Add "Back" option vs. just "Next" or "Cancel" in Record Creation screen
When you create (a) new item(s) while cataloging -- or create any records actually! -- the pop-up that guides you to enter the data step-by-step should have a back button. Currently, if you make a mistake and click Next you either have to cancel and start over or keep going and fix the mistake on each item record individually after saved/completed. It can be quite tedious when you are adding multiple items at once.
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Save time! What would just take a few clicks/seconds to fix can sometimes mean a lot more time, especially if you Cancel and have to recreate the record all over again. Having a back button to go back and adjust anything is a pretty common feature in most software.
Cut down on error-ridden records (data integrity) - If you continue with record creation w/error and forget to go back and fix, the record is flawed, have to hope to find and fix at some other point.
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This idea has been selected to include in Sierra 6.4
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MEEP candidate July 2024
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Sheryl VanderWagen commented
This would also be a great feature for Patron Record creation. On our system, this is where I've received the most comments about wanting to go back. It would really help those situations where staff DOESN'T go back and fix things. So I like the "any record" option, not just for bib records.
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Sini Neuvonen commented
This would be nice - fixing errors in multiple items is easy with modify groups but naturally it would be easier to fix the error when you notice it.