Offline Circulation Transactions
To launch Offline Circulation, double-click the Offline Circulation icon on the desktop of your workstation.
In Offline Circulation, you can:
- Check out items
- Check in items
- Renew items
- Print date due slips
- Register patron information (to create new patron records later)
- Upload transaction files to the Sierra server
Offline Circulation Files
As you use Offline Circulation, the system writes a record of the transactions to various Offline Circulation files, which you then upload to the Sierra server.
By default, Offline Circulation files are stored in the following directory on the workstation:
C:\Sierra Desktop App\Offline
These Offline Circulation files include the following:
| File | Contents |
|---|---|
| circ.dat | Checkout, renewal, and checkin transactions saved on this machine and not yet uploaded and/or cleared |
| patron.dat | Patron registration information saved on this machine and not yet uploaded and/or cleared |