* hansbkk@gmail.com (hansbkk@gmail.com) wrote:
Chris/Robin,
If either or both of you could comment on the below I (and other future inquiring minds) would greatly appreciate it.
Probably better if the people who wrote the Groups stuff commented on it. But from what I can tell, they are exactly like extended attributes for Patrons, a way of collecting more information about a branch than what is the default set available. Chris
On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 7:58 PM, <hansbkk@gmail.com> wrote:
Moving on to documentation issues, the section on libraries and groups here
http://koha-community.org/documentation/3-2-manual/?ch=x3670#AEN3676
isn't clear on what the "properties" type of group could be used for.
I never really got a clear definition of what that was for - hence the lack of clarity in the manual. Once you get an answer here I'll update the manual accordingly!
My impression from my research is that it's perfectly clear that their purpose isn't clear 8-) I reckon they're an artifact of an intention for a future enhancement that never quite crystallized into released code.
Let's make it easy - could "one who knows" please either confirm or deny that the below statement is "good enough for now" to add to the docs? Improvements (in style or content) would of course be welcome.
1.2.1.3.2. Library Property Groups
The purpose of Property Groups is to allow you to categorize your Libraries in a way that makes sense to you. This could for example be "Main" as opposed to "Branch" or "Mobile", or by region, or perhaps status within a consortium. It is not necessary to assign Property Groups to your Libraries, as they are not currently used within Koha itself, but larger library systems may find them useful, e.g. as select criteria for custom reports.
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