Can anyone tell me if the offline module (part of koha-tools) is functional? Is it usable in practise? Thanks for any info.
Kyle Hall is in the process of rewriting it, and I believe he's almost finished. Perhaps he can give you more detail? Cindy -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Cindy Murdock IT Services Director Meadville Public Library | CCFLS http://meadvillelibrary.org | http://ccfls.org C W Nel wrote:
Can anyone tell me if the offline module (part of koha-tools) is functional? Is it usable in practise?
I would call it functional. The client-side program works great, but the server side script is bare-bone and could use some more work. Here's how it works: Data from the client program is saved to a file, this file is uploaded to a processing web app that takes the data and modifies the Koha database accordingly. For issues: If the item has not been issued, it issues it. If the item has been issued to the same person, it renews it. If the item has been issued to a different person, it returns the item and issues it to the new borrower ( this is the one that could be a problem, we could have it check the date, and if the issue date is earlier than the current issue for the item in koha, just have it write a statistic or something. For returns: Much simpler, it returns it if it is currently issued. The program uses dates and times based on the actual date/time of issue/return, rather than the data/time the file is uploaded. More info/screenshots here: http://kylehall.info/index.php/projects/koha-tools/koha-offline-circulation/ It is available in koha-tools under kohaOfflineCirculation ( I blitzed the old java based system ). Kyle On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 7:32 AM, C W Nel <zang@zang.co.za> wrote:
Can anyone tell me if the offline module (part of koha-tools) is functional? Is it usable in practise?
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What happens on checkin or checking out to another user offline if the item was on hold? Just asking. Really happy to hear this is available. I know it probably won't know its on hold since it is offline, but when you load the file is when things get interesting. I would call it functional. The client-side program works great, but the server side script is bare-bone and could use some more work. Here's how it works: Data from the client program is saved to a file, this file is uploaded to a processing web app that takes the data and modifies the Koha database accordingly. For issues: If the item has not been issued, it issues it. If the item has been issued to the same person, it renews it. If the item has been issued to a different person, it returns the item and issues it to the new borrower ( this is the one that could be a problem, we could have it check the date, and if the issue date is earlier than the current issue for the item in koha, just have it write a statistic or something. For returns: Much simpler, it returns it if it is currently issued. The program uses dates and times based on the actual date/time of issue/return, rather than the data/time the file is uploaded. More info/screenshots here: http://kylehall.info/index.php/projects/koha-tools/koha-offline-circulation/ It is available in koha-tools under kohaOfflineCirculation ( I blitzed the old java based system ). Kyle -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Offline-Module-tp16026331p16033886.html Sent from the Koha - Dev mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
Exactly. The processor needs to be tweaked to generate a report of items that have holds on them and such. Also, fines need to be rolled back if KOC is used over multiple days. But the basics are there, really, the GUI client side app was the hard part. Kyle On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 1:58 PM, David Schuster <dschust1@tx.rr.com> wrote:
What happens on checkin or checking out to another user offline if the item was on hold? Just asking. Really happy to hear this is available. I know it probably won't know its on hold since it is offline, but when you load the file is when things get interesting.
I would call it functional. The client-side program works great, but the server side script is bare-bone and could use some more work. Here's how it works: Data from the client program is saved to a file, this file is uploaded to a processing web app that takes the data and modifies the Koha database accordingly.
For issues: If the item has not been issued, it issues it. If the item has been issued to the same person, it renews it. If the item has been issued to a different person, it returns the item and issues it to the new borrower ( this is the one that could be a problem, we could have it check the date, and if the issue date is earlier than the current issue for the item in koha, just have it write a statistic or something.
For returns: Much simpler, it returns it if it is currently issued.
The program uses dates and times based on the actual date/time of issue/return, rather than the data/time the file is uploaded.
More info/screenshots here: http://kylehall.info/index.php/projects/koha-tools/koha-offline-circulation/
It is available in koha-tools under kohaOfflineCirculation ( I blitzed the old java based system ).
Kyle
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