[Koha-bugs] [Bug 28530] New: Allow configuration of floating limits by item type

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https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=28530

            Bug ID: 28530
           Summary: Allow configuration of floating limits by item type
 Change sponsored?: ---
           Product: Koha
           Version: master
          Hardware: All
                OS: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: P5 - low
         Component: Circulation
          Assignee: koha-bugs at lists.koha-community.org
          Reporter: andrew at bywatersolutions.com
        QA Contact: testopia at bugs.koha-community.org
                CC: gmcharlt at gmail.com, kyle.m.hall at gmail.com

When return policy is set to Item Floats, it's possible for patron usage
patterns to result in an imbalance in the collection -- more DVDs end up at
Branch A and more books at Branch B. This can be especially troublesome when a
given branch has limited shelving for a specific item type.

I'd like to see a mechanism by which libraries can define a maximum count of
items per item type to be allowed to float at a given branch. So, following my
example above, Branch A could say that DVDs float when checked in but only up
to 1000 items. If a DVD is checked in at Branch A and would be the 1001st DVD
there, it instead transfers away. When some DVDs get checked out or transferred
away, new returns will again be allowed to remain at Branch A.

Setting the float limit to zero for a given item type and branch would make
that item type always transfer away from that branch.

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