To specify the ranking method for global reservations:

1. From the Module Menu select Maintenance, Circulation and then General Parameters.
2. Set Ranking method in OPAC or Ranking method in staff to 0, 1 or 2. Typically the staff parameter would always be 0 and only the OPAC parameter would be set to 1 or 2.

   0	Include all reservations.
   1	Include only local reservations and global reservations.
   2	Include only local reservations.

3. Click Save or Save & Close.

Here's an example to show how it works. There are seven reservations in the waiting list, and two institutions — EBAY (English Language Base) and VBAY (Bayside Library Service).

• Reservation #1 is for a VBAY item, pickup in EBAY — i.e. LOCAL INSTITUTION.
• Reservation #2 is for a VBAY item, pickup in VBAY — i.e. LOCAL INSTITUTION.
• Reservation #3 is for an EBAY item, pickup in EBAY — i.e. NOT LOCAL INSTITUTION.
• Reservation #4 is a GLOBAL reservation, pickup in EBAY — i.e. GLOBAL.
• Reservation #5 is for a VBAY item, pickup in VBAY — i.e. LOCAL INSTITUTION.
• Reservation #6 is for a VBAY item, pickup in VBAY — i.e. LOCAL INSTITUTION.
• Reservation #7 is for an EBAY item, pickup in EBAY — i.e. NOT LOCAL INSTITUTION.

 

Our borrower — Herbert Hughes — has reservation #5, and he’s ranked as 5 of 7. Now let’s login to OPAC as Herbert Hughes.

First we'll set Reservation ranking method in OPAC to “[1] Include only local reservations and global reservations”. This means that reservations #3 and #7 are excluded from the ranking. So Herbert’s reservation is ranked 4 of 5.

 

Now let's set Reservation ranking method in OPAC to “[2] Include only local reservations”. This means that reservations #3, #4 and #7 are excluded from the ranking, So Herbert’s reservation is ranked 3 of 4.

 

Null means the same as No.