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Find information about the fields included in the Link screen in the Wise staff client.

The link screen is located in the Wise client at Items > Link.

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Link method

Field	Description
Scan ISBN or search the catalog	Search for the corresponding title by scanning the item barcode, entering the ISBN, or searching the Catalog. Note: Scanning the ISBN only works if there is only one unique result.
Link	Without an invoice: Select this option if you are linking the item without an invoice. With an invoice: Select this option if you are linking the item to an invoice.
Vendor	Use only when linking With an invoice. Select the supplier of the item from the drop-down list.
Title	Displays the title. If there are hold requests for the title, they will display here as a blinking notification.
Linking process	The linking process used by your library. To change the linking process, click this button and select linking preferences from the drop-down lists. This selection remains active during the session. The codes for the selected options appear in brackets ([ ]) next to Linking process. The first drop-down list displays barcode linking options: 1 - Scan own number 2 - Auto-generate number 3 - RFID, Scan national number 4 - RFID, Generate national number 5 - RFID, Scan own number 6 - RFID, Auto-generate number The second drop-down list displays printing options for the barcode: G - Print barcode for generated numbers N - Do not print label P - Print direct label The third drop-down list displays options for RFID: 0 - RFID-Disable security bit 1 - RFID-Enable security bit N - Do not write RFID security bit Click OK to save. To reset the process to the default, click Back to default process. The default linking process is configured in the Wise configuration manager. For more information, see Items system tables.

Linked item details

Field	Description
Branch	If authorized, you can select which branch holds the item.
Owner	If authorized, you can select which branch owns the item.
Type classification	When titles have a double type of classification, you must also check the type classification and change it, if necessary. If you select 4 - Youth fiction or 5 - Youth non-fiction, the system will consider this a youth item and it will be treated as such for all other codes.
Material type	Material type.
SCAT	Based on the title description provided for the title, Wise will generate a SCAT and generate placement data.
Shelf	The shelf on which this item will be placed, according to the shelves table.
Label configuration	Adjust label configurations when linking items. If a configuration has been set for the shelf location for the item you are adding, this value will be preselected. If you want to use a different configuration, you can change the value in the drop-down menu and the related fields will be updated. Note: label perferences must be configured in the manager.
Age Language/AVI Call number Head word Series # Period Comment Show in Location Service desk notification Item price Volume Attachment Storage ID Checkout privileges Min. Age General block Hold block Reference only Special collection Binding method	Additional item details. For more information, see Item Details.
Do not count as acquisition (RCB)	By default, linked items are counted toward the RCB purchase. Check this box if the item should not be counted.
Transport receipt	Check this box to print a transport strip locally.
Spine label	Check this box to print a label locally. If you do not have a printer configured, the label will be saved to a batch print job file named "label-[branch code]-[date]" to be printed at the end of the day or next morning. This batch cannot be printed in sections. if you only want to print a small batch of labels, see Labels.
Barcode label	Check this box to print a barcode label locally. If you do not have a printer configured, the label will be saved to a batch print job named "barcode-[branch code]-[date]" to be printed later.
Invoice ID	This field is not editable when linking Without invoice. For items linked With invoice: Enter an invoice number (this can be from a printed invoice, or a number you create).
Invoice price	This field is not editable when linking Without invoice. For items linked With invoice, this is completed with the price from the invoice data.
Vendor	This field is not editable when linking Without invoice. For items linked With invoice, this field is populated with the Vendor selected from the drop-down list at the top of the page.
Order ID	This field is not editable when linking Without invoice. For items linked With invoice, enter an order number.
Budget	This field is not editable when linking Without invoice. For items linked With invoice, select the budget that this purchase should be recorded to from the drop-down list.

Linking buttons

Button	Description
Link this item	Links the item to the title
QuickLink on	Enable QuickLink to link multiple items of the same title. This allows you to maintain the data entered when linking an item and continually scan barcodes without clicking Link this item between each new item. Scan an item barcode and the button is automatically clicked.
Detail Item	Links the item and opens the item detail screen.
Next title	This is intended for linking the next title, without exiting the window. The window refreshes to the original screen and a new search or barcode can be entered.
Quit	Closes the Link window.