Bug 16631 - Show groups/categories of reports to authorized staff
Summary: Show groups/categories of reports to authorized staff
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: Koha
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Reports (show other bugs)
Version: Main
Hardware: All All
: P5 - low enhancement
Assignee: Bugs List
QA Contact: Testopia
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: 10903 (view as bug list)
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Reported: 2016-06-01 15:16 UTC by Christopher Brannon
Modified: 2023-09-26 15:58 UTC (History)
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Description Christopher Brannon 2016-06-01 15:16:44 UTC
It would be helpful to have reports that are specific groups/categories to be authorized under the reports permissions in a patron account.  Not everyone wants to see everyone else's reports, some are similar but are not.  Some are for superlibrarians to test, and are not ready for use.  It would be great if we could specify groups and even subgroups in the permissions that the staff could access, or specify all groups.  All groups should be the norm for a superlibrarian.

Christopher
Comment 1 Brenda Turnbull 2017-02-28 12:34:12 UTC
This is something we would be interested in to as there are some reports we would like to give to the Stock Librarians only and so restrictions can be places on when they are run too.
Comment 2 Cab Vinton 2018-10-20 21:12:04 UTC
*** Bug 10903 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 3 Cab Vinton 2018-10-20 21:18:08 UTC
Would also be nice to limit access to reports by the home library of the staff.

Some reports are specific to the needs of just one library. Some reports are in development for a while. And so on.

As reports proliferate over time, libraries would welcome any option that reduces the number of reports visible to them.
Comment 4 Daniel Gaghan 2019-10-02 21:38:32 UTC
Having the ability to limit who can see which reports would help a lot at PCCLD. It would certainly clean up the report module and make relevant reports easier for staff to find.
Comment 5 Christopher Brannon 2019-10-02 22:45:15 UTC
(In reply to Cab Vinton from comment #3)
> Would also be nice to limit access to reports by the home library of the
> staff.
> 
> Some reports are specific to the needs of just one library. Some reports are
> in development for a while. And so on.
> 
> As reports proliferate over time, libraries would welcome any option that
> reduces the number of reports visible to them.

+1
Comment 6 Christopher Brannon 2019-10-02 22:45:38 UTC
(In reply to Daniel Gaghan from comment #4)
> Having the ability to limit who can see which reports would help a lot at
> PCCLD. It would certainly clean up the report module and make relevant
> reports easier for staff to find.

+1
Comment 7 Christopher Brannon 2019-10-02 22:48:47 UTC
Perhaps a branch field and a borrower field could be added.  If the field is empty, it applies to everyone.  Otherwise, it would be limited to matching borrower IDs or branches.
Comment 8 Cab Vinton 2023-03-25 21:44:24 UTC
Shame this enhancement hasn't got any traction, but I thought of a kludge that would work in a pinch --

Add a comment with a unique string to all reports in a particular grouping (e.g., for circ staff, a particular branch, etc.), then use the string in the keyword filter on the left. Only reports with that particular string will then be shown in the Reports module. 

In theory, multiple strings could be used to cover reports in more than one group. I believe the keyword filter is actually doing a phrase search, though, so some careful planning would be required.

As I said, a kludge ...
Comment 9 Christine Lee 2023-09-26 15:58:14 UTC
We're also interested in this enhancement for reports. We've accumulated a large amount of reports since joining in 2014. Many of these are kept for reference and as a record.
Since these are not useful for the majority of our staff, we'd like these to be hidden in a restricted Report Group. It would make it a clutter-free experience for staff to search reports while allowing access to those that may need it.