Bug 14771

Summary: Allow patrons to pick a username
Product: Koha Reporter: Nicole C. Engard <nengard>
Component: PatronsAssignee: Bugs List <koha-bugs>
Status: NEW --- QA Contact: Testopia <testopia>
Severity: enhancement    
Priority: P5 - low CC: dcook, gmcharlt, kyle.m.hall, lisettepalouse+koha, mspagnuolo
Version: Main   
Hardware: All   
OS: All   
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Description Nicole C. Engard 2015-09-02 14:21:32 UTC
It would be nice if patrons could pick their own username when registering for a card and/or edit their username via the patron account.
Comment 1 Katrin Fischer 2018-08-02 00:36:54 UTC
Still valid
Comment 2 David Cook 2020-07-16 03:44:36 UTC
I like this idea.

Other library systems sometimes call this an "alias".

I find it very useful as it makes it easier to interact with the library.
Comment 3 Katrin Fischer 2020-07-16 05:28:26 UTC
We already have another field for alias... as the username is used to log into Koha it has to be unique, so I think not quite the same?
Comment 4 David Cook 2020-07-17 01:36:35 UTC
(In reply to Katrin Fischer from comment #3)
> We already have another field for alias... as the username is used to log
> into Koha it has to be unique, so I think not quite the same?

What do you mean by alias?
Comment 5 Katrin Fischer 2020-07-17 06:32:55 UTC
(In reply to David Cook from comment #4)
> (In reply to Katrin Fischer from comment #3)
> > We already have another field for alias... as the username is used to log
> > into Koha it has to be unique, so I think not quite the same?
> 
> What do you mean by alias?

You are right, I was thinking of "othernames" because of the German translation.