[Koha-bugs] [Bug 30327] Sort component parts

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https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=30327

--- Comment #27 from Johanna Räisä <johanna.raisa at koha-suomi.fi> ---
(In reply to Nick Clemens from comment #24)
> (In reply to Johanna Räisä from comment #21)
> > I tested this and there are some problems. Component parts don't have items
> > so sorting with item related fields is quite useless. The items are in the
> > host record and component parts are additional information about the host
> > record.
> > 
> > Date of publication is problematic also since in most cases component parts
> > have the same value. Author and title are quite messy also. The author field
> > usually has the same value or is added only to the host record. The
> > component parts are wanted to be always in the same order and same order the
> > album or note has it.
> > 
> > As Martin mentioned the sorting order could be in 773$g but it is rarely
> > used. So if there would be an option to sort by biblionumber it would be the
> > most "correct" way to get what catalogers want.
> 
> Hi Johanna,
> 
> We often see analytics for 'bound' volumes of serials, which can have
> differing copy dates. We also have libraries with individual articles in
> serials cataloged, so the title and author can vary and these values are how
> they have requested sorting.
> 
> Biblionumber is a great addition, I simply cannot make it work in zebra
> other than the default ascending search.
> 
> I do think we want to handle the sorting in the search engine, rather than
> our code, so I have moved the addition of biblionumber sorting to bug 30879.
> I think we can move this one forward, and then continue the work there?
> 
> -Nick

The new bug is fine for me.

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