[Koha-bugs] [Bug 12632] Hold limits ignored for record level holds with item level itemtypes

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Fri Sep 19 20:07:55 CEST 2014


http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=12632

--- Comment #6 from Kyle M Hall <kyle at bywatersolutions.com> ---
(In reply to Katrin Fischer from comment #5)
> I have been thinking about this change and I think there are some use cases
> where this approach will or might create problems.
> 
> Right now, we use items for circulation conditions (with item-level_itypes
> at least) and the record is separate from those. With this patch, that will
> change.

I'm not sure what you mean by this at all.

> There is currently no option to preserve a single field when overwriting a
> record using one of our import scripts or tool or the Z39.50 search. So one
> has to be very careful to not overwrite 942$c accidentally. It is mandatory
> by default if you edit it manually, but the mandatory fields are not
> enforced, when using scripts or staged import.

That's really an issue completely outside the scope of this bug report.

> In fact, this is the reason the feature would not be usable for most of our
> libraries, as the databases are kept in sync with the union catalog and
> 942$c would be overwritten on a regular basis when importing the newer
> record from the union catalog. :(

While that's a bummer, again, it's really outside the scope of this.

> That's why I'd prefer 4) in 'comment 0', but it reads like the patch
> implements 1)?

Based on your comments, *none* of the solutions will work for you as your
record itemtype will be removed each time you sync your records.

However, this implementation is actually number 2. I tried 3 and 4 but found
the solutions to be unworkable ideas.

> 
> What happens if there is no itemtype on record level?
> How will this work for consortia were libraries might be using different
> sets of itemtypes?

If there is no itemtype on the record, Koha will behave exactly as it has been.
You won't see any improvement or detriment based on this patch.

Consortia would need to agree on the record itemtype, or have a separate record
for each libraries items, or just have no record level itemtype and keep the
existing behavior, or allow only item-level holds.

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