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All Utilities
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Patrons Utilities
| Utility Name | What does it do? |
|---|---|
| General | |
| Add Patron Notes | Adds or appends a Contact, General, Alert, or Category note to selected patrons |
| Advance Patron Grade | Moves specified patrons to the next grade (i.e. level) |
| Change Patron Grade | Changes the grade (i.e. level) of selected patrons to the specified grade |
| Change Patron 2nd Location | Changes or adds a 2nd location for specified patrons |
| Change Patron Location | Changes the location of selected patrons to the specified location |
| Change Patron Policy | Changes the policy of selected patrons to the specified policy |
| Change Patron Security Group | Changes the security group of selected patrons to the specified security group |
| Change Patron Status | Changes the status of selected patrons to the specified status |
| Forgive Charges | Forgives selected charges, fees, or fines created during the specified transaction date range |
| Move Patrons to Site (CC only) | Moves selected patrons from their current site to the specified site |
| Reassign Union Site Patrons | Changes selected patrons' assigned site from the Union Site to the specified site |
| Remove Patron History | Removes everything but Lexile history from selected patrons' histories |
| Remove Patron Notes | Removes all Contact, General, Alert, or Category notes from selected patrons |
| Remove Patron Pictures | Removes pictures for all selected patrons |
| Remove Patrons | Removes selected patron records from your database |
| Renew Patron Cards | Renews the library cards of all selected patrons |
| Resets selected patrons' passwords to their last name (all lowercase letters) | |
| Lexile | |
| Remove Patron Lexiles | Removes the current Lexile score and clears the Lexile table for selected patrons |
| Reviews | |
| Change Review Status | Changes the status of selected reviews |
| Remove Reviews | Removes a group of reviews at once |
Titles Utilities
| Utility Name | What does it do? |
|---|---|
| General | |
| Change Medium | Changes the medium (245_h) of selected titles to the specified medium |
| Change Title Policy | Changes the policy of selected titles to the specified policy |
| Hide Titles in Search | Hides selected titles in all Researcher modules |
| Remove Cover Art | Removes the cover art of selected titles |
| Remove Holds | Removes all queue holds on selected titles |
| Remove Holds and In-Stock Holds | Removes all in-stock and on-shelf holds on selected titles |
| Remove Titles | Removes all selected title records and their copies |
| Remove Titles without Copies | Removes selected title records that don't have any copies |
| Show Titles in Search | Makes selected titles visible in all Researcher modules |
| Catalog | |
| Add a MARC Tag | Adds a specific MARC tag to selected titles |
| Change a MARC Tag | Changes a specific MARC tag for selected titles |
| Change Series Volume | Makes series volumes uniform and easy to sort by converting the volume number to a padded three digit number and adding a prefix |
| Create Genre MARC Tag | Creates a 655_a tag using information in any existing 650_v tag for selected titles |
| Fix Series | Looks at the series title and volume in 490_a and 490_v and copies those values to 830_a and 830_v for records without an existing 830 tag |
| Remove a MARC Tag | Removes a specific MARC tag from selected titles |
| Switch a MARC Tag | Switches a specified MARC tag with another specified MARC tag for selected titles |
| Lexile | |
| Update Title Lexiles | |
Copies Utilities
| Utility Name | What does it do? |
|---|---|
| Add Copy Call Number Prefix | |
| Add Copy Notes | |
| Change Copy Call Number Case | |
| Change Copy Call Number Prefix | |
| Change Copy Condition | |
| Change Copy Location | |
| Change Copy Policy | |
| Change Copy Shelving | |
| Change Copy Site | |
| Change Funding Source | |
| Change Purchase Cost | |
| Change Purchase Cost by Dollar Amount | |
| Change Purchase Cost by Percentage | |
| Change Replacement Cost | |
| Change Replacement Cost by Dollar Amount | |
| Change Replacement Cost by Percentage | |
| Change Vendor | |
| Check Out to Standard Patron | |
| Check Out to System Patron | |
| Declare Checked Out Copies Lost | |
| Declare Missing Copies Discarded | |
| Declare Missing Copies Lost | |
| Match Copy to Title Call Number | |
| Match Copy to Title Policy | |
| Reassign Union Site Copies | |
| Remove Archived Copies | |
| Remove Copies | |
| Remove Copy Call Number Prefix | |
| Remove Copy Call Number Slashes | |
| Remove Copy History | |
| Remove Copy Notes | |
| Remove Discarded Copies | |
| Remove Lost Copies |
Circulation Utilities
| Utility Name | What does it do? |
|---|---|
| Change Due Date | |
| Check In | |
| Check In Archived Copies | |
| Check In Discarded Copies | |
| Check In Lost Copies | |
| Check In Processing Copies | |
| Recompute Due Dates |
Periodicals Utilities
| Utility Name | What does it do? |
|---|---|
| Remove Subscriptions | |
| Remove Routes |
Database Utilities
| Utility Name | What does it do? |
|---|---|
| Database Archive |
