Using the Sticky Status Feature

The Sticky Status field enables your library to define a more permanent status value for item records. You can define this sticky status value in the STICKYSTS fixed-length field in the item record. This status is validated against the same codes defined for the item STATUS field. If a Sticky Status field is defined for an item record, each time that item is checked in, the system sets the item's STATUS field back to the value defined in the item's STICKYSTS field.

Sticky Status functionality applies during checkin in the following Sierra functions and products:

• Circulation Desk
• Check-In (No Patron)
• SIP2 Circulation Interface
• Circa

If the Sticky Status feature is enabled, the system checks the item record for the presence of a STICKYSTS field each time you check in an item.

• If the system does not encounter a STICKYSTS field in the item record, the item's status is updated as outlined on Checking In Items and the item is checked in.
• If the system encounters a STICKYSTS field in the item record:
  • If there is no value in the STICKYSTS field, the system sets the item's value to '-' (AVAILABLE) and checks the item in.
  • If there is a value in the item's STICKYSTS field that differs from the item's current STATUS field value, the system prompts the user to choose whether or not the system sets the item's STATUS field to the value in the STICKYSTS field. After the user makes this choice, the system checks the item in.
  • If the item's current STATUS field value matches the value in the STICKYSTS field, the system checks in the item with no prompt.

To enable this feature:

1. Contact Innovative and specify that you want to enable the Sticky Status feature at your library.
2. Update your desired Sticky Status item records by assigning a status value in the STICKYSTS field (via the Sierra record editor, Rapid Update, or Global Update).