Bug 13093

Summary:	Allow/Don't allow holds on items with set statuses
Product:	Koha	Reporter:	Christopher Brannon <cbrannon>
Component:	System Administration	Assignee:	Bugs List <koha-bugs>
Status:	NEW ---	QA Contact:	Testopia <testopia>
Severity:	enhancement
Priority:	P5 - low	CC:	gmcharlt, marjorie.barry-vila
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
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Description Christopher Brannon 2014-10-15 21:12:59 UTC

It would be helpful if there was more consistency between statuses regarding holds.

The LOST category does not allow holds.
The DAMAGED category has a global preference to allow/don't allow holds.
The NOTFORLOAN category allows you to set a positive or negative value to indicate if it is holdable or not.

For us, it would be great if we ditched the AllowHoldsOnDamagedItems preference and made LOST, DAMAGED, and NOTFORLOAN the same, where you to set a positive or negative value to indicate if it is holdable or not.

(Hey, look at that!  Someone is requesting a preference be removed!)

Christopher

Comment 1 Katrin Fischer 2023-07-09 11:05:28 UTC

I think in general that would have been a great idea, but I am worried that migration now would be too hard. Also there are some specific NFL and LOST values tied to features in Koha.

Comment 2 Christopher Brannon 2023-07-10 15:23:59 UTC

Then perhaps we do away with the negative value/hold relationship in NOTFORLOAN, and a new setting created to list what statuses allow holds?

NOTFORLOAN: 1,2,5
DAMAGED: 2,5
LOST: 3

Comment 3 Katrin Fischer 2023-07-10 19:29:35 UTC

I think settings would work, yes. Also this would allow for migrations without changing behaviour.

Comment 4 Christopher Brannon 2023-07-11 16:27:10 UTC

(In reply to Katrin Fischer from comment #3)
> I think settings would work, yes. Also this would allow for migrations
> without changing behaviour.

:)  I finally have an idea you like!  :)  Just kidding.  I know you are trying to keep us in line with what everyone else is doing.  Thanks for helping us with the perspectives.