Specifying How Notices Are Prepared and Sent
You can request one of the following settings for preparing and sending circulation notices:
| Notices Setting | Associated Functionality |
|---|---|
| Manual | By default, circulation notices use the Manual setting. When the Manual setting is enabled, you must manually enter notice parameters and prepare notices each time you want to send circulation notices. |
| Save Parameters | When the Save Parameters setting is enabled, you can save and reuse notice parameters. However, you still must manually prepare notices each time you want to send circulation notices. |
| Auto Notices |
When the Auto Notices setting is enabled, you can save notice parameters and configure the system to automatically generate notices on library-specified days. On these scheduled days, the system automatically sends all auto notices to individual patron email accounts, generates telephone notification notices, and sends a batch of print notices in one unformatted file to the specified printer. |
Notices Setting for LX Starter
If your library uses LX Starter to email notices, Innovative recommends using the Auto Notices setting. When your system is configured with these settings, the notices process works as follows:
- Sierra queues the notices based on your library's saved notice parameters.
- On the library-specified days, Sierra automatically processes the email notices and sends them to the LX Starter queue. Sierra still generates print and telephone notices according to your library's settings.
- LX Starter emails the notices based on the schedule your library specifies in the LX Starter application.
Because notices are queued in both systems, ensure that the schedule for notices in Sierra occurs before the schedule in LX Starter. To check your current auto notices schedule, view the Autonotices log in Sierra's Administration Application.