[Koha-bugs] [Bug 6685] circ rules by groups of items

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Caroline Cyr La Rose <caroline.cyr-la-rose at inlibro.com> changed:

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--- Comment #14 from Caroline Cyr La Rose <caroline.cyr-la-rose at inlibro.com> ---
I've also had a request for this.

My case is pretty much the same as what the others said. This particular
library has several itemtypes that need to be limited as a group, but the rest
of the parameters change. 

For example, they have adult DVD fiction, adult DVD non-fiction, children's DVD
fiction and children's DVD non-fiction. Users can borrow 5 DVDs total. Fiction
DVDs go out for 3 days and non-fiction DVDs go out for 21 days. Adult can
borrow both adult and children's DVDs whereas children can only borrow
children's DVDs.

Right now, there is no easy way to enter these rules and limit the loans
correctly. Either I group fiction DVDs together and non-fiction DVDs together,
but then I have to have another subterfuge for limiting children from borrowing
adult DVDs plus there is no way of limiting the total number of loans to 5. Or
I group children's DVDs together and adult DVDs together, but then I have no
way of varying the loan period and no way to limit to 5 total loaned DVDs.

Anyway, it's a brain wrangling puzzle, no matter how you look at it.

Chris' idea of using itemtypecat is good. The other idea I had was to use
something similar to Default checkout limit by patron category, but for
itemtype categories.

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