OPAC Exit

• Exiting from OPAC
• Beta Manual Disclaimer / Feedback Request

Exiting from OPAC

It is possible to set up timeout to exit the user from OPAC. This may be desirable in the case of users dialling-in remotely. This is done by setting the field "Exit Timeout" field in OPAC Security Rules to "Yes".

Public terminals should have the "Exit" option in OPAC disabled, whereas staff terminals will need to be able to exit from OPAC.

This can be achieved in two ways:

1. The "Exit" option can be removed from the Action bar for all OPAC collections via "Variable Menus" - see Variable Menus & Collection Lists. However, this is not going to give staff searchers the option of exiting from OPAC (unless they are doing an OPAC search from Cataloguing, Acquisitions or Circulation in which case the <F6> ("Exit") key will be available).
2. The alternative is to retain the "Exit" option but enable or disable it's use depending upon the user. This can be done via Utilities - Parameters - OPAC - Security Rules. Refer to Defining Security Rules. This provides the facility to configure whether OPAC exit should be available by Operator Profile and Site Profile combination. To disable "Exit" from OPAC, set the "OPAC Exit" option to "No".

The "Exit Time-out" option provides the function to exit Talis on time-out. This is commonly used by login over a network, rather than dedicated terminals. For this to work correctly, the "START_SCREEN" environment variable must be set; this is usually "OI_IN" where Collection 1 is used as the "main" catalogue.

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