448.2.1 Change due dates[//]

After selecting this option, an input form is displayed:

Fields on the form

Loaning location: Select the Location that the loans are linked to. The Location defaults to the Location you are logged in to.
(You must have the privileges to be able to change your location in order to change the default).

Due date range start/Due date range end: Enter the dates to define a period when loans would become due.

New due date: Enter the date on which loans will now become due. (See also section 448.2.3).

Borrower category: You can optionally limit the due date change to borrowers of a specific borrower category.

Item category: You can optionally limit the changed due date for items of a specific item category.

Treat as a renewal: Tick the checkbox if you want to treat this a a renewal to the New due date.  Leave the checkbox unticked if you want to amend the due date without incrementing the renewal count.
If this is a renewal, then the transactions will be logged in the transaction history file as a renewal; otherwise a transaction of the type "Due date change" will be added to the transaction history log for each item modified.

After you have clicked OK, the following message is displayed:

When you click OK the standard screen for starting processes is displayed.

Infor recommends that this job is run in Batch mode or scheduled to run in Memory.

The system will globally change all the due dates that fall within the defined range, to the new date.

448.2.2 Change due date report[//]

After selecting this option a summary screen is displayed:

This shows the date and time of all the Change due date processes.

Options on the screen

Print report: Select a line and then this option to print the report. The standard screen for outputting information is displayed.

Delete report: Select a line and then this option to delete the report. The system will prompt for confirmation.

Sample report:

The report is just a summary of the number of items which were updated by the global change. The details for the items which were affected by the global change on due dates can be obtained via SSP  using the circulation transaction application - Transaction type 43 - Change due date. This will give the details of the old date / new date, who executed the change, etc.

Please note

The report is generated at the time the change of the due dates is done. It will show the date format of the workstation where it was generated. Whatever language you are set to at the time you change the due dates is the language the report is in.

448.2.3 Change due date parameters[//]

After selecting this option, an input form is displayed:

Enter a number of days in the field and click OK.

This is a system-wide setting that applies an absolute limit on the number of days by which any loan can be extended.

This applies to due date changes executed via AFO 448 for a specific location.