Hi, David. Thank you for pointing me in the right direction. It was indeed added as a patron attribute. Since I'm usually the only one who makes these configuration changes, it didn't occur to me to look there. I just assumed it was a new feature added to Koha at some point. I may have to submit a bug to see if it would be possible for selfcheck to accept more than just card number or userID/password. Ideally we'd like to be able to use SSO for selfcheck. Andy On 8/4/2026 11:32 AM, David Liddle wrote:

Hi Andy, since I see that information entered in the /Additional attributes/ section of your patron entry in the staff interface, I suspect that it's a local customization of patron attributes and not a default feature of Koha. That would also explain why you don't see mentions of that exact terminology in the manual or Bugzilla. I'd start by looking at what's been added in /Administration > Patron attribute types/.//I imagine that you'll find your "Digital Card" there, with the boxes highlighted in this image checked:

image.png

Other people reading these messages in the mailing list may have more information to add.

I'm just guessing here, but if your issue centers on the self checkout system, making use of the following system preference: https://koha-community.org/manual/latest/en/html/circulationpreferences.html... then it may be that the self checkout module can't associate those other card numbers with your patrons because it is /strictly/ focused on a patron's "true" /cardnumber/ in Koha, unlike the patron searches that /do/ work in your other examples. Again, that's just a guess, but it might point you in the right direction.

On Tue, Aug 4, 2026 at 4:14 PM Andy Boze <boze.1@nd.edu> wrote:

Oops, I forgot to add the image.

On 8/4/2026 10:12 AM, Andy Boze wrote:

...

Hi, David.

I first noticed this feature a couple of years ago (I think) when I was adding/updating patron accounts. At the time, I believe it only allowed for a single Digital Card (DC). More recently it seems that you can add multiple DCs. See the screen capture below.

We're interested in this because recently our university has instituted a systems where faculty/staff/students can have up to three different card numbers. There's one card number associated with their physical ID card, and a different number for their phone, and a third number for their watch. Any of these three methods can be used for unlocking doors, checking out books, purchasing food at campus eateries, etc.

The Koha circulation systems lets you read the card number from any of these devices (if you have the appropriate hardware), but we need to be able to use those digital card numbers at the selfcheck station. At this time the selfcheck system only seems to be able to use the main patron card number, not the digital ones.

I've already checked Bugzilla and didn't see anything and it's not mentioned in the patron account creation section of the Koha manual.

Thanks!

Andy

On 8/4/2026 3:23 AM, David Liddle wrote:

...

Hi Andy, if you haven't found mention of the feature in the documentation, could you describe how you came across it and how you access or manage it? I've seen references to the "Patron card creator" in Tools and the "OPACVirtualCard" in System preferences, but they don't seem to match your description. Another way to find the origins of a setting or feature is to search Bugzilla for the exact terms used within the feature, system preferences, or database.

Regards,

David Liddle (a bog-standard system administrator)

On Mon, Aug 3, 2026 at 11:24 PM Andy Boze via Koha <koha@lists.katipo.co.nz> wrote:

Hi, all.

I'm trying to learn more about the Digital Card identifier in the patron account information. I haven't been able to find any mention of this feature in the Koha manual. I see that I can create multiple Digital Cards, and I can use those card numbers just like I would use the regular card number for circulation in the staff module. The selfcheck page doesn't recognize the Digital Card number, only the regular card number. Is there a system setting that would allow selfcheck to use digital card numbers, or is that currently not possible?

Thanks for any advice.

Andy

-- Andy Boze, Associate Librarian University of Notre Dame 271H Hesburgh Library (574) 631-8708 _______________________________________________

Koha mailing list -- koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://koha-community.org To unsubscribe send an email to koha-leave@lists.katipo.co.nz Unsubscribe:

-- Andy Boze, Associate Librarian University of Notre Dame 271H Hesburgh Library (574) 631-8708

-- Andy Boze, Associate Librarian University of Notre Dame 271H Hesburgh Library (574) 631-8708

-- Andy Boze, Associate Librarian University of Notre Dame 271H Hesburgh Library (574) 631-8708