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Chris Cormack
2010-05-21 00:48:08 UTC
We would like the userId to automatically pick up the email address as a default value. (In reply to Jeremy Evans from comment #1) > We would like the userId to automatically pick up the email address as a > default value. Hi Jeremy, I have been/am working on some reports recently touching this area in some way. (I want to receive a notice when changing login details for instance.) See bug 13096. (work in progress) I change the title of this (old) report to make it more specific. My idea would be to add a pref that connects the primary email field to the userid, and disable the userid field. A change to primary email would be propagated to userid. Note that Koha already supports an auto-password function. Thanks for your quick reply - yes that makes sense and will improve the user records, preventing the email address appearing in multiple places. (e.g. email, userId etc) It also helps to reduce the number of fields required to create a user record - e.g. at the desk while a new patron is waiting to checkout a book. Jeremy Many families utilize the same e-mail address for more than one library card. What is the solution for this? Will the single e-mail login prompt you to pick the family member and enter their password? (In reply to Christopher Brannon from comment #4) > Many families utilize the same e-mail address for more than one library > card. What is the solution for this? Will the single e-mail login prompt > you to pick the family member and enter their password? That is somehow already a problem, see: Bug 16711 - OPAC Password recovery: Handling if multiple accounts have the same mail address Actually, another approach is to enter the associated library card number along with the userid. In our consortium, we have our userids match the library card number, not the e-mail address. I would suggest either use the library card number as the id, making each id unique as it should be, or a choice in setup. If e-mail address is used, it will introduce either the need for another identifier, or will limit accounts to only one account with a particular e-mail address. *** Bug 17769 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** Marcel, do you still plan to work on this? (In reply to Katrin Fischer from comment #8) > Marcel, do you still plan to work on this? I cleared the Assignee field. (In reply to Marcel de Rooy from comment #9) > (In reply to Katrin Fischer from comment #8) > > Marcel, do you still plan to work on this? > > I cleared the Assignee field. Although I am still interested in this feature btw. Very intersting for school libraries, they often create a unique email per student |