This is an unusual operation because you are actually changing Barcode record information using Catalogue record search criteria… this function was added because it’s often necessary to do this!

An example of bulk changing Loan Period details using Catalogue record details as selection criteria would be:

• F has been placed in the Location field for all Fiction resources.
• After careful consideration it is decided that the Loan Period for fiction books should be 14 days instead of 7.

Steps for bulk edit of Loan Period for a certain Location…

(ALWAYS backup before doing ANY bulk Update)

• Load LibCode Suite and go into Utilities then go into Update.
• Select Catalogue from dropdown menu and select Update.
  • If backup HAS been done click Yes to pass backup warning message.

1. Set Selection Criteria Field (Location) / Low Value is F / High Value is F.
2. Click Apply and check that ALL the records displayed in the data display table are actually the records you want to change…
3. If you are confident that you do want to change all the records displayed then set the Replacement Field as Loan Period (BC) and set Replacement Value as 14.
4. Click Replace.
5. Check the number of records about to be changed and if you are happy to make the change click Yes to do the job… (otherwise click No or Cancel to try setting criteria again)

These steps would change all the Fiction resource loan periods to 14 days (even if there are thousands of records to be changed).