Bug 34078

Summary:	Add --branchcode to writeoff_debts.pl
Product:	Koha	Reporter:	Caroline Cyr La Rose <caroline.cyr-la-rose>
Component:	Command-line Utilities	Assignee:	Bugs List <koha-bugs>
Status:	NEW ---	QA Contact:	Testopia <testopia>
Severity:	enhancement
Priority:	P5 - low	CC:	martin.renvoize, philippe.blouin, robin
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
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Description Caroline Cyr La Rose 2023-06-21 14:13:08 UTC

I think it would be useful to have a branchcode flag to the writeoff_debts.pl script.

My specific use case is that I wanted to use it in an Independent branch environment to writeoff fines for a specific branch.

I'm sure there are other use cases (one branch was closed or something).

Comment 1 Martin Renvoize (ashimema) 2023-10-17 11:44:30 UTC

So.. for clarification.. you mean the library the charge was recorded at.. not the patrons library or the checkouts library or... right?

It would be simple enough to filter on the branchcode as recorded in the accountlines table.. I just wanted to clarify that's what you want.. not the branchcodes from various related tables?

Comment 2 Caroline Cyr La Rose 2024-03-05 21:00:00 UTC

(In reply to Martin Renvoize from comment #1)
> So.. for clarification.. you mean the library the charge was recorded at..
> not the patrons library or the checkouts library or... right?
> 
> It would be simple enough to filter on the branchcode as recorded in the
> accountlines table.. I just wanted to clarify that's what you want.. not the
> branchcodes from various related tables?

In my specific case, with independentbranches, I think all branchcodes would be the same since patrons and items can't travel between branches. 

I was going to say that using the branchcode from accountlines would be fine, but it seems it's not recorded for overdue fines? Unless I'm doing something wrong... I added fines in the circ rules, issues an item to a patron with a due date in the past, ran fines.pl, checked accountlines.branchcode and it's NULL.