Despatch report
Once you have made entries in the
DespatchReference, Authoriser and AuthorisationDate fields the
button will appear in the button strip. Pressing this button produces a despatch
report on screen, displayed in whichever browser you have chosen (set in
Administration Menu, Parameters Menu, Set Report Viewer),
either your default web browser or the specialist web browser which is supplied
with Calm.
Printing is optional. The DespatchDate field will automatically be set to today's date.
The ItemStatus in the Catalogue record for the item(s) being dispatched will now be set to On Loan (with the loan number in brackets) to show that the item(s) is not available.
A Movement record will also be automatically created, containing details of the loan.