Bug 28678

Summary: OPAC description for SUGGEST_FORMAT authorized values not taken into account
Product: Koha Reporter: Caroline Cyr La Rose <caroline.cyr-la-rose>
Component: System AdministrationAssignee: Bugs List <koha-bugs>
Status: NEW --- QA Contact: Testopia <testopia>
Severity: enhancement    
Priority: P5 - low CC: gmcharlt, heather
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Hardware: All   
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Description Caroline Cyr La Rose 2021-07-07 16:42:55 UTC
I don't know if this problem is limited to SUGGEST_FORMAT or if it applies to other AV categories as well.

To replicate:

1) Go to Administration > Authorized values > SUGGEST_FORMAT
2) Edit one of the values and change only the Description, not the Description (OPAC), e.g.
Authorized value : BOOK
Description : Booooooook
Description (OPAC) : Book
3) Go to OPAC and log in
4) In your account, go to You purchase suggestions
5) Create a new purchase suggestion
6) Note that in the Item type drop-down menu, the label for Book is actually Booooooook

I would expect the Description (OPAC) to be used here, and only if Description (OPAC) is empty, then Description would be used.

(In case you're wondering the use case, while it is not possible right now to make one value the default as in bug 20682, I usually advise my clients to put numbers in front of the labels to force the alphabetical order in the order they want. For example, 1. Book; 2. DVD; 3. Audiobook; etc. It would be nice if we could have the numbers in the Description and no numbers in Description (OPAC), that way patrons don't see the numbers.)
Comment 1 Heather Rommens 2024-04-06 20:24:49 UTC
This bug also applies to the AV category of SUGGEST. The value used in the notice sent to patrons is from the Description column, rather than the expected Description (OPAC).