log.</li>
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<p>To set the Offline (Automated) parameters, open the Administration Explorer, select <b>System</b>, select <b>Parameters</b> and select the <b>Patron Services</b> tab.</p>
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<li><b>Offline (Automated): Client workstations: Continue on error </b>- This System-level parameter is used to specify whether to continue or stop the automatic offline process if an error is encountered when pulling transactions from a workstation. The default setting is <b>Yes</b>. If this parameter is set to <b>Yes</b>, the process continues even if an error is encountered, such as the workstation is offline or the .TRN path is invalid, and the job cannot pick up the .TRN files.</li>
<li><b>Offline (Automated): Directory where offline TRN files are stored</b> - This System-level parameter is used to specify the directory where the offline TRN files are gathered and stored on the <b>client</b> workstation. The default setting is: <b>C:\ProgramData\Polaris\5.0\OfflineTransaction</b>.</li>
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<li><b>Offline (Automated): Enable automatic offline uploading</b> - This System-level parameter is used to enable automatic offline processing for the library system. The default value is <b>No</b>. If this parameter is set to <b>Yes</b>, the Automated Offline job is enabled for all branches. For more information on this job, see <a href="enable_the_sql_job.htm">Enable and schedule the Automated Offline SQL job</a>.</li>
<li><b>Offline (Automated): Generate one upload log per branch</b> - This System-level parameter is used for generating one or multiple log reports. If the value is set to <b>Yes</b> (the default), one upload log is generated per offline branch. If this parameter is set to <b>No</b>, a single log file is generated for all offline branches. Log files are saved to: <b>\\SERVER\c$\ProgramData\Polaris\&lt;version&gt;\Logs\Offline
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<li><b>Offline (Automated): Polaris user for automatic upload process</b> - This System-level parameter specifies the user assigned during the automatic upload processing. The default setting is <b>PolarisSuperUser</b>. To specify a user, choose the user from the drop-down list of usernames. If this user has the permission, <b>Patron registration: Modify postal address fields</b>, she can enter a valid postal code that does not already exist, and it is added to the Postal Codes database table.</li>
<li><b>Offline (Automated): Send offline upload log report to email address</b> - This parameter specifies the email addresses of users who receive the log reports. The parameter can be set at the System, Library, or Branch level. No email address is specified by default. (If the job runs and no email address has been entered at the Branch, Library, or System level, the logs will still be produced, but they will not be emailed.) You can enter one or multiple email addresses, not to exceed 255 characters total. If multiple email addresses are entered, they must be separated by semicolons.</li>
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<h1><a name="XREF_58516_Uploading_to"></a>Upload Report Warning Messages</h1>
<p><a name="kanchor4155"></a><a name="IX_offline_transactions"></a><a name="kanchor4156"></a><a name="IX_bookmobile_upload"></a><a name="kanchor4157"></a><a name="IX_messages_list"></a>A report of warning messages is created automatically when you upload offline transaction files to the online Polaris client. The report may contain any of the following messages related to the offline transactions.</p>
<h2><b>Warning Messages for Barcodes, Blocks, Closed Day/Date</b>
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<p>The following situations generate warning messages in the upload report:</p>
<p>Barcodes (invalid, unexpected, assigned)</p>
<p class="indent">At circulation, these situations generate messages:</p>
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<li>An item with an invalid barcode type is circulated.</li>
<li>An item is checked out, but the patron barcode is an invalid type.</li>
<li>An item is checked out, but the patron barcode is an item barcode type.</li>
<li>An item with a patron barcode type is circulated. <br /></li>
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<p class="indent">At patron record creation, these situations generate messages:</p>
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<li>A barcode format is for an item instead of a patron.</li>
<li>A barcode format is unrecognized.</li>
<li>A barcode is already assigned.</li>
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<h2><b>Item blocks</b>
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<p class="indent">An item is checked in with a free-text, library-assigned, or system block.</p>
<p>1st level fine limit (by patron code and branch)</p>
<p class="indent">A patron exceeds the 1st level fine limit at check-out/renewal. </p>
<p>2nd level fine limit (by patron code and branch)</p>
<p class="indent">A patron exceeds the 2nd level fine limit at check-out/renewal. </p>
<p>Item limit by material type (by patron code and branch)</p>
<p class="indent">A patron exceeds the number of items of a specific material type that can be checked out.</p>
<p>Total item limit (by patron code and branch)</p>
<p class="indent">A patron exceeds the total number of items that can be checked out. </p>
<p>Overdue item limit (by patron code and branch)</p>
<p class="indent">A patron exceeds the overdue item limit at check-out.</p>
<p class="indent">A patron exceeds the overdue item limit at renewal. An overdue fine is charged.</p>
<p>Overdue item limit (by patron code and branch) with long overdues</p>
<p class="indent">A patron exceeds the overdue item limit at check-out and has long overdue items.</p>
<p class="indent">A patron exceeds the overdue item limit at renewal and has long overdue items. An overdue fine is charged.</p>
<p>Long overdues</p>
<p class="indent">A patron has long overdue items at check-out/renewal.</p>
<p>Renewal limit</p>
<p class="indent">A patron checks out an item, and the item exceeds its renewal limit. </p>
<p>Closed day/date</p>
<p class="indent">An items original due date is changed to the next open date because the original date falls on a day closed (<b>Hours of operation</b>&#160;parameter) or a date closed (<b>Dates Closed</b>&#160;policy table). </p>
<h2><b>Warning Messages for Item Statuses</b>
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<p>The following item statuses generate warning messages in the upload report:</p>
<p>Bindery, Damaged, In-Repair</p>
<p class="indent">The item status was Bindery (or Damaged or In-repair) before the item was circulated.</p>
<p>Claim</p>
<p class="indent">The item status was Claimed missing or Claimed never had before the item was circulated<b>.</b></p>
<p>Held</p>
<p class="indent">An item with a held status is checked out, and Polaris compares the borrowers barcode to the requestors barcode. If the barcodes are identical, the request status is filled and the request is deleted. If the barcodes are <span class="FM_Emphasis">not</span> identical, the request status remains active. The<b>&#160;</b>request is reactivated for the requestors barcode. If an item that <span style="font-style: italic;">might</span>&#160;fill a hold request is checked in, the item status and the request status become held.</p>
<p class="NoteShade"><b>Note:<br /></b>You can suppress holds processing for checked-in items at upload.</p>
<p>In-Process</p>
<p class="indent">The item status was in-process before the item was circulated.</p>
<p>In-Transit</p>
<p class="indent">The item status was in-transit before the item was checked out.<br />An item is bound to a hold request, and the item status was in-transit before the item was checked out.<br />The item status was in-transit&#160;before the item was checked in.&#160;Polaris checks for the destination library and any bound hold request: </p>
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<li>If there is no hold request and the assigned branch is not the check-in branch, send the item to the assigned branch.</li>
<li>If there is no hold request and the assigned branch is the check-in branch, nothing needs to be done. </li>
<li>If the item is bound to a hold request and the pickup branch is not the check-in branch, send the item to the pickup branch.</li>
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<p>Lost</p>
<p class="indent">The item status was lost&#160;before the item&#160;was circulated. Delete the replacement cost for the last borrower.</p>
<p>Transferred</p>
<p class="indent">The item status was transferred before the item was circulated. The item retains its transferred status, with a hold request status of shipped. Send the item to the pickup library.</p>
<h2><b>Messages Related to Reserve Items (Course Reserves)</b>
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<p>Library Use Only</p>
<p class="indent">A reserve item was checked out offline. The reserve status is On Reserve, and Library Use Only is checked; that is, the reserve item is intended to be used only within the library. The message includes the item barcode and title.</p>
<p>Total number of items exceeded</p>
<p class="indent">A reserve item was checked out offline. The reserve status is On Reserve and the Total Number of Reserve Items in the Patron/Material Type Loan Limits table has been exceeded. The message includes the patron name and patron barcode.</p>
<p>Reserve item checked in</p>
<p class="indent">A message is written if a reserved item was checked in. The message includes the item barcode and title.</p>
<p>Item linked to more than one course</p>
<p class="indent">When a reserve item is checked out offline, and the item is linked to more than one course, the system logs the check-out to the first course listed for the item and writes a message to the log file. The message includes the item barcode, title, and the course name, number, and section of the course credited with the circulation.</p>
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