Holdback days

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Select the checkbox to the left of a parameter to inherit the setting from the parent collection. Clear this checkbox if you want to change the setting for the selected collection. You can also click Inherit All and Inherit None to inherit or disinherit the settings for all parameters.

Bibliographic records can have a production/release date specified in their MARC group tag 366, subfield b. It's in the format yyyymmdd.

When new items are created on the server and linked to a bibliographic record with 366, subfield b, the holdback period set in the collection is automatically added to the production/release date to create the "holdback date". If you try to issue the item before this date then an alert can be displayed.

For example, say you specify a holdback period of 30 days for a collection and set a production/release date of 20160301 for a bibliographic record in that collection. Create and confirm an order for this record. The holdback date for the items is automatically set to 1 April 2016 — i.e. 31 days after the production/release date 1 March 2016.

To specify the holdback period for a collection:

From the Module Menu select Maintenance, Circulation and then Collections.
Select the collection you want from the list.
On the General tab, set the Holdback days.
Press Tab or click anywhere on the screen to enable the Save options.
Click Save or Save & Close.

The item's holdback date will not be set automatically if the calculated date is earlier than the current date.

You can also set a holdback date for a specific item on the Other tab in item maintenance.