Bug 3716 - Optionally sort labels for printing by barcode
Summary: Optionally sort labels for printing by barcode
Status: NEW
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Product: Koha
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Label/patron card printing (show other bugs)
Version: Main
Hardware: PC All
: P5 - low enhancement (vote)
Assignee: Chris Nighswonger
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Reported: 2009-10-19 04:25 UTC by Chris Cormack
Modified: 2023-11-09 22:32 UTC (History)
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Description Chris Cormack 2010-05-21 01:14:09 UTC


---- Reported by amirseni@gmail.com 2009-10-19 16:25:09 ----

I've been printing labels regularly for new books but the problem is the ordering of the barcodes, which is done by order of selection of items. But this becomes cumbersome when wanting to regularly print >50 labels. Any possibility of ordering the labels by barcode number?

Thanks
Amir Seni



--- Bug imported by chris@bigballofwax.co.nz 2010-05-21 01:14 UTC  ---

This bug was previously known as _bug_ 3716 at http://bugs.koha.org/cgi-bin/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=3716

Unknown operating system Linux - Debian. Setting to default OS "All".
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   Previous reporter was amirseni@gmail.com.

Comment 1 Marc Véron 2015-09-06 17:57:11 UTC
Still valid on current master.
Comment 2 Caroline Cyr La Rose 2019-01-17 19:44:45 UTC
This is still valid on master

To reproduce:
1) Go to Tools > Label creator
2) Make sure you have a template and a layout for barcodes
3) Click on New > Label batch
4) Click on Add items
5) Add items in a random order
6) Click on Done
7) Click on Export full batch
8) Choose the template and layout for barcode labels
9) Click Export
10) Open the PDF, Note that the barcodes are in the order they were added, not in order of barcodes

I'm not sur if it is useful to have the barcodes in the order they were added. I would sort them in order by default.
Comment 3 Katrin Fischer 2019-05-04 14:33:05 UTC
I can think of a use case:
Say you can all items from your cart to print labels for and put them back on the cart in the sequence you scanned them. The labels will be also printed in that sequence - making it much easier to work through your cart attaching the labels.

Maybe we should have a pull down with different options for odering?
Comment 4 Andrew Fuerste-Henry 2023-11-09 22:32:42 UTC
I agree that the option to force a batch to print in call number order would be helpful, but also that it should be optional, for exactly the cart-of-books example Katrin described.