https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=43239 David Nind <david@davidnind.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Text to go in the| |This fixes the item type release notes| |created for serials, when | |item records are created | |for subscriptions. | | | |Explanation: | | | |It is possible to create | |subscription item records | |with the wrong | |item type if: | |- the | |makePreviousSerialAvailable | |system preference is | |enabled, and | |- there is no value | |selected for the "Item type | |for older issues" field. | | | |In installations where item | |types differ between items | |and records, this causes | |data inconsistencies and | |leads to errors in a | |record's holdings table. | | | |This fix changes the | |behaviour of the serials | |subscription form so that | |if | |makePreviousSerialAvailable | |is enabled and a | |subscription's "Item type | |for older issues" field is | |empty/not selected, the | |previous item type value is | |kept for item records. It | |also adds a hint text to | |the subscription form about | |this change. CC| |david@davidnind.com --- Comment #5 from David Nind <david@davidnind.com> --- I added a follow-up for the hint: - Original: If older issues itemtype is not selected old item type is preserved. - Updated: If no value is selected, then the item type used for older issues is kept. Feel free to obsolete if I haven't got it right: 1. As a minimum, I think itemtype should be spelt as two words. 2. I don't think I have quite got it right, but I think there should be something in the hint about why you would select a value for this field/why you would use this option. 3. As someone who doesn't use Koha in real life, and serials in particular, I don't really understand why you would have different item types for items attached to a record. I think this should try to explain this somehow to help avoid any confusion. 8-) 4. Is the "Item type for older issues" field only used if the makePreviousSerialAvailablesystem preference is enabled? If so, we should probably say that. (That is, why would you use this field?) I have attempted a release note, please update if I have got it worng. Testing notes (using KTD): 1. Step 2 - When creating the record for the serial: - Framework: Serial - 942$c: Continuing Resources 2. Step 3 - When creating the subscription: - Item type: Music 3. Step 4 - Item time for the item created was "Music" 4. Step 5 - The item type for the three items received was "Continuing Resources" -- You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes.