====== Serial Control v.0.1 ======
The lists below give a brief summary of current interface progress. It should be noted that little has been done concerning proper workflow and exception handling, so expect errors, especially during initial setup. Here is a rough outline for getting things started:
* Manually create an asset.copy_template entry
* Navigate to a record in the Staff Client
* Select 'Serial Control View' in 'Actions for this Record'
* Create a subscription (in Subscriptions tab)
* Create a distribution within this subscription which references your template
* Create a caption/pattern
* Create a manual 'starter' issuance from which the others will be predicted (the caption/pattern picker isn't there yet, so type the ID of the caption/pattern you created in the "Caption/Pattern" field of the issuance).
* With your subscription selected, choose 'Make Predictions' from 'Actions for Selected Row'
Here are a couple "codes" you can use in lieu of the missing GUIs for Pattern Code and Holding Code:\\
Pattern Code (in Caption and Pattern): ["2","0","8","1","a","v.","b","no.","u","12","v","r","i","(year)","j","(month)","w","m","x","01"]
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Holding Code (in Issuance): ["4","1","8","1.2","a",6,"b",1,"i",2010,"j","01"]
===== What works so far: =====
* Items interface
* View items
* Receive items (into new or existing units)
* Bind items (into new or existing units)
* Subscriptions interface
* Editors for creating and editing:
* Subscriptions
* Distributions
* Captions and Patterns (barebones)
* Issuances (barebones)
* Notes (where applicable)
* Make predictions (based on last existing issuance only)
* Basic deleting
* OPAC display
* Compressed display of received items at holding library level
* Limited MFHD integration (concatenation where overlapping)
===== What is still coming: =====
* More translatable strings in interfaces
* Better delete support (using 'deleted' flag where needed)
* Easier initial setup
* "First Issue" dialog
* Caption and Pattern GUI
* "Custom" item tracking
* Distributions interface
* Editors for managing:
* Templates
* Streams
* Summaries
* Units interface (post-receive viewing and managing of units and unit/item relationships)
* Claims interface
* More display related options
* Summarized contents unit labels
* Caption-level overrides
* Legacy integration options
* Permissions
* General optimizations