[Koha-devel] Branch Specific System Preferences

[Chris Nighswonger]

Hi Ian,

On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 1:25 PM, Ian Walls <koha.sekjal at gmail.com> wrote:

> Chris,
>
>
> I've been meaning to write a Contextual Preferences Engine for Koha for a
> while now, to solve the problems we have with the Circ Matrix, as well as
> with global sysprefs that should really be more configurable.
>
> The idea is that it will be a DB table with 5 main columns:  Branch,
> Patron Category, Item Type, Key and Value.  Any of the first 3 can be a
> specific value or "default".  If a contextual preference doesn't make sense
> to factor in one of the 3 values, it'll be ignored.
>
>
Is the goal is to allow any or a defined set of system preferences to be
"contextualized" based on branch, patron category, and/or item type?


> This, along with a rewritten editor and rules tester tool, would solve a
> bunch of our customizability problems in one go, without necessarily
> introducing too much complexity for users (provided we make a good
> interface).
>
>
Agreed.


> I hope to have a patch for this started after 3.8 releases (and all our DB
> revs are stable for a while).  Any help would be welcomed.
>

Sounds good. I need this functionality to be in place by August of this
year, so I'm very interested in getting started as soon as possible. I will
be carving out time during my workday for it over the next several months.

Kind Regards,
Chris
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