Bug 28860

Summary: Add system setting to mark patron fields important
Product: Koha Reporter: Esther Melander <esther.melander>
Component: PatronsAssignee: Bugs List <koha-bugs>
Status: NEW --- QA Contact: Testopia <testopia>
Severity: enhancement    
Priority: P5 - low CC: andrew, gmcharlt, jheltibridle, kyle.m.hall
Version: Main   
Hardware: All   
OS: All   
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Description Esther Melander 2021-08-13 18:31:34 UTC
It would be nice to add a system setting similar to the BorrowerMandatoryField for the patron form to mark fields important. This would give a visual clue for fields that should be filled in but are not necessarily required.
Comment 1 Juliet Heltibridle 2025-03-30 23:17:10 UTC
This would be very helpful for libraries that would like to reduce the number of mistakes when registering without making a field mandatory. For example, our consortium does not have Date of Birth as a required field, but our specific library requires the birthday for accounts. Often, if a staff member makes a mistake when typing the birth date, or enters it into the wrong field.
I am imagining something similar to how the MARC bib frameworks allow you to mark a field as important or mandatory, and give you an error message if you didn't fill it out, but allow you to save if you choose to.