Bug 34674 - Add ability for library staff to fill a hold with a specific item
Summary: Add ability for library staff to fill a hold with a specific item
Status: NEW
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Product: Koha
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Hold requests (show other bugs)
Version: Main
Hardware: All All
: P5 - low enhancement
Assignee: Bugs List
QA Contact: Testopia
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Reported: 2023-08-31 15:05 UTC by Nick Clemens (kidclamp)
Modified: 2025-11-04 17:43 UTC (History)
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Description Nick Clemens (kidclamp) 2023-08-31 15:05:45 UTC
Sometimes a library may acquire a new copy of a book, or have a book in hand that could more easily fill a hold than the current item Koha has selected.

Currently, librarians need to cancel and replace or revert a hold to enable them to fill the hold with the desired item.

We should add a button on the holds tables that allows staff, with permission, to scan a barcode and fill a hold directly.
Comment 1 Katrin Fischer 2023-10-28 18:34:08 UTC
Can you explain the use case a bit more? Why would a return not trigger the hold for the item?
Comment 2 Andrew Fuerste-Henry 2025-11-04 17:43:29 UTC
(In reply to Katrin Fischer from comment #1)
> Can you explain the use case a bit more? Why would a return not trigger the
> hold for the item?

The vagaries of cataloging often result in separate bibs for items that are functionally equivalent. For example, if a library maintain distinct bib records for different formats of the same work (paperback/hardcover/etc), the library may want to fill the hold with an available item on a different bib than was originally requested.