Bug 31197

Summary: Authority permissions need more granularity
Product: Koha Reporter: Susan <susan.merner>
Component: CatalogingAssignee: Bugs List <koha-bugs>
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE QA Contact: Testopia <testopia>
Severity: enhancement    
Priority: P5 - low CC: aleisha, lucas, m.de.rooy, mspinney
Version: Main   
Hardware: All   
OS: All   
See Also: https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=35870
https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=35871
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Description Susan 2022-07-20 11:03:39 UTC
The ability to check whether an Authority such as a subject heading is in the authority file should be available to all staff BUT the option to edit authority files should be restricted to selected staff with system admin permissions.

The Authority files affected would be Subject Headings (650), Series (490) and Corporate Authors. We want to ensure staff keep to the authorised lists and do not introduce or amend entries within Authorities.

Is there a way to give cataloguers permission to have the "Link authorities automatically" button, but not edit, create or delete the authorities? If we could have a 'check authorities' button with no additional permissions, it would be really helpful! Or a way to flag unauthorised headings upon saving.

We all need to be able to check if the subject headings (650 field) being pulled through by z39.50 are included in the authority file on Koha. At present, this is not possible, and there is no way to check z39.50 against the authority file. This raises an issue with cataloguers adding in unauthorised headings
Comment 1 Lucas Gass (lukeg) 2023-12-21 21:03:39 UTC
Hi Susan,

I agree that there needs to be more granularity in authority related permissions. Koha currently only has the 'editauthorities' top level permission. Seems like we at least need CRUD like subpermissions? 

-Create authorities
-View authorities
-Update authorities 
-Delete authorities
Comment 2 Aleisha Amohia 2025-03-04 02:55:41 UTC
This should be addressed in Bug 35870 and Bug 35871

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 35870 ***