Bug 16544 - Changes to circ rules should be logged
Summary: Changes to circ rules should be logged
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: Koha
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Circulation (show other bugs)
Version: master
Hardware: All All
: P5 - low enhancement with 22 votes (vote)
Assignee: Bugs List
QA Contact: Testopia
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: 23508 (view as bug list)
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Blocks: 22794
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Reported: 2016-05-18 14:25 UTC by Barton Chittenden
Modified: 2024-03-18 19:51 UTC (History)
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Description Barton Chittenden 2016-05-18 14:25:41 UTC
At present, changes to circulation rules are not logged. This means that there is no way to determine what circulation rules were in effect at a given time, which makes historical trouble-shooting impossible.
Comment 1 Jessica Ofsa 2018-06-28 16:53:04 UTC
Changes to circ and fine rules should be logged for troubleshooting and accountability. Because we have the ability to completely overwrite a library's lending rules using the clone feature, a backup/log should be kept.
Comment 2 Katrin Fischer 2019-11-24 15:11:51 UTC
*** Bug 23508 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 3 Donna 2020-08-07 13:58:12 UTC
This is proving to be needed now more than ever.  With libraries adjusting their circulation and fines rules to accommodate quarantines, closures, etc, it is particularly challenging to reset the rules "back to the way they were" when there is no way for the library to know what they were originally.
Comment 4 Barbara Johnson 2021-01-22 14:46:27 UTC
This would be really helpful to our library.  In addition to adding logs for circ/fine rules it would be helpful to be able to access those logs right from the specific rule on the smart-rules.pl page.  Maybe add a 'logs' or 'history' button to the actions column.
Comment 5 Marie-Luce Laflamme 2021-04-08 19:08:07 UTC
It would be definitely a useful tool. For example, we had a situation lately caused by a missing value in the «Fine charging interval» field within a rule. As a result, no late fines were charged for a specific patron category and item type.

Having circulation rule modifications logs would have helped to identify when the issue started.
Comment 6 Noémie Labine 2022-10-27 17:33:47 UTC
+1
Comment 7 Katrin Fischer 2023-09-09 20:23:39 UTC
+1
Comment 8 Catrina Berka 2024-01-27 16:41:46 UTC
The more complicated a library's configuration of Koha becomes, the more this issue is critical for troubleshooting, especially for consortia and parent/child item types.
Comment 9 Noémie Labine 2024-03-18 19:51:44 UTC
++1 :-)