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--- pergamonmu:lookup:editor:hid_format [2017/08/07 17:10]
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-==== Loan Days ====
+====== HID Format Advanced Editor ======
-The loan days field provides a means to specify a default number of days for which any Item of this media type should be circulated. Normally however, a duration is already specified by the Circulations Profile records. If a specific duration is not required for this media type, set the 'Loan Days' field to 0.
+The HID Format editor provides the means to define the contruction of Human readable Identification (HID) formats for use in creating Reader and Items. Each advanced editor record consists of three components: a prefix, a body length, and a suffix.
+===== Prefix =====
+The prefix characters form the first part of an HID as well as being the key for calculation of new HID values. If a prefix is present, it is used to identify the last entry with this format in the database prior to calculating the next new entry.
+===== Body Length =====
+The body length is entered as a number of 0 digits. When an entry is identified in the database and the next number calculted, the new number is formatted to the length of digits displayed in this field.
+===== Suffix =====
+The suffix plays no part in the calculation of a new HID within any of the functional areas but is added to the end of the HID once the HID has been calculated.

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