Bug 40201

Summary: Subscription search form on the start page is missing additional fields
Product: Koha Reporter: Katrin Fischer <katrin.fischer>
Component: SerialsAssignee: Bugs List <koha-bugs>
Status: NEW --- QA Contact: Testopia <testopia>
Severity: enhancement    
Priority: P5 - low CC: clemens.tubach, koha, michaela.sieber
Version: Main   
Hardware: All   
OS: All   
See Also: https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=40186
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Description Katrin Fischer 2025-06-20 10:52:56 UTC
The searchable additional fields for subscriptions are not shown in the search form on the start page and it's easy to miss, that they can be searched from the "advanced search" that is reachable through the "more options" in the top search bar. It would be better if both forms would be consistent.

To test:
- Add at least one additional field for subscriptions that is searchable
- Go to the serials module start page
- Confirm the search form doesn't show the additional field
- Click on the "More options" icon at the end of the top search bar
- Click on the "Advanced search" link 
- Confirm that the additional fields display on this form.
Comment 1 Koha collecto 2025-06-26 15:52:30 UTC
+1 on that.

Both forms should at least be consistent, but we think maybe the advanced search form is not even usefull here ?

We have a "simple search" with the top search bar and the form on the stard page (serials-home.pl) could easily be considered as an advanced search form. So what if we remove completely the advanced search button and form (on serial-search.pl ) ? The aditionnal fields would simply be added in the form on the start page.