[Koha-bugs] [Bug 12769] Notice fee management

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https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=12769

Roger Grossmann <roger.grossmann at lmscloud.de> changed:

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--- Comment #37 from Roger Grossmann <roger.grossmann at lmscloud.de> ---
Hi all, 
I wonder why this development ended a year ago without an agreed change. There
is a need for notice fees in many libraries.
Summarizing the discussion there seem to be the following requirements:
- charge notice fees depending on the delivery channel (mail, email, sms)
- charge notice fees depending on the message type or letter
- charge notice fees depending on the branch and user group

The original RFC requires for each different combination of a above parameters
to create a different letter. 
As it can be a complex task to manage all letter configurations, it also does
not feel logical to assign a notice fee to a letter independently to whom and
when I send it.

On the other hand, assigning one and the same price for mail, email and sms (as
Jonathans solution suggests) will also not meet requirements of all users if
since costs for a mail post, email or sms are typically different.
And it would only cover notice fees for overdues.

A possible solution for a notice fee configuration that could meet all above
requirements would be a separate notice fee configuration that provides the
following parameters:
- branch library ('' for all libraries)
- channel ('' for all channnels)
- letter ('' for all letters)
- user group ('' for all user groups)
- notice fee 

As with circulation and fine rules, there could be general and specific
settings. 
A general rule could be for example to charge 0.70 for each mail letter and 0.5
for sms independent of the branch or user group.
A more specific rule could be to charge nothing for staff members for both
delivery types.

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