[Koha-bugs] [Bug 23531] ILS-DI doesn't implement needed_before_date and pickup_expiry_date parameters

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https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=23531

--- Comment #5 from Katrin Fischer <katrin.fischer at bsz-bw.de> ---
(In reply to Arthur Suzuki from comment #4)
> needed_before_date is actually stored in the "reservedate", this is just a
> way to place a reserve on a future date.
> pickup_expiry_date is the date after which the reserve is automatically
> cancelled if not picked up by the user and this one is stored in the
> "expirydate"
> 
> Maybe the parameter "needed_before_date" shall be renamed another way.
> 
> The use case is for example for teachers/students who need to reserve a book
> for a course, they need it between "needed_before_date" and
> "pickup_expiry_date".
> There is no way to provide either date from ILS-DI right now, but we have
> this need for bundled holds (for which Cecile showed the bundled loans
> counterpart at the Hackfest in Marseille).

I think I would make it something like 'expiry_date' (doesn't matter if it has
been waiting for pickup or not) and something like 'not_needed_before' or even
'start_date' to clear things up a bit.

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