Children’s PAC Profiles Reference

Profile	Org Levels	Description	Default Setting
Allow hold requests if charging for holds	System, Library, Branch	Determines whether hold requests are allowed from Children’s PAC if the system charges for holds. If set to Yes, hold requests are allowed and a message concerning the charge is displayed when the request is placed. The patron can continue or cancel the request.	No (hold requests cannot be placed from Children’s PAC if the system charges for hold requests)
Categories: Enable	System, Library, Branch	Determines whether library-defined categories are available for searching. See Managing Search Categories.	Yes Requirement: If yes, define categories with the profile Category construction
Category construction	System, Library, Branch	Displays the Category Construction dialog box. Set up subject categories, define search targets within the categories, and edit existing categories and targets. See Managing Search Categories.	Polaris PowerPAC Children’s Edition includes a set of default categories. Requirement: Set Categories: Enable to Yes (Children’s PAC profiles)
Dashboards: Enable	System, Library, Branch	Determines whether library-defined elements and theme choices are displayed in lists on the left portion (“dashboard”) of the Children’s PAC interface. See Managing Children’s Dashboards, and Managing Themes.	Yes
Dashboards: Webpage/web part assignment	System, Library, Branch	Displays the Web Page - Web Part Configuration dialog box. Specify which Web parts to display in the dashboard on specific Web pages for the Children’s PAC at each branch. See Managing Children’s Dashboards.	Requirements: Define Web parts at the system level, using the profile Dashboards: Web part construction (Children’s PAC profiles). Set Dashboards: Enable to Yes (Children’s PAC profiles) to display dashboards in the Children’s PAC.
Dashboards: Web part construction	System	Displays the Web Part Editor dialog box. Create custom Web parts (title searches, URLs, free text, and polls), and limit the number of items on automated Web parts. See Managing Children’s Dashboards.	Requirements: Assign the Web parts to specific Children’s PAC pages using the profile Dashboards: Web page / web part assignment (Children’s PAC profiles). Set Dashboards: Enable to Yes (Children’s PAC profiles) to display dashboards in the Children’s PAC.
Default search limits	System, Library, Branch	Displays the Children’s PAC Default Search Limit dialog box. Specify a search filter, expressed as a Common Query Language search term, in the free text search limit box. In addition, you can specify which collections defined in the system should be included in Children’s PAC search results. See Setting Children’s Search Limits.	AND TA=j (limits results to records where the target audience is juvenile); no collections selected
Item availability text: Available	System, Library, Branch	Specifies the text that indicates an item is available.	In Library Requirement: Set Item Availability: Display status to Yes (Children’s PAC profiles)
Item availability text: Not available	System, Library, Branch	Specifies the text that indicates an item is not available.	Checked Out Requirement: Set Item Availability: Display status to Yes (Children’s PAC profiles)
Item availability: Display branch location	System, Library, Branch	Determines whether the item’s assigned branch is displayed.	Yes
Item availability: Display call number	System, Library, Branch	Determines whether to show the call number from the item record in the Availability view.	Yes
Item availability: Display collections	System, Library, Branch	Determines whether the collection information from the item record is displayed.	Yes
Item availability: Display local and system levels	System, Library, Branch	Determines which items are included in search results availability information. See Customize the children’s item availability display.	Yes. If the logged-on branch is the system, information about items that are designated to display in PAC and owned throughout the system is displayed. If the logged-on branch is a local branch, only items held by that branch are displayed. If none are owned by the local branch, the system-level items are displayed. If set to No, if the logged-on branch is the system, information about items owned throughout the system is displayed. If the logged-on branch is a local branch, only the local items are displayed. If none are owned by the local branch, no items are displayed.
Item availability: Display notes	System, Library, Branch	Determines whether a note icon is displayed for items that include public notes. Patrons can click the icon to read the note.	Yes
Item availability: Display shelf location	System, Library, Branch	Determines whether the item’s shelf location is displayed.	Yes
Item availability: Display status	System, Library, Branch	Determines whether the circulation status of an item is displayed in the item information.	Yes
Item availability: Display type	System, Library, Branch	Determines whether the material type (information about physical format from the item record) is displayed in the item information.	Yes
Multiple language strings	System	Displays a dialog box that allows you to specify a language and translate all search categories and targets from English to the language of your choice. Other languages are available in this dialog box only if your library system has purchased other language versions of Polaris PowerPAC Children’s Edition. You can also edit the English names. See Translate all categories and targets.	No translations (lists English categories and targets only)
Navigation: Events	System, Library, Branch	Determines whether the Children’s PAC interface includes the Events button, which is used to access a library-maintained Events page. See Add text to the children’s Events page.	Yes
Navigation: Help	System, Library, Branch	Determines whether the Children’s PAC interface includes the Help button, which is used to access online Help for the Children’s PAC.	Yes
Navigation: PowerPAC	System, Library, Branch	Determines whether a link to Polaris PowerPAC is displayed in the Children’s PAC interface.	Yes
Number of tooltip entries displayed	System, Library, Branch	For categories, defines the number of targets that display in a tooltip when the cursor hovers over the category link. See Managing Search Categories.	5 Requirements: Use the profile Category construction (Children’s PAC profiles) to set up search categories. Set the profile Categories: Enable to Yes (Children’s PAC profiles) to display the defined search categories in the Children’s PAC.
Remote user: Enable	System, Library, Branch	Allows access to the Children’s PAC from workstations outside the library.	Yes. Remote users can access the Children's PAC interface. If set to No, Children’s PAC access is available only from workstations defined in the In-House IP Addresses database table.
Results set: Maximum number of records to return	System, Library, Branch	Sets the maximum number of records that can be returned in a results set. If you experience decreased performance for searches with large results due to limited server capacity, you can lower the maximum number of records to return. However, relevancy ranking may be less effective at lower maximum values.	1,000 (maximum = 10,000)
Results set: Do not sort if it contains more than this many records	System, Library, Branch	Sets the maximum number of records that a record set can contain and still be sorted. If you experience decreased performance for searches with large results due to limited server capacity, you can lower the maximum number of records that can be sorted.	1,000 (maximum)
Search button visibility: Anywhere button	System, Library, Branch	Displays a search button that launches a keyword search in all fields. See Set children’s search buttons.	Yes
Search button visibility: Authors button	System, Library, Branch	Displays a search button that launches a keyword search for author. See Set children’s search buttons.	Yes
Search button visibility: Fiction button	System, Library, Branch	Displays a search button that launches a keyword subject search scoped to fiction. See Set children’s search buttons.	Yes
Search button visibility: Non-Fiction button	System, Library, Branch	Displays a search button that launches a keyword subject search scoped to non-fiction. See Set children’s search buttons.	Yes
Search button visibility: Series button	System, Library, Branch	Displays a search button that launches a keyword search for series name. See Set children’s search buttons.	Yes
Search button visibility: Subjects button	System, Library, Branch	Displays a search button that launches a keyword search for subject. See Set children’s search buttons.	Yes
Search button visibility: Titles button	System, Library, Branch	Displays a search button that launches a keyword search for title. See Set children’s search buttons.	Yes
Select theme: Enable	System, Library, Branch	Allows users of Children’s PAC to select an interface theme from choices you specify. See Managing Themes.	Yes Requirements: Specify which themes are available as choices with the profile Theme assignment (Children’s PAC profiles). Set Dashboards: Enable to Yes (Children’s PAC profiles), because the theme options are displayed in the dashboard.
Theme assignment	System, Library, Branch	Displays the Theme Assignment dialog box, where you can specify which library-defined or system-provided interface themes are available as choices from the Children’s PAC. You can also set a default theme here. See Managing Themes for more information.	Requirements: Set up and edit themes at the system level, with the Children’s PAC profile Theme construction (Children’s PAC profiles). Set the profile Select theme: Enable to Yes (Children’s PAC profiles) to display the assigned themes in the Children’s PAC Set Dashboards: Enable to Yes (Children’s PAC profiles) for the organization, because the theme options are displayed in the dashboard.
Theme construction	System	Displays the Theme Construction dialog box. Set up and edit themes for the Children’s PAC interface. See Managing Themes for more information	Requirement: Specify which themes are available to specific organizations using the Children’s PAC profile Theme assignment.
Web access: Enable	System, Library, Branch	Allows live Web links in Children’s PAC search results. See Customizing the Children’s Results Display.	No - Web links are text-only, and do not allow Internet access. If set to Yes, users can click the Web Site icon or a web link to view the site.

Allow hold requests if charging for holds

System, Library, Branch

Determines whether hold requests are allowed from Children’s PAC if the system charges for holds. If set to Yes, hold requests are allowed and a message concerning the charge is displayed when the request is placed. The patron can continue or cancel the request.

No (hold requests cannot be placed from Children’s PAC if the system charges for hold requests)

Categories: Enable

System, Library, Branch

Determines whether library-defined categories are available for searching. See Managing Search Categories.

Yes

Requirement: If yes, define categories with the profile Category construction

Category construction

System, Library, Branch

Displays the Category Construction dialog box. Set up subject categories, define search targets within the categories, and edit existing categories and targets. See Managing Search Categories.

Polaris PowerPAC Children’s Edition includes a set of default categories.

Requirement: Set Categories: Enable to Yes (Children’s PAC profiles)

Dashboards: Enable

System, Library, Branch

Determines whether library-defined elements and theme choices are displayed in lists on the left portion (“dashboard”) of the Children’s PAC interface. See Managing Children’s Dashboards, and Managing Themes.

Yes

Dashboards: Webpage/web part assignment

System, Library, Branch

Displays the Web Page - Web Part Configuration dialog box. Specify which Web parts to display in the dashboard on specific Web pages for the Children’s PAC at each branch. See Managing Children’s Dashboards.

Requirements:

Define Web parts at the system level, using the profile Dashboards: Web part construction (Children’s PAC profiles).

Set Dashboards: Enable to Yes (Children’s PAC profiles) to display dashboards in the Children’s PAC.

Dashboards: Web part construction

System

Displays the Web Part Editor dialog box. Create custom Web parts (title searches, URLs, free text, and polls), and limit the number of items on automated Web parts. See Managing Children’s Dashboards.

Requirements:

Assign the Web parts to specific Children’s PAC pages using the profile Dashboards: Web page / web part assignment (Children’s PAC profiles).

Set Dashboards: Enable to Yes (Children’s PAC profiles) to display dashboards in the Children’s PAC.

Default search limits

System, Library, Branch

Displays the Children’s PAC Default Search Limit dialog box. Specify a search filter, expressed as a Common Query Language search term, in the free text search limit box. In addition, you can specify which collections defined in the system should be included in Children’s PAC search results. See Setting Children’s Search Limits.

AND TA=j (limits results to records where the target audience is juvenile); no collections selected

Item availability text: Available

System, Library, Branch

Specifies the text that indicates an item is available.

In Library

Requirement: Set Item Availability: Display status to Yes (Children’s PAC profiles)

Item availability text: Not available

System, Library, Branch

Specifies the text that indicates an item is not available.

Checked Out

Requirement: Set Item Availability: Display status to Yes (Children’s PAC profiles)

Item availability: Display branch location

System, Library, Branch

Determines whether the item’s assigned branch is displayed.

Yes

Item availability: Display call number

System, Library, Branch

Determines whether to show the call number from the item record in the Availability view.

Yes

Item availability: Display collections

System, Library, Branch

Determines whether the collection information from the item record is displayed.

Yes

Item availability: Display local and system levels

System, Library, Branch

Determines which items are included in search results availability information. See Customize the children’s item availability display.

Yes. If the logged-on branch is the system, information about items that are designated to display in PAC and owned throughout the system is displayed. If the logged-on branch is a local branch, only items held by that branch are displayed. If none are owned by the local branch, the system-level items are displayed.

If set to No, if the logged-on branch is the system, information about items owned throughout the system is displayed. If the logged-on branch is a local branch, only the local items are displayed. If none are owned by the local branch, no items are displayed.

Item availability: Display notes

System, Library, Branch

Determines whether a note icon is displayed for items that include public notes. Patrons can click the icon to read the note.

Yes

Item availability: Display shelf location

System, Library, Branch

Determines whether the item’s shelf location is displayed.

Yes

Item availability: Display status

System, Library, Branch

Determines whether the circulation status of an item is displayed in the item information.

Yes

Item availability: Display type

System, Library, Branch

Determines whether the material type (information about physical format from the item record) is displayed in the item information.

Yes

Multiple language strings

System

Displays a dialog box that allows you to specify a language and translate all search categories and targets from English to the language of your choice. Other languages are available in this dialog box only if your library system has purchased other language versions of Polaris PowerPAC Children’s Edition. You can also edit the English names. See Translate all categories and targets.

No translations (lists English categories and targets only)

Navigation: Events

System, Library, Branch

Determines whether the Children’s PAC interface includes the Events button, which is used to access a library-maintained Events page. See Add text to the children’s Events page.

Yes

Navigation: Help

System, Library, Branch

Determines whether the Children’s PAC interface includes the Help button, which is used to access online Help for the Children’s PAC.

Yes

Navigation: PowerPAC

System, Library, Branch

Determines whether a link to Polaris PowerPAC is displayed in the Children’s PAC interface.

Yes

Number of tooltip entries displayed

System, Library, Branch

For categories, defines the number of targets that display in a tooltip when the cursor hovers over the category link. See Managing Search Categories.

5

Requirements:

Use the profile Category construction (Children’s PAC profiles) to set up search categories.

Set the profile Categories: Enable to Yes (Children’s PAC profiles) to display the defined search categories in the Children’s PAC.

Remote user: Enable

System, Library, Branch

Allows access to the Children’s PAC from workstations outside the library.

Yes. Remote users can access the Children's PAC interface.

If set to No, Children’s PAC access is available only from workstations defined in the In-House IP Addresses database table.

Results set: Maximum number of records to return

System, Library, Branch

Sets the maximum number of records that can be returned in a results set. If you experience decreased performance for searches with large results due to limited server capacity, you can lower the maximum number of records to return. However, relevancy ranking may be less effective at lower maximum values.

1,000 (maximum = 10,000)

Results set: Do not sort if it contains more than this many records

System, Library, Branch

Sets the maximum number of records that a record set can contain and still be sorted. If you experience decreased performance for searches with large results due to limited server capacity, you can lower the maximum number of records that can be sorted.

1,000 (maximum)

Search button visibility: Anywhere button

System, Library, Branch

Displays a search button that launches a keyword search in all fields. See Set children’s search buttons.

Yes

Search button visibility: Authors button

System, Library, Branch

Displays a search button that launches a keyword search for author. See Set children’s search buttons.

Yes

Search button visibility: Fiction button

System, Library, Branch

Displays a search button that launches a keyword subject search scoped to fiction. See Set children’s search buttons.

Yes

Search button visibility: Non-Fiction button

System, Library, Branch

Displays a search button that launches a keyword subject search scoped to non-fiction. See Set children’s search buttons.

Yes

Search button visibility: Series button

System, Library, Branch

Displays a search button that launches a keyword search for series name. See Set children’s search buttons.

Yes

Search button visibility: Subjects button

System, Library, Branch

Displays a search button that launches a keyword search for subject. See Set children’s search buttons.

Yes

Search button visibility: Titles button

System, Library, Branch

Displays a search button that launches a keyword search for title. See Set children’s search buttons.

Yes

Select theme: Enable

System, Library, Branch

Allows users of Children’s PAC to select an interface theme from choices you specify. See Managing Themes.

Yes

Requirements:

Specify which themes are available as choices with the profile Theme assignment (Children’s PAC profiles).

Set Dashboards: Enable to Yes (Children’s PAC profiles), because the theme options are displayed in the dashboard.

Theme assignment

System, Library, Branch

Displays the Theme Assignment dialog box, where you can specify which library-defined or system-provided interface themes are available as choices from the Children’s PAC. You can also set a default theme here. See Managing Themes for more information.

Requirements:

Set up and edit themes at the system level, with the Children’s PAC profile Theme construction (Children’s PAC profiles).

Set the profile Select theme: Enable to Yes (Children’s PAC profiles) to display the assigned themes in the Children’s PAC

Set Dashboards: Enable to Yes (Children’s PAC profiles) for the organization, because the theme options are displayed in the dashboard.

Theme construction

System

Displays the Theme Construction dialog box. Set up and edit themes for the Children’s PAC interface. See Managing Themes for more information

Requirement: Specify which themes are available to specific organizations using the Children’s PAC profile Theme assignment.

Web access: Enable

System, Library, Branch

Allows live Web links in Children’s PAC search results. See Customizing the Children’s Results Display.

No - Web links are text-only, and do not allow Internet access.

If set to Yes, users can click the Web Site icon or a web link to view the site.