Bug 38824

Summary: Document the use of type field in packages (ERM)
Product: Koha Reporter: Mathieu Saby <mathsabypro>
Component: DocumentationAssignee: Bugs List <koha-bugs>
Status: Needs documenting --- QA Contact: Testopia <testopia>
Severity: enhancement    
Priority: P5 - low CC: aude.charillon, philip.orr
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Description Mathieu Saby 2025-01-04 17:17:28 UTC
The use of "type" field is not explained. What are the meaning of the standard default values, and the recommended use of this field?

The standard default value in ERM_PACKAGE_TYPE AV are "complete" and "local"

In EBSCO knowlegde base, the values are "complete", "variable", "selectable" and "custom", with meanings explained here : https://connect.ebsco.com/s/article/What-are-the-available-Package-Types-in-Holdings-Management?language=en_US

If EBSCO eHoldings are used in Koha (with HoldingsIQ API), I suppose those values are going to be used ? So maybe the standard values in ERM_PACKAGE_TYPE should be updated to reflect that ?

But is this field of any use if you do not use EBSCO eHoldings? Do you need to select the value "local" ?