[Koha-bugs] [Bug 7175] Improve order receiving page

[bugzilla-daemon at bugs.koha-community.org]

http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=7175

--- Comment #6 from Katrin Fischer <katrin.fischer at bsz-bw.de> 2012-01-15 18:16:30 UTC ---
Some notes:

1) The change only changes the behaviour for AcqCreateItem = on order. The
other settings still work as before. So all ok.

2) The main difference between this implementation and the implementation of
bug 3966 is the presentation of the item information on the order receive
screen. 3966 uses the standard item form and pulls in all ordered items. If you
order a lot of items, the form can get pretty big and hard to work with. 
This implementation uses a separate table with items, edit links and
checkboxes. The editing of items from this screen works very nicely and saving
the form redirects correctly to the receive screen. 
I like the way it's done here.

Fields displayed in the table are:
Barcode     Home branch     Location     Call number 

Some notes about the table:

a) Home branch and location display the codes instead of the descriptions.
I would like to see the description displayed here.

b) Collection is never displayed, even if it's set for one of the items. 
It would be nice to make this configurable or display location/collection and
some other fields if they are set for one of the items.

3) Workflow change: You now have to use the checkboxes to select how many items
you want to receive instead of entering the number in the field. The field is
blocked and the number can not be entered there directly. 
Checking and unchecking the checkboxes to select the items works nicely.
Is it a problem that the quantity can not be entered directly?
Suggestion: Make it possible to edit the number manually and check/uncheck
items from top to bottom accordingly.

4) It's no longer possible to receive more items than have been ordered. This
was possible before the change, but I am not sure it's a good feature. If you
receive more items than have been ordered no item records are created. You have
to create them in cataloguing and by doing so the items will not be linked to
the order.
Suggestion: Add a link to add a new item, redirect like the edit links do and
increase the item number on the order accordingly.

I am a bit worried about 4) although I am not sure if this feature is used by
many(?) libraries.

I am signing off on the first patch and I think a second opinion for the
workflow changes described in 3) and 4) would be good.

-- 
Configure bugmail: http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/userprefs.cgi?tab=email
------- You are receiving this mail because: -------
You are watching all bug changes.