Joshua M. Ferraro wrote:
The documentation at kohadocs.org seems to suggest that since
version
2.2 none of the scripts for calculating fines work. Is this true?
I'm still curious which fines script I should use.
The fines module in Koha is a fine example of a feature that hasn't been fully exposed to the system administration section of the admin interface. For now, the assumption is that if you need to enable fines and you're managing Koha yourself (as opposed to getting commercial support from one of the available providers), you'll be spending some time customizing the fines script and module to suit your needs. That said, have a look at the fines2.pl in misc/ that relies on C4/Circulation/Fines.pm, it's a good example of how to start out with fines management in Koha.
Thanks for the information. So it looks like the documentation is wrong and fines2.pl does work, but needs customisation. I've had a look at it and it's not pretty, there are far too many magic numbers in there. For example, there's a maximum fine variable buried in the code, set to 5. However, here in Nigeria that's far too low (there are about 130 Naira to the US Dollar). If I had the time I'd rewrite it to read things out of system preferences. Would I be right in saying that for each "fine cycle" (7 days or whatever) this will add an additional line item to the borrower's record? Getting support from one of the available providers would be great, but Nigerian educational organisations just don't have the money. -- Kevin O'Rourke ICT Coordinator, National Teachers' Institute, Kaduna, Nigeria 062 316972