Possible Messages (Placing Title-level Holds)

This section describes some of the messages that you might see when you place title-level holds.

Invalid record number.

You attempted to retrieve an invalid record number.

Patron has hold on another item with this title.

The patron has an item-level hold on an item attached to this bibliographic record.

Patron has reached <number> hold limit.

The patron has exceeded the number specified in the MAX HOLDS field for their P TYPE.

Patron is only allowed <number> more holds.

You have attempted to place more holds than the limit that is specified in the MAX HOLDS field for the patron's P TYPE. Sierra displays the number of holds that can be placed for the patron without exceeding this limit.

Record type <record type> is not valid for this search.

You cannot search for the record type that you entered.

There is no item for this title with the location <location>. Do you want to use the location you selected?

The Limit to Location value you selected does not match the LOCATION field in any of the items attached to this bibliographic record.

The Not Wanted After date must be later than the Not Wanted Before date.

The date you specified in the Not Wanted After field is earlier than the date you specified in the Not Wanted Before field.

The Not Wanted After date must be later than today's date.

You specified a date before tomorrow (i.e., today or earlier) in the Not Wanted After field.

The Not Wanted After entry is not a valid date.

You specified an invalid date (for example, 02-30-2000) in the Not Wanted After field.

The Not Wanted Before date must fall between today's date and <date>.

In the Not Wanted Before field, you specified a date more than 180 days from the current date (the day on which the patron placed the hold).

The Not Wanted Before entry is not a valid date.

You specified an invalid date (for example, 02-30-2000) in the Not Wanted Before field.