Getting Started as a Super Administrator - Consortium

A Destiny consortium installation lets you to install and manage multiple Destiny members, which can be either districts or individual sites, from a single point. Each member of a consortium is completely autonomous; for example, one district cannot interact with another district. The only point of contact between members is through the Super Administrator. Within a member (or district), the sites share materials, records and patron records and can exploit the inter-site functionalities, such as borrowing or transferring materials, and transferring patrons. Also, the member administration can generate high-level reports for the member.

Set Up Installation

After logging in as a Super Administrator, click Setup in the upper corner. The Update Destiny Installation page shows the following sub-tabs: 

  • Members
  • Notifications
  • Options
  • Reports
  • Job Manager

The Members sub-tab contains the options you will need to configure your installation.

Consortium installation Members sub-tab

Edit Installation

You can change your installation’s name (by default, My Destiny) and the Super Administrator’s password, and add an image to the Welcome page.

  1. Navigate to the Update Destiny Installation > Members sub-tab.
  2. Click the Edit icon at the top of the tab.

    Edit Destiny Installation page

  3. Make your changes on the Edit [installation name] page.
  4. Click Save when you are done.
Note: Remember to save the Super Administrator’s password in a secure location.

Organize Installation

If your installation contains several members, you may want to organize them into groups.

  1. To add a new group, click the Add a Group icon, Add a Group, at the top of the Members sub-tab of the Update Destiny Installation page.
  2. On the Add Group page that appears, enter a unique name for the group.
  3. In the Sort Order field, set the order in which the group appears on the Welcome page. For example, a group set to 1 will appear at the top of the Welcome page.
  4. Click Save when you are done.

Now you can add members to your installation.