Report on Fines

Report on Fines

Purpose

This sub-menu gives the librarian the ability to carry out the function of reporting the list of outstanding fines in the system. By searching for a patron's identification number, it can also display overdue books accredited to a patron. It will list all essential details, such as how many days each book has been overdue, the type of book, the cost of book per day overdue, etc. The librarian can then print out the listing.

How to use?

  1. Go to the Transaction menu and select Report on Fines
  2. You will presented with a window titled "Report on Fines".
  3. Then a separate window will pop up, the "List of Overdue Books" box, which shows all the books that are overdue, including details such as the id number that has it out, and the call number of the book, the title of the book, the date it was due, the charge of the book per day overdue, and the amount owing so far.
  4. You may print this entire list out by hitting the "Print List" button.
  5. Or you could additionally search for the a specific field, such as the user identification number (and list only his/her overdue books), or call number of the book. In any case, click on the "Search by" button.
  6. Then type in the user identification number at the "ID#" field if you want to search by identification number. Or any other field by typing in that field.
  7. Click on "Search" to begin search
  8. When done, it will present a list based on the search criteria.
  1. Example Task

For updating or inventory purposes, you may wish to print a list of overdue books at the end of the week. In which case, you'd click on "Transactions" in the main menu, then on "Report on Fines". The system will then search its database for overdue books, and present the list to you. You may either print out the list, or view it, or search for a specific entry.

Error Messages

Text: "Invalid borrower ID. Please reenter"

Cause: An incorrect borrower ID is entered at the dialog box.

Fix: Use the backspace key to edit the number and press enter again.

Text: "Invalid Book call number. Please reenter another"

Cause: An incorrect book ID is entered at the dialog box.

Fix: See above.

Restrictions



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