Bug 38061 - Serials collection table improvements
Summary: Serials collection table improvements
Status: Needs Signoff
Alias: None
Product: Koha
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Serials (show other bugs)
Version: Main
Hardware: All All
: P5 - low enhancement
Assignee: Matt Blenkinsop
QA Contact: Testopia
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Reported: 2024-10-02 11:24 UTC by Matt Blenkinsop
Modified: 2024-10-15 18:13 UTC (History)
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Attachments
Bug 38061: Add item column to serial collections table (4.57 KB, patch)
2024-10-02 11:32 UTC, Matt Blenkinsop
Details | Diff | Splinter Review
Bug 38061: Tidy serials-collection.pl (17.82 KB, patch)
2024-10-02 11:32 UTC, Matt Blenkinsop
Details | Diff | Splinter Review
Bug 38061: Remove pre-selection of serials in the table (1.08 KB, patch)
2024-10-02 11:32 UTC, Matt Blenkinsop
Details | Diff | Splinter Review
Missing issue on serials collection page. (84.38 KB, image/jpeg)
2024-10-15 18:13 UTC, Esther Melander
Details

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Description Matt Blenkinsop 2024-10-02 11:24:04 UTC

    
Comment 1 Matt Blenkinsop 2024-10-02 11:32:40 UTC
Created attachment 172297 [details] [review]
Bug 38061: Add item column to serial collections table

This patch adds a column to the table to link to the item

Test plan:
1) Add a new subscription to a serial record (with the option 'create an item record' selected)
2) Receive several issues and create the linked items
3) Navigate to the serials collection table
4) There should be a column for the linked item
5) Click on one of the links, it should display the item
Comment 2 Matt Blenkinsop 2024-10-02 11:32:42 UTC
Created attachment 172298 [details] [review]
Bug 38061: Tidy serials-collection.pl
Comment 3 Matt Blenkinsop 2024-10-02 11:32:44 UTC
Created attachment 172299 [details] [review]
Bug 38061: Remove pre-selection of serials in the table

Test plan:
1) Navigate to the serials-collection table
2) None of the checkboxes in the left hand column should be selected

Sponsored-by: Association KohaLa - https://koha-fr.org/
Comment 4 Katrin Fischer 2024-10-02 13:53:20 UTC
Please improve bug description to be more specific :)
Comment 5 Nathalie SAVARIT 2024-10-09 08:27:13 UTC
Katrin, when you're in serials-collection table, some issues are pre-ticked : expected issues, overdue issues... So, if you wish to delete issues, you must first uncheck those already ticked. We would like no issues to be pre-ticked to avoid deletion errors.
Comment 6 Katrin Fischer 2024-10-09 09:29:04 UTC
I think removing the pre-selection would be an unwanted workflow change for some libraries. We train that these are the issues predicted but not received yet.
Comment 7 Nathalie SAVARIT 2024-10-09 10:37:28 UTC
It currently poses a problem for batch deletions of issues. Issues may be deleted if you forget to untick the box.
Comment 8 Katrin Fischer 2024-10-09 11:44:12 UTC
But it adds clicks for other workflows. 
Would a select all/unselect all or some other GUI option do the trick instead?

It's certainly a change that I would not hide in a "seemingly" unrelated bug, but something we should discuss with libraries using that module.
Comment 9 Nathalie SAVARIT 2024-10-10 09:33:47 UTC
I understand. It's a request from users in the French community.
I've asked the people who took part in the working group to come and discuss the ticket.
Comment 10 Katrin Fischer 2024-10-10 10:37:05 UTC
I hope that didn't come across as unfriendly, I am just trying to be careful concerning side effects when behavior is changed. I feel a lot of libraries will be very happy about the enhancements for serials KohaLa/PTFS-E are working on.

I think I got curious about the bug because of the bug description - "Improvements" or "enhancements" usually is a trigger for questions ;)

Ideally this might have been better as 2 small bugs:

* Adding the new column for the item link
* Changing the checkboxes

I have taken another look at the serials collections page and I think maybe the "Receive" link in the toolbar already does something very similar, but with a different selection of status (EXPECTED, LATE vs. EXPECTED, LATE, MISSING_STATUSES, CLAIMED)

Maybe the receive link would be enough and it would be OK to remove the pre-selection. Adding some others for opinions.
Comment 11 Nathalie SAVARIT 2024-10-10 12:40:22 UTC
No, don't worry :) 
In addition to the ‘receive’ link, you can sort the columns. 
In this case, I really think that pre-ticking the boxes is unnecessary.
Let's wait for feedback from other users ;)
Comment 12 Martin AUBEUT 2024-10-11 15:03:40 UTC
I think the two workflows can coexist! Let the user choose to switch between having the checkbox checked by default or unchecked by default, with a unchecked checkbox in the subscription. ;)
Comment 13 Esther Melander 2024-10-11 19:05:17 UTC
I tested this by adding a subscription to a record. I received several issues. I can see the link column but the column is blank. I'm not sure I understand what generates the link? I can see the received issues on the holding table in the Bibliographic view, so I would expect a link to the Item Detail view for the issue from the serial collection page?
Comment 14 Nathalie SAVARIT 2024-10-14 06:04:44 UTC
Esther, You need to create an item when you receive the issue to see the link.
Comment 15 Esther Melander 2024-10-15 18:13:22 UTC
Created attachment 172792 [details]
Missing issue on serials collection page.

I'm not sure why it did not work initially because I did configure the subscription to create the item records (probably a problem with the sandbox). On my second attempt, it did appear to work and I can see the links to the item records in the Link column. However, I received 3 issues and the first issue is not appearing on the serials collection page. The next 2 issues are with their links. (Image example attached).