High-Demand Holds Reports
The High-Demand Holds Reports identify the titles on which patrons place a large number of holds. For more information on generating these reports, see Generating High-Demand Holds Reports.
High-Demand Holds Reports include the following types:
- System-Wide Thresholds Reports
- Lists all holds across all your library's hold pickup locations. The system calculates the values in this report using only the threshold values specified for the <SYS> pickup location in the Hold Thresholds table. If the Hold Thresholds table contains no <SYS> entries, this report is empty (that is, the system does not display a table of results).
- Selected Pickup Location Reports
- Lists holds at a specific hold pickup location. The system calculates the values in this report using the threshold values specified in the Hold Thresholds table for the pickup location for which you generate the report. If the Hold Thresholds table contains no entries for the specified hold pickup location, the system uses the thresholds specified for the ????? wildcard to generate this report. If the Selected Pickup Location report contains no ????? entries, this report is empty (that is, the system does not display a table of results).
Updates
Sierra updates the numbers comprising the High-Demand Holds reports during its nightly maintenance. When the number of holds or items change, the reports display the updated amounts the following day.
Report Elements
The High-Demand Holds Reports include the following elements:
- Title
- The title from the bibliographic record. If the site has acquired the Volume Level Holds product and the holds are on an item attached to a volume record or on the volume itself, the system also includes information from the VOLUME field in the volume record.
- Author
- The author of the title.
- Material Type
- The material type from the bibliographic record. The system displays the text from the Meaning element of the Fixed-length Codes file (Sierra 3.4 and earlier) or the Material Types table (Sierra 4.0 and later).
- System Holds
- The total, system-wide number of holds for this title. If there are no volume records attached to the bibliographic record, this number includes the holds on the bibliographic record and on any attached item records. If there are volume records attached to the bibliographic record, this number includes the holds on the volume record and on any item records attached to that volume record.
- System Items
- If there are no volume records attached to the bibliographic record, the total number of items attached to the relevant bibliographic record. If there are volume records attached to the bibliographic record, the total number of items attached to the relevant volume record. This number includes items at all locations associated with your library.
- Local Holds
- (Selected Pickup Location Reports only) The number of holds at the selected pickup location for this item. If there are no volume records attached to the bibliographic record, this number includes the holds on the bibliographic record and on any attached item records. If there are volume records attached to the bibliographic record, this number includes the holds on the volume record and on any item records attached to that volume record.
- Local Items
- (Selected Pickup Location Reports only) If there are no volume records attached to the bibliographic record, the total number of items attached to the relevant bibliographic record. If there are volume records attached to the bibliographic record, the total number of items attached to the relevant volume record. This number includes only those items associated with the selected pickup location.