South Dakota Library Network SFX Management Basics Thresholds, L/P Values & Proxy Servers South Dakota Library Network 1200 University, Unit 9672 Spearfish, SD © South Dakota Library Network, 2012 ©Ex Libris (USA), 2012 Modified for SDLN Version 4

SFX Management Basics Thresholds – what is a threshold? 2 A threshold is a rule that determines whether or not something can appear on the SFX Menu. Examples: Publishers Weekly is available from 1997 to the present in EBSCOHost Academic Search Elite. Therefore if you’re requesting an article in Publishers Weekly it must be between those two dates in order for this target to appear on the SFX Menu To do a search in the library catalog you need a book title or a journal title or an ISSN or an ISBN. Therefore one of these pieces of information must be present in order for this target to appear on the SFX Menu

SFX Management Basics Thresholds – Two categories 3 Global Thresholds Provided to Ex Libris by database and ejournal providers Maintained and updated by Ex Libris Local Thresholds Reflects a library’s access to a particular resource Created and maintained by the library

SFX Management Basics Thresholds – different types 4 Date Threshold $obj->parsedDate(">=",1997,undef,undef) $obj->parsedDate(">=",1997,12,1) $obj->parsedDate(">=",1989,1,1) && $obj->parsedDate("<=",2005,17,4) Rolling Date Threshold $obj->timediff('<','3m') $obj->timediff('>','1y') Require an Attribute $obj->need('ISBN')

SFX Management Basics Create a Threshold – search for titles 5 Search for a title: click Objects in the KBManager Search for a title:

SFX Management Basics Create a Threshold – retrieve active portfolios 6 Click P to see Object Portfolios, then click Show Active

SFX Management Basics Create a Threshold – choose portfolio 7 Choose Portfolio to Edit, Click E

SFX Management Basics Create a Threshold – edit portfolio 8 Click Add Local Threshold box

SFX Management Basics Create a Threshold – edit portfolio 9 Click Compose

SFX Management Basics Create a Threshold – edit portfolio 10 Enter your information Click Submit

SFX Management Basics Create a Threshold – confirm edits 11 Click Submit

SFX Management Basics Create a Threshold – save edits 12 Click Submit

SFX Management Basics L/P Values – Linking Parameters 13 Some databases require username/password information (flag value) You can determine the format of the information to input using the Target Configuration Guide found on the ExLibris Documentation Portal Log in to: (ask SDLN for username/password) Choose Documentation Center, SFX, Technical Documentation, KnowledgeBase Information, SFX Target Configuration Guide

SFX Management Basics L/P Values – search for a target 14 Click Targets in the KBManager

SFX Management Basics L/P Values – search for a target 15 Find a target by using the Filter Target List box:

SFX Management Basics L/P Values – search for a target 16 Select target to work with, click S for target services Click L/P

SFX Management Basics L/P Values – flag value 17 Click E to edit flag value

SFX Management Basics L/P Values – flag value 18 Input flag value (username/password) from vendor, click Submit

SFX Management Basics L/P Value – flag value updated 19

SFX Management Basics Proxy Servers 20 Input the proxy server’s information under: Configuration, Menu Configuration

SFX Management Basics Proxy Servers 21 Input the proxy server’s information under: Proxy/CrossRef, click Add Proxy Settings

SFX Management Basics Proxy Servers – add proxy settings 22

SFX Management Basics Proxy Servers - use 23 Under Use Proxy, select one of the following options: Yes, if you want proxy support for all targets. Every target will be directed through the proxy server. No, if you want the browser to redirect to the original target URL, as usual. If you select this option, there will be no attempt to access the proxy server. Selective, if you want proxy support only for selected target URLs. If you select this option, only those targets whose Target Service Proxy option is selected will be directed through the proxy server.

SFX Management Basics Proxy Servers – use 24 With selective use, make sure to Edit the Target Service by clicking in the Use Proxy box