Transcript Offline Backup Circ (OBC)

Voyager 6.1:
Using Voyager’s Offline
Backup Circ [OBC]
When to use it
 When NOT to use it
 How to use it
 First thing, after the
upgrade…
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OBC: When to use it
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Use OBC when your circ desk is open, but Voyager is
down.
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Only for charges or renewals
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Only for YOUR items
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Onsite reciprocal charges—UB Charges work fine.
Remember: YOUR items/YOUR circ desk.
OBC: When NOT to use it
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Can’t use it to discharge
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Can’t do certain UB transactions:
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Can’t charge other libraries’ items. E.g., items on your Hold Shelf
for your patrons that came from a remote library.
Don’t use it for Short Loan/Reserves
Don’t use it when patron’s library ID is an SSN or in a
similar 9-digit format
OBC: Moral of the story
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As long as it’s YOUR item at YOUR Circ Desk, using
OBC to check out works fine. The OBC files will upload
successfully.
Keep items on your Hold Shelf. If necessary extend
the “Hold Shelf Life” parameter in SysAdmin to cover
the period that the system will be down.
You can’t do anything that would require a discharge
transaction.
You can’t upload OBC charges of OTHER libraries’
items. Don’t send items around the state during the
downtime.
OBC: Downtime Capture Files
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Option displays when the connection to Voyager
is not available.
Error checking of patron or item barcodes is not
available in OBC. Offline Charge Mode will
accept any barcode that is scanned or typed in.
Details on using OBC in Voyager Circulation
Manual, pg. 6-27 to 6-30.
REMEMBER: COPY THE OBC FILES THAT
YOU CREATE!! Found in:
C:\Voyager\Circulation\Offline
OBC: First thing, after upgrade
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After upgrade, move the captured offline files into
the …Circulation\Offline folder.
At first login to Circ the system will tell you that
you have charge transactions from previous
offline sessions.
Before you do anything else in Circ, follow the
instructions to upload the OBC files.
For each capture file you created, a report will be
generated. Check for errors.
OBC:DISCHARGE!!!
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Discharging the backload--probably the next
Voyager 6.1 circulation task
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Recommendation: backdate the discharges to
start of upgrade