Bug 37792 - Allow 'Hold policy' setting for patron category and/or itemtype
Summary: Allow 'Hold policy' setting for patron category and/or itemtype
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: Tomás Cohen Arazi (tcohen)
QA Contact: Testopia
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Reported: 2024-08-30 13:02 UTC by Nick Clemens (kidclamp)
Modified: 2025-07-08 14:19 UTC (History)
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Description Nick Clemens (kidclamp) 2024-08-30 13:02:45 UTC
Currently the hold policy can only be set at the branch/itemtype level

Some libraries wish to be able to set the policy at branch/category/itemtype level, e.g. to allow staff to hold 'internal reference' items, but no other patrons

Many libraries try to replicate this behavior by setting 'Holds allowed' to zero, however, this prevents placing of holds but not filling of holds.
Comment 1 Andrew Fuerste-Henry 2025-07-08 14:13:28 UTC
Adjusting this bug slightly. I'd love to be able to set hold policy by category in addition to itemtype and library. But I don't want it moved into the circ matrix; it should either remain in the current table (with booking and return policy) or move into its own dedicated table.