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DOCLINE -- Save in a Delimited Format the Holdings for My Library

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If you have rights to update your holdings, then you will have rights to run the Holdings by Library report for your library.

• - On the DOCLINE navigation bar, select Serial Holdings.
  
  
• - On the DOCLINE sub navigation bar, select Reports.
  
  
• - On the Left Frame, click on the Holdings by Library hyperlink.
  
  
• - Under Report Format Type, click on the radio button in front of the delimited option, then change the field and text delimiter as well as the statement about the first row consisting of field names as necessary.
  
  
• - Under Select LIBID, click on the appropriate LIBID.
  
  
• - Under Select Report Fields, hold down the control key and click on the appropriate fields in order to select or deselect the fields. NOTE: Under the DOCLINE menubar after the heading Selected Report Fields, a list of the selected fields for your report displays.
  
  
• - Click SUBMIT REPORT.

The report is placed into a queue. Reports are run in the order they are submitted. The report should be available the following day unless a large number of reports are in the queue; in this case, the report may not be available for several days. The report is current as of the time that it is run. When the report is ready, a message will display in the message area. The message area displays when the user initially logs into DOCLINE; from within DOCLINE, the user can display messages at any time by clicking on the Home option on the DOCLINE menubar. All reports are deleted seven days after they are created whether or not they have been viewed and/or printed.

To Save Delimited Report in Netscape:

• - Click on the Report Name hyperlink.
  
  
• - Select File from the browser bar.
  
  
• - Select Save As
  
  
• - Enter a file name with file extension ".txt". Example: MDUGHI.txt
  
  
• - Click SAVE.

To Save Delimited Report in Internet Explorer:

• - Right Click on the Report Name hyperlink.
  
  
• - Click on the "Save Target As" option.
  
  
• - Enter a file name. Example: MDUGHI
  
  
• - - Click on the drop-down list for Save As Type and select "Text File (.txt)"
  
  
• - Click SAVE.

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Last updated: 06 May 2004
First published: 11 January 2002
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