Lucas, Thank you for sending this code. I added it to the hold notice and then tested it; however, the notice does not display any date after "hold not available until: ". I am floundering because I do not know the first thing about Template Toolkit or Perl. Will you please help me know what I am doing wrong? Also, you mentioned: "For this to work you should also add the following to the very top of the slip: [%- USE date -%] [%- manip = date.manip -%] " I was not sure what you meant by "slip", so I put this code at the top of the notice. What did you mean by "slip"? Thank you, *Christopher Davis, MLS* Systems & E-Services Librarian Uintah County Library 204 E 100 N, Vernal, UT 84078 <https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/4375922503> cgdavis@uintah.utah.gov <mailto:cgdavis@uintah.utah.gov> +1 (435) 789-0091 ext. 261 <tel:14357890091> uintahlibrary.org <https://uintahlibrary.org> catalog.uintahlibrary.org <https://catalog.uintahlibrary.org> facebook.com/uintahcountylibrary <https://facebook.com/uintahcountylibrary> instagram.com/uintahcountylibrary <https://instagram.com/uintahcountylibrary> On 12/7/20 11:01, Lucas Gass wrote:
Hello Chris,
You can try adding this Template Toolkit to your HOLD notcice:
[%- new_waitingdate = manip.DateCalc( hold.waitingdate, '4 days later' ) -%] [%- formatted_new_waitingdate = manip.UnixDate(date_prev,"%m/%d/%Y") -%] Hold not available until: [% formatted_new_waitingdate %]
For this to work you should also add the following to the very top of the slip:
[%- USE date -%] [%- manip = date.manip -%]
Alternatively, if you want your date to be in the past instead of the future you can change the syntax to look like this:
[%- new_waitingdate = manip.DateCalc( hold.waitingdate, '4 days ago ) -%]
Good luck!
On Mon, Dec 7, 2020 at 10:30 AM Chris Davis <cgdavis@uintah.utah.gov <mailto:cgdavis@uintah.utah.gov>> wrote:
Thank you Caroline,
That solution totally make sense, but I apologize that I forgot to mention that our sorting machine checks in all of our materials, so we cannot ignore the hold trigger. Maybe there's a way to configure Koha to send hold notices four days later; however, that would mean that on-shelf items which are held would set on the holds shelf for four days before their associated notices go out.
Oh well. Thank you anyway for your help.
Regards,
*Christopher Davis, MLS* Systems & E-Services Librarian Uintah County Library 204 E 100 N, Vernal, UT 84078 <https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/4375922503> cgdavis@uintah.utah.gov <mailto:cgdavis@uintah.utah.gov> <mailto:cgdavis@uintah.utah.gov <mailto:cgdavis@uintah.utah.gov>> +1 (435) 789-0091 ext. 261 <tel:14357890091> uintahlibrary.org <http://uintahlibrary.org> <https://uintahlibrary.org> catalog.uintahlibrary.org <http://catalog.uintahlibrary.org> <https://catalog.uintahlibrary.org> facebook.com/uintahcountylibrary <http://facebook.com/uintahcountylibrary> <https://facebook.com/uintahcountylibrary> instagram.com/uintahcountylibrary <http://instagram.com/uintahcountylibrary> <https://instagram.com/uintahcountylibrary> On 12/7/20 09:46, Caroline Cyr-La-Rose wrote: > Hi Christopher, > > What I would do in that situation is check in the item, if there is a > hold, click "Ignore", put the item in quarantine, when it gets out of > quarantine, check it in again and confirm the hold. That way, the item > is removed from the previous patron's file, but no email is sent out > right away. > > Otherwise, I don't think it's possible to change the waiting date. > > Best regards, > > Caroline > > On 20-12-07 11 h 31, Chris Davis wrote: >> Dear Colleagues, >> >> At present, when an item is checked back into our library branch, >> Koha sends out hold-available notices to our patron who have a hold >> on that item. That same day, the item begins a four-day quarantine; >> therefore, we must indicate in the aforementioned hold-available >> notices that the item will be available in four days from the >> <<reserves.waitingdate>> which is found within the notices. >> >> I KNOW THAT PATRONS SHOULD READ THE NOTICE MORE CAREFULLY, BUT is >> there a way to configure Koha to add four days to the >> <<reserves.waitingdate>>? That way we could just put something like >> "your hold will be available for pick up on (<<reserves.waitingdate>> >> + 4)" to indicate the future date. >> >> Many thanks, >> >> *Christopher Davis, MLS* >> Systems & E-Services Librarian >> Uintah County Library >> 204 E 100 N, Vernal, UT 84078 >> <https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/4375922503> >> cgdavis@uintah.utah.gov <mailto:cgdavis@uintah.utah.gov> <mailto:cgdavis@uintah.utah.gov <mailto:cgdavis@uintah.utah.gov>> >> +1 (435) 789-0091 ext. 261 <tel:14357890091> >> uintahlibrary.org <http://uintahlibrary.org> <https://uintahlibrary.org> >> catalog.uintahlibrary.org <http://catalog.uintahlibrary.org> <https://catalog.uintahlibrary.org> >> facebook.com/uintahcountylibrary <http://facebook.com/uintahcountylibrary> >> <https://facebook.com/uintahcountylibrary> >> instagram.com/uintahcountylibrary <http://instagram.com/uintahcountylibrary> >> <https://instagram.com/uintahcountylibrary> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org >> Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz <mailto:Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz> >> Unsubscribe: https://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha > _______________________________________________
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