Bug 29830

Summary: Superlibrarian unable to delete patron list
Product: Koha Reporter: JaTara Barnes <jendayi30>
Component: PatronsAssignee: Bugs List <koha-bugs>
Status: NEW --- QA Contact: Testopia <testopia>
Severity: enhancement    
Priority: P5 - low CC: acampbell, bdaeuber, clackman, gmcharlt, kyle.m.hall, m.de.rooy, mspinney, nick
Version: unspecified   
Hardware: All   
OS: All   
See Also: https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=34977
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Description JaTara Barnes 2022-01-09 01:56:47 UTC
I'm currently unable to delete patron lists that someone else has created even though I have superlibrarian privileges. 

I am able to delete patron lists that I originally created, but not patron lists that someone else has created. As superlibrarian, I should have the ability to  delete all patron lists on our system, if needed.
Comment 1 Katrin Fischer 2022-01-09 02:00:55 UTC
Hi JaTara, can you explain your use case a bit?

If a patron list is shared, it can be used by others, but probably only still be deleted by the creator of the list.

I am not sure if a superlibrarian should be able to interfere here, as these lists could be considered personal, like the entries of a cart or a list of bibliographic records.
Comment 2 JaTara Barnes 2022-01-09 19:43:50 UTC
I currently have 3 patron lists in our system and I don't know which of our 80+ staff member(s) created it, nor is there an easy way of finding out.

Also, if one of those staff members resigns / retires without deleting the patron lists they've created, then we're potentially left with a bunch of lists that literally no one is able to delete.
Comment 3 Katrin Fischer 2022-11-17 09:55:14 UTC
(In reply to JaTara Barnes from comment #2)
> I currently have 3 patron lists in our system and I don't know which of our
> 80+ staff member(s) created it, nor is there an easy way of finding out.
> 
> Also, if one of those staff members resigns / retires without deleting the
> patron lists they've created, then we're potentially left with a bunch of
> lists that literally no one is able to delete.

If the patron account of the staff member is deleted, the patron lists will be deleted with their other account information automatically.
Comment 4 Michelle Spinney 2024-01-29 20:17:03 UTC
I agree with JaTara. A superlibrarian should be able to delete patron lists. We at the central site for our network can not see who created the list so we're unable follow up with the staff person. Superlibrarians should be able to clean these up without having to rely on the original creator.
Comment 5 Michelle Spinney 2024-01-29 21:43:01 UTC
Also, I know we could create a report but it would be nice to not have to do that, thanks!
Comment 6 Benjamin Daeuber 2024-08-22 13:49:56 UTC
Just going to add my support that superlibrarians should be able to clean up patron lists. Additionally, I think the lists should persist past the user being deleted since we use them for setting permissions. If I ever leave, someone needs to rebuild those from scratch.
Comment 7 Nick Clemens (kidclamp) 2024-08-22 17:01:35 UTC
I think 34977 has fixed this - as a superlibrarian I can see the lists created by others, and check the box to delete them.

I do not have the option to delete a single list from the actions button, but can clean them up by selecting the checkboxes