[Koha-devel] RFC: Advanced patron search

[Danny Bouman]

"Problem
The ability is needed to search for patrons on many different fields, including email address, street address, phone number, etc. Using additional patron attributes is not a viable solution as it would require a tremendous amount of duplicate data on all fields that would need to be searchable.

Possible Solution #1
Create a standard search API that functions for both circulation and patron searches and supports the ability to search on many different fields.

Possible Solution #2
Create a member search API that supports the ability to search for patrons on many different fields.

Technical Notes
System preference should exist for what patron fields are able to be searchedWhen a Staff member clicks on the Patron menu item, they should immediately be taken to the advanced search screen, which could exist below the browse by last name. This display would be in a similar format to what Staff see when they click on the Search menu item.Patron Attribute types that are able to be searched should appear in the advanced search. 
http://wiki.koha.org/doku.php?id=en:development:rfcs3.2:rfc32_advancedpatronsearch

Any thoughts, questions, or comments?

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Danny Bouman 



Web Programmer

Howard County Central Library 



10375 Little Patuxent Parkway 



Columbia, MD 21044 



410.313.7924
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