Textbook Definition Window

This window allows you to add, modify, and delete textbooks definitions. Information such as title, publisher, author, and ISBN/ISBN-13 may be defined. A new book cost and resale price, used book resale price, and price for a rental book may be defined and displayed in campus portal (JICS).

The Textbook and Description tabs are used to define textbook codes and descriptions for courses at your institution. After textbooks are defined and assigned to courses, you can print a textbook list on the Student Schedule by selecting the Print Booklists on Student Schedules checkbox on the Registration Configuration window.

Textbook Tab

The upper grid displays columns from the Textbook Definition table. The lower grid displays information for the textbook selected in the upper grid, and all columns except the campus portal (JICS) Cost/Price Type column are from the Textbook Cost Price table.

This number is automatically generated and is display only.

This column holds the name of the textbook. You can enter up to 255 characters.

Select the appropriate type code from the drop-down list. The valid values are defined in the Maintain Table Values window (Column of book_type).

This column holds the name(s) of the author(s). You can enter up to 255 characters.

This column holds the name of the publisher of this textbook. You can enter up to 255 characters.

This column holds copyright information for the textbook. You can enter up to 30 characters.

The bottom grid displays data related to the selected row in the upper grid. Price/Cost Types for . . . displays Cost Price Type, Cost, and Price from the Textbook Cost Price table and campus portal (JICS) Cost Price Type from the Textbook Cost Price Type Definition table. The Cost Price Type, Cost, and Price columns are editable.

Description Tab

The description of the selected textbook on the Textbook tab is displayed on the Description tab. This descriptive text is displayed as it is stored in the database. However, you can click the Preview/Edit icon to view/edit the text in HTML format if the Description Format column is set to HTML on the Registration Configuration window. You can enter 32,000 characters to describe the textbook.

Save Process

· You may save the hyphens as part of the ISBN-10 when it is saved to the database.

· You may save the hyphens as part of the ISBN-13 when it is saved to the database.

· Only one row per campus portal (JICS) Cost/Price Type can be saved in the Price/Cost Types for . . . . If the types are associated with more than one row, the following message is displayed: "Each campus portal (JICS) Cost/Price Type may be associated with only one row. Correct your data, then save again."

· If the Price is less than the Cost, the following warning message is displayed: "Cost of <> is greater than the Price of <>. Do you wish to continue? Yes/No"