Bug 27364

Summary: Making previous patron cardnumbers searchable
Product: Koha Reporter: Fiona Borthwick <fiona.borthwick>
Component: PatronsAssignee: Bugs List <koha-bugs>
Status: NEW --- QA Contact: Testopia <testopia>
Severity: enhancement    
Priority: P5 - low CC: gmcharlt, janet.mcgowan, kyle.m.hall
Version: Main   
Hardware: All   
OS: All   
See Also: https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=39452
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Description Fiona Borthwick 2021-01-08 11:04:49 UTC
Bug 18626 introduced the logging of changes to patron cardnumbers which is great, but this still does not link together previous cardnumbers.

Imagine this scenario:

A library patron loses their library card.
They are issued with a replacement.
Old and new cardnumbers are recorded in the Modification log.

The old card is found (doesn't matter who finds it) and brought to the library.
A member of library staff scan the barcode - get no results.

This means they are none the wiser as to who this card belonged to.

Would it not be a good idea to allow previous cardnumbers to be searchable?

Some libraries may record this information somewhere in the patron record, but a search by cardnumber would be extremely helpful. It would be useful if the cardnumber moved into a linked field automatically when a new cardnumber was entered.