[Koha] Reports issues

[Marty Jongepier]

Thanks, 
Yes, that would possibly explain it. I was assuming it was a moment view, so
that if I run a report on a Monday night, it would give me a report on what
was out that day. Items very, very rarely get issued more than once a day.

I am still a bit puzzled though. Is there anywhere an explanation about the
reports, that is about the only part of Koha that keeps confusing me. I
always can go into Mysql and do queries there if needed, but I like the
reports idea.

Marty

-----Original Message-----
From: Henri-Damien LAURENT [mailto:laurenthdl at alinto.com] 
Sent: Saturday, April 14, 2007 9:37 AM
To: Marty Jongepier
Cc: koha at lists.katipo.co.nz
Subject: Re: [Koha] Reports issues

Marty Jongepier a écrit :
> When I do a report on 'issues by category' I get a total of 1466 items. A
> note here; I only get results if I don't check the branch - we have only
one
> branch, main, and if I do check that, I get only zero's. So, if I don't
> check that I get a total of 1466 items issued.
>
> We have a total of 6627 items.
> When I do a report on 'books not issued' it comes up with a total of 5700.
> Maybe I am all wrong, but in my world, 6627 - 5700 = 927, not 1466. (Total
> minus items not issued is number of items issued)
>
> So, is my thinking wrong or is there something wrong with the report? And
> what can I do about it? Is there any way to test it? 
>
> Thanks,
>
> Marty
>   
Hi,
Sorry to answer that late.

Maybe I am misunderstanding, but, the fact is that sometimes, one book
can be issued many times.
So that if you have issued 10 times Harry Potter, then it is counted as
10 issues. But only one item was issued.

Would not that be a good explanation ?

-- 
Henri-Damien LAURENT