Administering System Files
The System Files component of the Sierra Administration Web Application enables you to view and manage the following system message and configuration files:
System Messages
The System Message file contains messages from the system concerning problems encountered during circulation processing.
Choose Clear File to clear the file's contents.
Choose Printable View to view the file's contents as a single, printable Web page.
The Circulation Overrides file contains messages from the system concerning the following:
- Overridden circulation due dates
- Overridden patron and item blocks
- Overridden holds
- Waived fines
- Overidden fines payment locks (Sierra 6.3 and later)
Choose LIMIT MESSAGES to view overrides that apply only to a specified record number, operator name, or text string.
Choose CLEAR FILE to clear the file's contents.
Choose PRINTABLE VIEW to view the file's contents as a single, printable Web page.
Note that initials are listed in a circulation override file message entry only if authorization is required for that override. These authorizations are determined in the following Circulation Options:
- Check-out: Authorization required to override patron block
- Check-out: Authorization required to alter due date
- Check-out: Authorization required to set due date to overlap booking
- Check-out: Authorization required to override manual block
- Recalls: Authorization required to alter due date of recall
- Fines/Bills: Authorization required to collect
When Circulation is configured to generate auto notices, it logs its activity to the Autonotices log file.
Choose CLEAR FILE to clear the file's contents.
Choose PRINTABLE VIEW to view the file's contents as a single, printable Web page.
SUSHI Harvest Log
When your system is configured to harvest usage statistics, it logs its activity to the SUSHI Harvest log file.
Choose CLEAR FILE to clear the file's contents.
Choose PRINTABLE VIEW to view the file's contents as a single, printable Web page.
Patron Suggestions
General suggestions made by patrons using WebPAC appear in this file.
Choose LIMIT to view suggestions made at a particular transaction location.
Choose CLEAR FILE to clear the file's contents.
Choose PRINTABLE VIEW to view the file's contents as a single, printable Web page.
Additional Items To Acquire
Suggestions for additions to the library's collection made by patrons using WebPAC appear in this file.
Choose LIMIT to view suggestions made at a particular transaction location.
Choose CLEAR FILE to clear the file's contents.
Choose PRINTABLE VIEW to view the file's contents as a single, printable Web page.
The Indexrules file specifies how the system normalizes words and phrases, and which fields are indexed.
Choose LIMIT to view indexing rules that apply only to a specified set of record types.
Choose PRINTABLE VIEW to view the file's contents as a single, printable Web page.
Click a column header to sort the table by that column's entries. (Does not apply to the SUBFIELDS column.)
The Keyword Synonyms file specifies variant word spellings for the system to recognize as equivalent during catalog searching. For example, the keyword synonym pair "color" and "colour" enables a patron to search for either term and find all bibliographic records containing either word.
Choose CREATE KEYWORD SYNONYMS to add new synonym pairs to the file.
Choose PRINTABLE VIEW to view the file's contents as a single, printable Web page.
Link Maintenance Report
If your system is set up to maintain record links automatically, it generates a Link Maintenance Report that describes changes made by Daily Record Link Maintenance.
Choose CLEAR FILE to clear the file's contents.
Choose PRINTABLE VIEW to view the file's contents as a single, printable Web page.
The Admin Corner option provides download access to a private key in the OpenSSH file format so that you can set up an SSH connection to your Sierra server's Admin Corner telnet program. See Admin Corner for more information on the Sierra configuration functions provided by this program.