Monday Minutes: Publication Date Parts for Serial Numbering

by Jessie Zairo on Sep 16, 2024

In this week's Monday Minutes, Nick and Jessie show how users can use date fields based on publication date to include in the numbering pattern in the Serials Module. This enhancement in Koha's serials module comes from Bug 35646 Allow using the publication date parts for serial numbering.

This enhancement provides additional options for the numbering pattern field to accept subsitituations for: {Year} {Day} {DayName} {Month} {MonthName}

Serials Module

To create a new numbering pattern or update an existing pattern to use the new fields, navigate to the Serials module.

1. Click on Manage numbering patterns on the left navigation menu
2. If you are editing an existing pattern, click edit under the actions column.
3. If you are creating a new numbering pattern, click + New numbering pattern
4. In the numbering formula field, you can enter the following values
   1. {Year} {Month} {Day} {MonthName} {DayName}
   2. you can also use / | : to adjust how the numbering formula appears

You can test your prediction pattern before saving. Once set, click save

Additional Resources

Customizing the Display of the Date Published Column With Serials

Managing Serial Numbering Patterns

Adding a Numbering Pattern

Adding a Subscription in the Serials Module