BH - Outstanding Books Report
Outstanding Books Report Overview
This report is used to generate a list of all books currently on loan/hire grouped by book.
General Tab
| Fields that require further explanation | |
|---|---|
All/Student/Teacher Borrowers | Use the radio button to indicate if this report run will be for students, teachers or both. |
Title | Use this field to print out a report for one book title only. If you want to run this report for all books for borrowers (that you nominated above) leave this blank |
Author | Use this field to print out a report for one author only. If you want to run this report for all books for borrowers (that you nominated above) leave this blank. |
Publisher | Use this field to print out a report for one publisher only. If you want to run this report for all books for borrowers (that you nominated above) leave this blank. You may select the 'Lookup' (Binoculars) icon and search for a valid borrower account code. |
ISBN | Use this field to print out a report for one ISBN only. If you want to run this report for all of the borrowers (that you nominated above) leave this blank. |
Category | Use this field to print out a report for one category only. If you want to run this report for all books for borrowers (that you nominated above) leave this blank. You may select the 'Lookup' (Binoculars) icon and search for a valid category. |
Department | Use this field to print out a report for one department only. If you want to run this report for all books for borrowers (that you nominated above) leave this blank. You may select the 'Lookup' (Binoculars) icon and search for a valid department. |
Loan Date | The date picker 'Calendar' icon displayed in this field allows the entry of a date range, e.g. All books with a loan date between 01/01/09 and 31/12/09. If you want to run this report for all books for borrowers (that you nominated above) leave this blank. |
Year Group | Use this field to print this report for all students in a particular year group (or year groups) with current borrowings. Leave this blank to print this report for all books for borrowers. The 'Year Group' is a multi-select field. Holding down the 'Shift' key while clicking on your options enables a range selection, holding down the 'Ctrl' key allows individual selection of additional fields. |
Form Class | Use this field to print this report for all students in a particular form class with current borrowings. Leave this blank to print this report for all books for borrowers. |
PC/Tutor Group | Use this field to print this report for all students in a particular pastoral care/tutor group (or groups) with current borrowings. Leave this blank to print this report for all books for borrowers. The 'PC/Tutor Group' is a multi-select field. Holding down the 'Shift' key while clicking on your options enables a range selection, holding down the 'Ctrl' key allows individual selection of additional fields. |
Print Tab
This 'Print' tab allows you to choose the technology that will be used to display the report. The 'Formatting Options' are Adobe PDF® Reader, Microsoft Excel® or Microsoft Word®.
Sorting options are also available on the left side of the screen.
The right side of the screen enables selection of a range of formatting options specific to your choice of the technology used'. These options include 'Show Table Borders' and 'Alternate Row Colours'.
The 'Alternate Row Colours' option significantly improves the readability of the report.
All of these options are available in Adobe ® Reader (Portable Document Format). Microsoft Excel® includes none of these options and Microsoft Word® only permits the 'Alternate Row Colours' and 'Table Borders' options.
Select 'Additional Fields' to include in the listing by highlighting them with a mouse-click.
Holding down the 'Shift' key while clicking on your options permits a range selection; holding down the 'Ctrl' key enables selection of discrete (individual) criterion.