SFX Display Logic

Display logic rules can help unclutter the menu by allowing administrators to specify rules under which certain targets/target service will not display on the SFX menu.  

• Suppress a specific target when another target is available: e.g., display DOAJ_DIRECTORY_OPEN_ACCESS_JOURNALS_FREE and do not show other open access targets that have significant overlap with DOAJ; or display only one EBSCOhost target when there are several EBSCOhost targets available
• Suppress one target service when another target service is available: e.g., suppress getDocumentDelivery when getFullTx is available
• Suppress one of two active target services under the same target: e.g., suppress getTOC service when getFullTxt service is available

To set up a display logic rule:

1. Go to SFX Admin à Configuration à Menu Configuration à Display logic
2. Click on Add a display logic rule
3. First select the target you want to display
4. Select associated service
5. Select the target that should not display
6. Select associated service
7. Hit submit.

Example 1.

In this example we want to suppress OPEN_LIBRARY_OF_HUMANITIES on the menu when DOAJ_DIRECTORY_OPEN_ACCESS_JOURNALS_FREE is available. The default setting, Any Service is chosen and no condition is specified.

Example 2.

Example 3.

Learn more about Thresholds for Display Logic Rules from the CARLI Documentation and from the MetaLib & SFX Wiki.

Target Precedence

By default, the SFX menu displays active targets in alphabetical order. Target precedence allows SFX administrators to specify the order of targets on the SFX menu. For example, you may want to use target precedence to prioritize targets with current coverage (publisher website) over the ones with embargoes (aggregator databases).

Libraries using the SFX Simplified Template

SFX KB admin à Menu Configuration  à  Menu Design à Simplified Template and Mobile Configuration à Target Precedence

1. To define targets to display first on the menu, click the Add Target button
2. Start typing target name
3. Hit OK
4. New target is added to the bottom of Target order list
5. Use the up and down arrows to specify the priority of the newly added target
6. Save changes by using Save button on the left.
7. To define which targets to be displayed last on the list, use the same steps above in the section labeled “Targets to be placed last.” 
8. Hit Save on the left.

Libraries using the SFX Advanced SFX template

1. Navigate to UNIX File Manager
2. Edit /exlibris/sfx_ver/sfx4_1/sfx[xxx]/config/sort_services.config_file via UNIX file manager (xxx stands for the 3 letter code assigned by CARLI to the library’s SFX instance).
3. Enter Target name under corresponding service type section.  Note:  use target name exactly as it appears in the SFX KB
4. Save
5. To specify targets to be placed last, edit /exlibris/sfx_ver/sfx4_1/sfx[xxx]/config/bottom_list.config_
6. Enter Target name under corresponding service type section.  Note:  use target name exactly as it appears in the SFX KB
7. Save