Bug 19642

Summary: If autoMemberNum is enabled, we should just ignore cardnumber entry in BorrowerMandatoryField
Product: Koha Reporter: Nick Clemens (kidclamp) <nick>
Component: PatronsAssignee: Bugs List <koha-bugs>
Status: NEW --- QA Contact: Testopia <testopia>
Severity: normal    
Priority: P5 - low CC: andrewfh, bklein, gmcharlt, katrin.fischer, kyle.m.hall, sally.healey, tomascohen
Version: Main   
Hardware: All   
OS: All   
See Also: https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=19225
https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=13188
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Description Nick Clemens (kidclamp) 2017-11-16 17:08:42 UTC
Bug 19225 proposes a warning for users that the config is wrong.

I propose instead, we should just ignore that field if automembernum is enabled (since it autocalculates and becomes mandatory
Comment 1 Brian 2019-01-15 23:25:24 UTC
any updates on bug 19642?

Carnegie Team.
Comment 2 Katrin Fischer 2019-01-16 07:21:50 UTC
Hi Brian, instead of just asking for an update, I think it would be nice if you made your requests more specific. Read through the bug, look at the history, the timeline, and phrase if you'd like the suggested solution etc.

At the moment, there is a good workaround for this problem: We show a warning to change configuration and people can do that. I like Nick's suggestion because it gets rid of a lot of text and is a little more intuitive, but I think I'd categorize it more as an enh at this point.
Comment 3 Andrew Fuerste-Henry 2020-03-20 12:24:11 UTC
Nick, are you proposing not showing the cardnumber field on member entry if automembernum is on? That would create a problem for  libraries that want to use automembernum for online self-reg patrons but not for registrations performed by staff. Unless we split automembernum into two sysprefs, one for intranet and one for staff.
Comment 4 Owen Leonard 2021-01-08 12:13:40 UTC
(In reply to Andrew Fuerste-Henry from comment #3)
> That would create a problem for  libraries that want to
> use automembernum for online self-reg patrons but not for registrations
> performed by staff.

Agreed.

> Unless we split automembernum into two sysprefs, one for
> intranet and one for staff.

This would certainly work for my library. Or add an option to patron category configuration? "[ ] Allow automatic card number assignment"