[Wactclc-alma] how do you use shelf reporting for periodicals inventory if no unique call number

[Herman, Amy]

We are trying to inventory our periodicals using Shelf Report.  Unfortunately it doesn't seem to be working for us.  We created an excel file of barcodes, opened Shelf Report, and on our first try defined the inventory as a "Range."  We realized that this won't work because the periodicals all have the same call number - PERIODICALS. Then we defined inventory as a "Set."  We tried to run our excel file as one of these sets Items by location and Physical Journal title and the results were the same, "Items on shelf but out of range/set".  When looking at a list periodicals, the only difference besides the barcode is the description, which gives us volume and issue number - otherwise everything else is the same.  So unless I can figure out how to maybe create a set that could work with shelf reporting, I am stumped and could use a little help.
Thanks, Donna



Amy Herman
Library Faculty | Olympic College
1600 Chester Avenue | Bremerton, WA 98337
aherman at olympic.edu<mailto:aherman at olympic.edu> | 360-475-7256

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