[Bug 7716] New: Statistical item type
http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=7716 Priority: P3 Change sponsored?: Sponsored Bug ID: 7716 CC: gmcharlt@gmail.com Assignee: mjr@ttllp.co.uk Summary: Statistical item type QA Contact: koha.sekjal@gmail.com Severity: enhancement Classification: Unclassified OS: All Reporter: mjr@ttllp.co.uk Hardware: All Status: ASSIGNED Version: unspecified Component: Circulation Product: Koha There exists a statistical patron type which notes that a book was issued but does not actually issue it. We need something like that which does the same but also notes who the book was issued to. We think it should be statistical item type(s). -- You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes.
http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=7716 --- Comment #1 from Ian Walls <koha.sekjal@gmail.com> --- Is the goal to record that a specific person 'used' something, but didn't borrow it? This kind of thing could have wide-reaching implications for all kinds of statistical tracking, like door counts or computer usage. Item types don't have the same structure as patron types, though. Patron types are two-level, with the 'super types' being Adult, Child, Organisation, Professional, Staff and Statistical, and each patron category being an exemplar of one of those types. Item types are flat, which would mean we'd need to set some kind of flag at the item type level to indicate that it's "statistical" or not. There would also be the issue of creating biblio records for these items, and keeping them properly segregated from the actual bibliographic materials the library lends. I think maybe the thing do to is create a way for Koha to record arbitrary stats, linkable to various objects like patrons and items, that can be called from anywhere in the system. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes.
http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=7716 --- Comment #2 from MJ Ray (software.coop) <mjr@ttllp.co.uk> --- (In reply to comment #1)
Is the goal to record that a specific person 'used' something, but didn't borrow it?
I think the goal is actually recording the printing-off of infinitely-reproducible items or the issuing of login tokens for e-documents.
[...] Item types are flat, which would mean we'd need to set some kind of flag at the item type level to indicate that it's "statistical" or not.
If we want to be massively general, yes, but if it is basically a type of infinite item, do we need the flag?
I think maybe the thing do to is create a way for Koha to record arbitrary stats, linkable to various objects like patrons and items, that can be called from anywhere in the system.
Don't we already have that, with the logs? It feels like the unsolved part is the auto-returning of "checked out" items. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes.
http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=7716 MJ Ray (software.coop) <mjr@software.coop> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Summary|Statistical item type |Statistical/analytic item | |type -- You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes.
http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=7716 Katrin Fischer <katrin.fischer@bsz-bw.de> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |katrin.fischer@bsz-bw.de --- Comment #3 from Katrin Fischer <katrin.fischer@bsz-bw.de> --- I am thinking this would be really useful for ILL. Libraries here receive copies of articles that the user can keep, but you still want to record it in the system, noting that the ILL request has been filled and filling the ILL hold request on the item. A statistical itemtype would serve this purpose well. MJ, is there any code for this I could take a look at? -- You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes.
http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=7716 Agnes Rivers-Moore <arm@hanover.ca> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |arm@hanover.ca --- Comment #4 from Agnes Rivers-Moore <arm@hanover.ca> --- Yes - as others noted, a way to record activity other than borrowing, such as downloading e-resources, and using our resources in house (newspapers, computers) would be useful. A number of "statistical" items that we can "check out", update the borrower last activity, and show in the borrower history, but do not require checking in. Just my 2c. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes.
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