[Koha-bugs] [Bug 9223] Multiple values of AdvancedSearchTypes in suggestions

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http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=9223

Olli-Antti Kivilahti <olli-antti.kivilahti at jns.fi> changed:

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--- Comment #37 from Olli-Antti Kivilahti <olli-antti.kivilahti at jns.fi> ---
AFAIK:
The suggestions.itemtype-column is not used anywhere other than displayed as-is
in the suggestions.pl-view.
I tried setting the itemtype-column to "ITYPE - CCODE - LOCATION" and it seems
to work quite well.
I don't know why anybody would want to expose their patrons to
ILS-configuration technical parameters like that, but using this simple trick
it should be possible to collect and store all three values.

On a followup those three parameters can be separated to their distinctive
columns.

Also using only one ITEMTYPE or COLLECTIONCODE should be more than enough for a
borrower to categorize his suggestion.
I think the suggestions-mechanism is meant for ordinary library users and if
further "resource" description accurancy is needed, then an acquisitions
integration would be more suitable for the task using EDI or similar.


I feel sadness when a new system preference is added. In this case
"SupportsAuthorizedValues"||"SuggestionsUseValues".
A better solution would be to use the first value in "AdvancedSearchTypes", eg
"ccode|itemtypes|loc" would translate to using "ccode" as the selection
displayed for the user, or simply displaying all those options and
concatenating them to the suggestions.itemtype-column.

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