Comment 0 for bug 1272074

For Evergreen master (and hopefully 2.6?)

Here's a branch[0] with code, release notes, and one DB test (no big DB changes were made, just a little thing), to implement two new features.

Feature #1: right-click context menus in the fixed fields part of the staff client's MARC editor, which provide a list of possible values for the given field based on consulting the database[1] with reference to the current record type. You can still type in arbitrary values, of course.

The full set of possible values for some fixed fields is not present in Evergreen stock data, but data to fill in the gaps can be added any time or on a site-by-site basis. For a fixed field that's pretty well covered by stock data, so you can see the feature in action, try "Form".

Feature #2: a wizard for the 007 field (the Physical Characteristics Wizard) to step users through each position, showing the meaning of the current position and the possible values for it, again based on the database. Testing is appreciated on the whole of the code presented, of course, but especially on this feature.

The included release notes should give an idea of how to get to these new features for UI-level testing.

[0] http://git.evergreen-ils.org/?p=working/Evergreen.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/collab/senator/fixed_fields_enhancements_rebase
[1] In the tables config.coded_value_map, config.record_attribute_definition, and config.marc21_physical_characteristic_*_map