[Bug 3758] New: Automatic Exchange Rates
http://bugs.koha.org/cgi-bin/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=3758 Summary: Automatic Exchange Rates Product: Koha Version: HEAD Platform: PC OS/Version: All Status: NEW Severity: enhancement Priority: P5 Component: Acquisitions AssignedTo: paul.poulain@biblibre.com ReportedBy: nengard@gmail.com CC: nahuel.angelinetti@biblibre.com Estimated Hours: 0.0 Change sponsored?: --- I was thinking that it would be great (and very efficient) to have the Currencies & Exchange Rates page in Koha pull data in real time from a currency API. There are a few out there: http://www.programmableweb.com/apitag/?q=currency&sort=date Comments from IRC: [15:24] <pianohacker> nengard: If one of those has a good terms of use that would allow shipping it completely set up, that'd be nice [15:24] <nengard> not sure - would have to read through them all [15:25] <pianohacker> nengard: If the end-user had to set it up manually, that'd still be useful but not as much so [15:25] <nengard> it's just that exchange rates change hourly and so your acq may not have accurate accounting without pulling it in real time -- Configure bugmail: http://bugs.koha.org/cgi-bin/bugzilla3/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are watching all bug changes.
http://bugs.koha.org/cgi-bin/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=3758 hdlaurent <henridamien@koha-fr.org> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |henridamien@koha-fr.org --- Comment #1 from hdlaurent <henridamien@koha-fr.org> 2009-11-03 22:03:34 --- mmm.... Quite tricky indeed. What would you consider accurate : the currency at the time you place your order on a biblio, at the time you send your order to the supplier, at the time you receive your parcel or at the moment you Pay the bill ? Should the amount change depending on the currency updated every hour ? Or should it be calculated once with the exchange rate at the moment you place the order ? => then a simple button to fetch the currency should be better than a cron or a Syndication to Currency changes. But maybe I misunderstand the need. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugs.koha.org/cgi-bin/bugzilla3/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are watching all bug changes.
http://bugs.koha.org/cgi-bin/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=3758 --- Comment #2 from Nicole C. Engard <nengard@gmail.com> 2009-11-03 22:47:32 --- I would assume - and I could be wrong - that I would consider the point that the order is sent to the vendor to be the time I want the currency converted - since that's when the vendor will charge me ... but I guess that's not always accurate ... maybe instead of having it automatically updated allowing the librarians to click a "Get Update" button that queries the API for the most accurate data and updates the page with that ... not sure what's best. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugs.koha.org/cgi-bin/bugzilla3/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are watching all bug changes.
http://bugs.koha.org/cgi-bin/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=3758 Colin Campbell <colin.campbell@ptfs-europe.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |colin.campbell@ptfs- | |europe.com --- Comment #3 from Colin Campbell <colin.campbell@ptfs-europe.com> 2010-02-11 13:43:17 --- Many libraries want periodic updates from an approved list. EG UN agencies work to a monthly list issued by a UN department and I've seen the same approach in some academics. i.e. they don't want to be affected by real time fluctuations so the api should support periodic as well as real time updates -- Configure bugmail: http://bugs.koha.org/cgi-bin/bugzilla3/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are watching all bug changes.
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