Home group materials
Learn how to configure policies related to the number of items that can be checked out.
Home groups are used to limit how many items of a certain material type a customer can check out at one time.
Each home group is assigned a code, a description, and a maximum number of items a customer can borrow within this group. The number of items count toward the total number of borrowed items a customer's membership allows.
| Field name | Description |
|---|---|
| Policy table | Home groups are configured per the Policy table. This field is automatically filled. |
| Product | The membership type to which this policy applies from the drop-down list. |
| Home group | The material type to which this policy applies. Use the Material type code designated in the (RMTSYS) RMT table definition. |
| Description | A text description of the material type to which this policy applies. |
| Quantity | The maximum number of items with this material type the customer may have checked out. |
Example:
A customer can check out a maximum of 10 books, 2 CDs and 2 pieces of sheet music but all other materials are unrestricted.
A Home group policy must be established for each material type in this table.