Removing Patron ID Information from Transaction Files

Polaris records system transactions in transaction log files that are used for reporting, trouble-shooting, and system tracking purposes. Many circulation and patron accounting transactions are associated with specific patrons, and the log files that record these transactions store the specific patron IDs associated with the transactions. Using the Patron Services parameter Remove patron ID from circ transactions, you can purge this patron-specific information from your transaction records after a time period you specify. The same settings also purge patron IDs from item record histories. A nightly SQL job, PurgePatronIDFromCircTransactions, purges the patron IDs from the transactions according to your settings.

Important:
Patron IDs are not removed from transactions generated by the system unless this feature is enabled at the system level.

See also:

Circ Transactions from Which Patron IDs Are Purged

The table lists the transactions from which patron IDs are purged if you choose to enable this feature.

Note:
The obsolete transaction IDs listed in the table are no longer used but may still exist in your transaction records.

Transaction Type ID

Transaction Description

2011

OBSOLETE: Renewal Overdue Block

2012

OBSOLETE: Renewal Overdue Block Override

2090

OBSOLETE: Add hold request

2091

OBSOLETE: Reactivate hold request

2092

OBSOLETE: Cancel hold request

2093

OBSOLETE: Satisfy hold request

2094

OBSOLETE: Ship item for hold

2095

OBSOLETE: Receive item for hold

2096

OBSOLETE: Deny item for hold

2097

OBSOLETE: Bibliographic hold

2098

OBSOLETE: Serial issue hold

2099

OBSOLETE: Item specific hold

2111

OBSOLETE: Trap item for hold

2112

OBSOLETE: Trap hold renew cancelled

2150

OBSOLETE: Patron check out or renewal block

2183

OBSOLETE: Claim block

2185

OBSOLETE: Claim cancelled

2186

OBSOLETE: Claim block

2187

OBSOLETE: Claim block override

6001

Check out

6002

Check in

6005

Hold request created

6006

Holds become held (item received for hold request)

6007

Holds become expired

6008

Holds become unclaimed

6009

Holds become denied

6010

Holds become pending

6011

Holds become not supplied

6012

Holds become shipped

6013

Holds become cancelled

6026

Item claimed lost

6027

Item claimed never had

6028

Item claimed returned

6033

ILL Request created

6034

ILL Request become active

6035

ILL Request received

6036

ILL Request returned

6037

ILL Request become cancelled

6039

Hold satisfied (item checked out to patron)

6049

Patron accounting auto waive void

7000

eCommerce Payment

Remove Patron ID Report

When you enable patron ID purging, you can run a report to track the number of patron IDs purged during a time period you specify. Select Utilities, Reports and Notices from the Polaris Shortcut bar, select Circulation in the Polaris Reports dialog box, and double-click Remove Patron ID from circ transactions process log. Circulation Reports.