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This update comprises of RSD-1510-OPAC15711, RSD-1510-OPAC15874, RSD-1510-OPAC15912, RSD-1510-OPAC15966 & RSD-1510-OLIB15966, RSD-1510-OPAC16038; RSD-1510-OPAC16060 & RSD-1510-OPAC16062 & RSD-1510-OPAC16068 and RSD-1510-OPAC16135.

This information is part of OLIB 9>> Release Notes>> Post Service Pack 15 Release Notes


Installation note

These updates should be installed in sequence, with each dependent on the previous. 

Enhancements (RSD-1510-OPAC15711)

IMS Ref Description
OLB-15243 Media Type facet lists to exclude entries without any possible records.
OLB-15463

It should be possible to include an Include NULL date checkbox option in the Folio publication date facet.

Full support for this requires OLB-1510-OLIB15754.

OLB-15696 It should be possible to display selected records on the hitlist as citations to emulate the functionality that was available in WebView.
OLB-15718 Folio should be capable of downloading files with the appropriate extension already assigned.

 

Enhancements (RSD-1510-OPAC15912)

IMS Ref Description
OLB-15921 The copyright date should update automatically to the current year.

 

Enhancements (RSD-1510-OPAC15966 & RSD-1510-OLIB15966)

IMS Ref Description
OLB-14855

Display a subject heading details screen following a subject search in Folio.

This has been delivered by carrying out a new subject search showing the linked subjects. An extra column will need to be configured for the subject hitlist by including the s_hitlist setting in the g_subject_hitlist config block with a value "linkcnt".

Enhancements (RSD-1510-OPAC16062)

IMS Ref Description
OLB-15117

OLIB Folio users should be able to delete their own saved searches.

TTL, Nova

OLB-16080

Links to WorldCat from OLIB Folio should be more configurable.

To implement this, owc_url1 should be adjusted to either:

or, for Discovery:

  • "https://xxxxx.on.worldcat.org/search?queryString="
    • (where xxxxx is the institution's vanity URL portion used for their normal WorldCat Discovery links)

owc_url2 should be excluded.

Nova

Enhancements (RSD-1510-OLIB16067)

IMS Ref Description
OLB-14924

Extend the "Toggle Include in OPAC flag” to the copies domain.

To address this request, 3 methods were added in OLIB Web:

  • Clear Hide in OPAC?
    • This sets the flag to NULL on the selected copies
  • Hide in OPAC
    • This sets the flag to Yes (hiding the select copies from Folio)
  • Show in OPAC
    • This sets the flag to No (unhiding the select copies in Folio, even if their category or status says they should be hidden)

Nova.

 

Bug fixes (RSD-1510-OPAC15711)

IMS Ref Description
OLB-15550 Security fix.
OLB-15699 When selecting a facet from an expanded facet list the facet list is collapsed again, possibly hiding the selected facet.
OLB-15757 Title hitlists that show the first subject may show the first of the non-primary subject lists instead of the first primary subject.
OLB-15770 Displaying a serial header record with many issues and/or bound volumes results in an error due to exceeding the xstring size limit.

 

Bug fixes (RSD-1510-OPAC15874)

IMS Ref Description
OLB-15861 Folio only shows the first 11 Locations (alphabetically) without providing the link to expand the list.

 

Bug fixes (RSD-1510-OPAC15912)

IMS Ref Description
OLB-15894 Display of Circulation Lists duplicated on user account.
OLB-15913 Folio does not provide error in the diagnostics when a citation fails to generate.
OLB-15915 Basket operation is faulty in Folio.
OLB-15941 Security update.

 

Bug fixes (RSD-1510-OPAC15966 & RSD-1510-OLIB15966)

IMS Ref Description
OLB-15970 Folio can cause database deadlocks when busy.
OLB-15988

Folio keyword searching is not efficient enough for busy systems and brings the database to a near stop.

Several adjustments were made to improve the query efficiency for systems with Default configurations. Both of these must be in place:

  1. A Single User Set which allows all users and the anonymous user;
  2. One Title Set with No level specified that excludes some Media Types and specifies no other additions or restrictions. Additional Media Types can be excluded.

The counts and filtering for the publication date facet have been reworked for efficiency. This data is maintained during daystart and will mean that new titles will not be available to these filters until daystart has completed after the publication date has been set or changed. The filter values are maintained for all possible publication date facets, even those that are not included for display.

Additional settings are generated during facet display, if they are not set. These settings will hide the counts for the facets to improve efficiency. The settings all start with "facet_show_count_", folowed by the facet type. Modifying these to "TRUE" will show the counts. Excluding the settings will hide the counts.

OLB-15992

Folio searching for Control Numbers is case sensitive and cannot be configured otherwise.

The advanced search form's searchfield setting starting with "ctrl " will specify a case insensitive search. Adjusting this to "ctrlx " will present a case sensitive search.

OLB-15993

It is not possible to disable the global Folio title searching, even when such searches can render the system unusable.

A new OPAC Configuration setting named "percent_means_all_titles" has been added. This defaults to "N" and will mean that a search without any text that would previously have lead to a global titles search now only retrieves titles marked as Universal Titles (if any).

 

Bug fixes (RSD-1510-OPAC16038)

IMS Ref Description
OLB-15954 Security update.
OLB-16010

On the Folio title details page if there is only one tab displayed in the bottom section then the content for that tab does not show.

BIS

OLB-16039 Security update.
OLB-16040 Diagnostic update.
OLB-16041 Security update.
Contact OCLC Support for detailed installation notes.
OLB-16055 Unable to leave a rating/review on a title in Folio.

 

Bug fixes (RSD-1510-OLIB16060)

IMS Ref Description
OLB-15961

Expired users are still included in users sets that include all users if Folio is configured to disallow expired user logins.

Nova

OLB-15990

Saved public OPAC searches that were created by user who have subsequently been deleted are not shown in the Saved OPAC searches domain.

TTL

OLB-16046

Deleting an OPAC saved search in OLIB Web using the delete button gives an Oracle error: ORA-00942: Table or view does not exist.

TTL

OLB-16059

Folio facet / filtering in large systems does not perform enough to respond within any reasonable time.

Nova

OLB-16064

An archived user can login to Folio and place a reservation.

Archived users are now unable to login to Folio.

Bug fixes (RSD-1510-OPAC16062)

IMS Ref Description
OLB-14766 No error when saving an empty tag in Folio.
OLB-16025 There is no space between the check box and the result number on the result list of a Folio search.
OLB-16088

Folio download actions are broken by security updates to switch from GET to POST.

NRW

 

Bug fixes (RSD-1510-OPAC16068)

IMS Ref Description
OLB-14152

Folio account issues with address updates.

Nova, NLSB

OLB-14726

Folio configuration settings required to translate the column headings for the SDI details tab.

These can be configured by adjusting the values for the new settings l_sdi_profile_header and l_sdi_actions_header.

Nova

OLB-15156

Pertinent User inputs on the Folio registration page must have the correct autocomplete identity.

The inputs have been assigned the autocomplete values as below:

Table showing the column names and autocomplete values for the User fields on the account registration and update forms
Column name Autocomplete value
sname family-name
fname given-name
title honorific-prefix
dob bday
identification honorific-suffix
mailid email
password new-password
sex sex
tel_home tel
tel_mobile tel
tel_work tel
house address-line1
street address-line2
district address-line3
city address-level2
region address-level1
country country-name
postcode postal-code

 

OLB-15376

No messaging in Folio to inform the user that the number of hits has been limitedby the search_limit setting.

The message can be configured with the new setting "srch_limit_msg" in the g_title_hitlist config. block.

OLB-15473

Folio Self registration issues.

Nova

OLB-15658

Returning to the hitlist from a title details page and then refreshing should return the user to the hitlist, not the most recently viewed title details.

OLB-16057 Unable to save a new enquiry or purchase suggestion in Folio.
OLB-15072 Unfriendly messaging on Folio self registration.
OLB-16086 Placing a reservation from the Folio hitlist action button does not work.
OLB-16099 Security update.
OLB-16102

Folio account details does not allow for specified (new) columns in the borrowers table to be included in the account details display.

The new columns that are handled by this update are:

Column name Suggested usdetails config setting value Description

gdpr_consent_self

"gdpr_consent_self YP Data Storage Permission"

This populates the self-affirmed Yes/No value for the user to grant permission to the library to hold and process their personal data. Using "P" instead of "E" here ensures that the user cannot withdraw permission - they would need to contact the library.

The config setting value here ensures that the user cannot register their details unless they grant this permission.

This cannot be defaulted to "Yes".

addr_retention_consent
"addr_retention_consent YP Address Storage Permission"

As with the above, this applies where separate permission may be required by legislation or policy.

This cannot be defaulted to "Yes".

gdpr_consent_staff (read only)
"gdpr_consent_staff YR Data Storage Permission"

This populates the staff-affirmed Yes/No value for the user to grant permission to the library to hold and process their personal data, as advised to a member of library staff.

The user should not set this value, so the field flags should not make it editable. This field will only show if it has a value, even with "M" included in the flags.

password_reset_due (read only)
"password_reset_due R Password Reset Due"

This shows the date by which the user must reset their password.

The user should not set this value, so the field flags should not make it editable. This field will only show if it has a value, even with "M" included in the flags.

max_auto_renew (read only)
"max_auto_renew R Max. Automatic Renewals"
This shows the maximum number of automatic renewals the user is allowed to have processed for them before they must renew or return the item. This field will only show if it has a value, even with "M" included in the flags.

Nova

OLB-16113 Folio account problems with addresses when the user has more than one address.

 

Bug fixes (RSD-1510-OPAC16135)

IMS Ref Description
OLB-16138 Security update.
OLB-16141 Security update.
OLB-16143 Users were unable to add or remove addresses from their account.
OLB-16144 Security update.
OLB-16145 Security update.