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+ | CANCELLED MESSAGES | ||
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+ | The Cancelled Messages feature is the easiest way to filter the cataloging or validation messages generated by MARC Report. | ||
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+ | When you right-click on a brief message in Record-by-record mode the following options pertaining to Cancelled Messages are available: | ||
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+ | Current Set: DEFAULT | ||
+ | One message cancelled by this set. | ||
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+ | Cancel message--for this Record only | ||
+ | Cancel message--for this Session only | ||
+ | Cancel message--for All Sessions | ||
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+ | Open Cancelled Message Editor | ||
+ | Help on Cancelled Messages | ||
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+ | The Current Set indicator at the top shows you which Cancelled Message set is currently active; it will be Default if you have not used this feature before. The next line tells you what effect the Cancelled Messages are having on the current record: it will display the count of messages cancelled, if any, in the record currently being validated. If any messages were cancelled, you can click on this item to display a list of cancelled messages. | ||
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+ | If you select ' | ||
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+ | If you select ' | ||
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+ | If you select ' | ||
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+ | If you select 'Open Cancelled Message Editor', | ||
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+ | NOTES | ||
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+ | Whenever you choose to cancel a message, the current MARC record is automatically revalidated. | ||
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+ | If you open the Cancelled Message Editor while running MARC Report, any messages that were cancelled 'for This Session only' will be re-activated. (You will be prompted by the program if this situation should arise.) | ||
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+ | Cancelled messages are also active--like other options--when running MARC Report in Batch Mode. | ||
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+ | Cancelled messages will not block a perfection image. Thus, if a record has errors, but their associated messages have all been cancelled, the perfection image will be shown. You can determine when this is the case by checking the status bar on the top right (above the Brief Message/ | ||
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+ | THE CANCELLED MESSAGE EDITOR | ||
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+ | This Editor is available both in the Program Options and in Record-By-Record or Edit mode. | ||
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+ | The currently active set appears in BLUE at the top of the screen, followed by the list of messages that are cancelled. If you have created more than one set, you can switch from one set to another by clicking on the down arrow (which will open a list of all of your saved sets). | ||
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+ | We use the term ' | ||
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+ | Creating a New Set | ||
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+ | The default cancelled message set is called ' | ||
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+ | To use the Cancelled Messages feature you must first create a new set. Select ' | ||
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+ | Restoring Cancelled Messages | ||
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+ | Open the Cancelled Message Editor, select the set that you want to work with, and replace ' | ||
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+ | To restore all of the Cancelled Messages in a set simply click on the the ' | ||
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+ | IMPORTANT: Notes about Using Cancelled Messages | ||
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+ | First, cancelled messages that are restored are not saved. | ||
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+ | Second, messages referring to Mandatory fields may not be cancelled. The reason for this is that Cancelled Messages do not take into account the Leader Record Type value, which is required when determining when a field or element is Mandatory. If you want to disable a message about a Mandatory Field, you must use the Mandatory Field Editor in the Program Options. | ||
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+ | Finally, the Cancelled Message concept was designed to provide a quick and easy way for the average user to turn off a message that they felt they did not want to see anymore. It was not originally intended as a way to configure MARC Report' | ||
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+ | Here is an illustration of why it is important to understand how Cancelled Messages work. Say that you have some 500 fields that end in a '>' | ||
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+ | We still think the Cancelled Message concept is a great tool and we will continue to improve it. However, be aware that in some cases, the Cancelled Message option is not the best choice for fine-tuning the program. | ||