[Koha-bugs] [Bug 14376] Allow the librarian to choose a patron when entering a purchase suggestion

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Indranil Das Gupta <indradg at gmail.com> changed:

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--- Comment #5 from Indranil Das Gupta <indradg at gmail.com> ---
Hi Matthias,

(In reply to Matthias Meusburger from comment #4)
> Created attachment 40131 [details] [review]
> Bug 14376: Allow the librarian to choose a patron when entering a purchase
> suggestion.
> 
> Sometimes librarians are creating purchase suggestions that came from patrons
>  which didn't use the opac (but sent an email, or told the librarian
> verbally...)
> 
>  This patch allows the librarian to change the creator of the purchase
>  suggestion when entering it.

The fact that "Suggestion creation" was pre-filled and not editable, served an
important function. It created a de-facto audit trail and helped maintain
accountability. By making it editable, this patch is taking that function away,
without something to replace it. So I disagree with this patch in its present
shape.

This bug does have merit though and does address a valid concern. My
observations:

1/ Needs additional column in 'suggestions' say 'source' (i.e. of suggestion)
with options - 'OPAC|STAFF CLIENT|EMAIL|PHONE|LETTER|OTHER'

2/ Keep the field locked with pre-filled values (current behaviour) with say a
check box to edit/change it

3/ Log the edit.

Setting this to 'In Discussion'

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