Bug 25084

Summary: Adding a tip to First Issue Publication Date in Serials Module
Product: Koha Reporter: Kelly McElligott <kelly>
Component: SerialsAssignee: Bugs List <koha-bugs>
Status: NEW --- QA Contact: Testopia <testopia>
Severity: enhancement    
Priority: P5 - low CC: colin.campbell
Version: Main   
Hardware: All   
OS: All   
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Description Kelly McElligott 2020-04-08 15:56:06 UTC
When creating a serial prediction pattern, one mandatory field is called "First issue publication date"- this title could be misleading to users of Koha thinking that date needs to be the first-ever publication date versus the first publication date of the serial that is being added to Koha.

The manual describes this field as: 
In ‘First issue publication date’ you want to enter the date of the issue you have in your hand, the date from which the prediction pattern will start.

It would be nice to add a helper tool here with maybe a question mark (like Koha does in the Messaging Preferences by Digest) to let the user know what is really needed here.  

Another option would be to change the language for this field completely.  Either way would be good!