[Koha-bugs] [Bug 22535] New: Use Link Shortcuts when creating reports

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https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=22535

            Bug ID: 22535
           Summary: Use Link Shortcuts when creating reports
 Change sponsored?: ---
           Product: Koha
           Version: master
          Hardware: All
                OS: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: P5 - low
         Component: Reports
          Assignee: koha-bugs at lists.koha-community.org
          Reporter: joy at bywatersolutions.com
        QA Contact: testopia at bugs.koha-community.org
  Target Milestone: ---

The syntax to create links in SQL reports is cumbersome.  
The below link, as example, often gets typos and then fails to work when run.

CONCAT('<a href=\"/cgi-bin/koha/cataloguing/addbiblio.pl?' , 'biblionumber=' ,
biblionumber , '\">' , biblionumber , '</a>'), AS 'biblionumber',

Koha needs a way to allow the user to enter a 'shorthand' or alias in the sql
query that is then replaced by the URL.
For example:
SELECT biblionumber|link_detail from biblio 

would resolve to 

SELECT CONCAT('<a href=\"/cgi-bin/koha/cataloguing/addbiblio.pl?' ,
'biblionumber=' , biblionumber , '\">' , biblionumber , '</a>'), AS
'biblionumber' from biblio


List of current links documented on the wiki that could use aliases:
https://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/SQL_Reports_Library#Links

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