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    <p>Thx Phil, great explanation!<br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 04.03.20 00:32, Phil Ringnalda
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      <div class="moz-cite-prefix">For a single-branch system, they
        should be the same.</div>
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      <div class="moz-cite-prefix">For a multi-branch system, Holds
        Queue first looks for an item already at the pickup branch and
        puts the hold in that branch's queue (possibly even jumping
        priority order if LocalHoldsPriority), or if there isn't one
        already at the pickup branch depending on prefs it either looks
        for the cheapest available item according to the Transport Cost
        Matrix if UseTransportCostMatrix, or chooses the first branch
        listed in StaticHoldsQueueWeight with an available item if
        StaticHoldsQueueWeight and not RandomizeHoldsQueueWeight, or
        chooses a random branch from those listed in
        StaticHoldsQueueWeight with an available item if
        StaticHoldsQueueWeight and RandomizeHoldsQueueWeight, or chooses
        a random branch from all branches with an available item if not
        StaticHoldsQueueWeight and RandomizeHoldsQueueWeight, or if you
        mess your prefs up badly enough with not StaticHoldsQueueWeight
        and not RandomizeHoldsQueueWeight, chooses the
        alphabetically-first branch with an available item, thus piling
        all the load on poor Aaron Aardvark Library, in each case
        possibly checking whether that branch is open or closed that day
        if HoldsQueueSkipClosed, and puts the hold in whatever branch's
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      <div class="moz-cite-prefix">Phil Ringnalda</div>
      <div class="moz-cite-prefix">Chetco Community Public Library<br>
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      <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 3/2/2020 3:44 PM, <a
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          <p class="MsoNormal">Hi all,<o:p></o:p></p>
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          <p class="MsoNormal">What is the purpose of the “Holds Queue”
            page?<o:p></o:p></p>
          <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
          <p class="MsoNormal">As far as I can tell, it duplicates
            “Holds to Pull” but requires a separate cronjob and extra
            database tables and so on. <o:p></o:p></p>
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