[Koha-bugs] [Bug 20644] New: Per itemtype setting for CheckPrevCheckout

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            Bug ID: 20644
           Summary: Per itemtype setting for CheckPrevCheckout
 Change sponsored?: ---
           Product: Koha
           Version: master
          Hardware: All
                OS: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: P5 - low
         Component: Circulation
          Assignee: koha-bugs at lists.koha-community.org
          Reporter: magnus at libriotech.no
        QA Contact: testopia at bugs.koha-community.org
                CC: gmcharlt at gmail.com, kyle.m.hall at gmail.com

Bug 6906 introduced the new CheckPrevCheckout syspref. The description says: 

"New feature: provide granular means to configure warnings about items
that have been issued to a particular borrower before, according to
their checkout history."

I assume "items" here is shorthand for "items connected to the same
bibliographic record"? Just checking on the item level would not be all that
useful, if there are more than one copy of e.g. a book. 

On the other hand, this does not work so well for periodicals/journals where
individual issues are entered as separate items. If a patron borrows the last
three issues of a journal, the second one will give a warning that the patron
has previously borrowed this "title". 

Could it be possible to have a setting on the itemtypes to choose one of these
two?
- Check if a patron has previously borrowed individual items (suitable for
periodicals/journals)
- Check if a patron has previously borrowed any items connected to a bib record
(suitable for books, DVDs etc)

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