https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=43846 Bug ID: 43846 Summary: Patron search only matches authorised value codes instead of displayed descriptions Initiative type: --- Sponsorship --- status: Product: Koha Version: 26.05 Hardware: All OS: All Status: NEW Severity: normal Priority: P5 - low Component: Patrons Assignee: koha-bugs@lists.koha-community.org Reporter: gehim+kohabugzilla@posteo.de QA Contact: testopia@bugs.koha-community.org CC: gmcharlt@gmail.com, kyle@bywatersolutions.com Target Milestone: --- Description When searching for patrons using an extended patron attribute linked to an authorised value category, the search only matches the internal authorised value code instead of the description displayed to staff users. This makes searching confusing, as staff members normally only see and select the description, while the internal code is not readily visible after configuration. Steps to reproduce: Create an authorised value category named SCHOOLCLASS with the following entries: Authorised value - Description 1A - 1a 1B - 1b 99 - Unknown Create a patron attribute type: Code: SCHOOL_CLASS Description: School class Authorised value category: SCHOOLCLASS Edit a patron record and select Unknown as the value for School class. Open the patron search in the staff interface and search using the School class attribute. Search for Unknown. Repeat the search using 99. Actual result: Searching for Unknown returns no matching patrons. Searching for 99 returns the expected patrons. Expected result: Searching for Unknown should return all patrons whose School class attribute displays Unknown. Ideally, searching by either the authorised value code or its description should return matching patrons. Why this is a problem: Staff members select and see the description (Unknown) when editing or viewing patron records. However, the search requires the underlying authorised value code (99), which is not readily visible in normal patron workflows. This behaviour is unintuitive and makes the search difficult to use without knowledge of the internal configuration. Related issue: See also Bug 15337 and Bug 21026 for similar issues involving internal codes versus displayed descriptions in other parts of Koha. Environment: Koha version: 26.05.03 MariaDB version: 11.8.6 Interface: Staff client -- You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes. You are the assignee for the bug.