To cull items in bulk you will need to create a Barcode Buffer File. The below instructions step you through creating the buffer file and culling the items.

Creating a Buffer File of Items to be Culled:

1. Open LibCode Suite and Utilities.
2. Choose Setup and Buffer File.
3. Zap or type in barcodes of items to be culled.
4. Click on Save As (Save button is greyed out until the file has been given a name and saved).
5. Choose Location to save the file – the CMEPlus working folder will appear in the ‘Save In’ window at the top of the screen, you may choose to save it there or on your desktop.
6. Type file name (eg 20081031 – date the file was created).
7. Click Save.
8. Close Utilities.

Culling Using a Buffer File:

1. Open LibCode Suite and Utilities.
2. Do a backup.
3. Choose Update > Cull Items.
4. Click Yes if you have just completed a backup.
5. Click  Browse to locate the Buffer File.
6. The CMEPlus folder appears – locate the file (if it was saved in there) and double click  to open.
7. Click Apply – the items that were added to the buffer file will appear in the window at the bottom of the screen.  If these are correct, click preview to view the list and the printer icon to print the report.
8. Close the report.
9. Click Cull. You will be asked ‘Has a culled items report been printed?’ Click Yes if it has.
10. The cull of items will proceed.
11. A message ‘Cull of items is complete. To permanently remove deleted records, the catalogue file should now be packed using the Pack menu option’.
12. Click OK and close Cull Items window.
13. From Utilities click Pack and Catalogue.
14. Click ‘Yes’ to the question ‘Do you wish to remove all records marked for deletion from the catalogue records?’
15. Close Utilities when Pack is complete.