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Setting up a Library Code

When you set up a Library Code to control a type of member, you must show the relationship between the Library Code and Inventory Records. You can set up a Library Code to relate to the Inventory Records by using Automatic Assignment and Automatic Add.

Automatic Assignment of Inventory Records

A Library Code can be set up to do Automatic Assignment and Automatic Release of Inventory Records. When a user adds members to Move Requests for Library Codes with Auto Assignment, CA‑PanAPT tries to assign the Inventory Record to that user. The Inventory ASN function is not required for that Library Code.

Automatic Create of Inventory Records

A Library Code can be set up to do Automatic Create of Inventory Records. When a user explicitly assigns a member or adds it to a Move Request, CA‑PanAPT creates the Inventory Record for that member when Auto Add is used. The Inventory ADD function is then performed as part of setting up the Move Request.

Automatic Retrieve

You can set up a Library Code for Automatic Retrieve of the member associated with an Inventory Record. Retrieve processing consists of physically copying a member to the Test Library associated with a Library Code. When you add members to a Move Request for Library Codes with both Auto Assignment and Auto Retrieve enabled, CA‑PanAPT tries to assign the Inventory Record to you and generates the appropriate JCL to copy the associated member to the Test Library defined by the Library Code. Thus, you do not have to use the Retrieve function for members whose Library Code enables Automatic Retrieve.

Automatic Retrieve processing occurs for a Move Request member whose Library Code has:

• Automatic Assignment enabled
• Automatic Retrieve enabled.

If the above conditions are true, at the end of Automatic Assignment processing, CA‑PanAPT displays the Retrieve Processing Options panel (APIP710) for you to specify the Retrieve options on an individual member basis. The From Member column of the panel table display shows all the members that were successfully assigned. Each member line has default Retrieve options that you can modify. You can scroll through the member table area. When you have selected the appropriate Retrieve options, type S on the Command line to begin foreground generation of the Retrieve job stream that is submitted for batch execution.

For further details about the Retrieve Processing Options panel (APIP710), see the "Retrieve Processing" chapter.

Notes:

When a member is deleted from a Move Request, it undergoes Reassign/Release Processing. When a Move Request is deleted, or its status is changed to Move Complete each of its members undergoes Reassign/Release Processing. Refer to the description of Reassign/Release Processing in the "Move Requests" chapter for more information.

Records are never automatically deleted from the Inventory File.