[Koha] Locations and sublocations

[Joann Ransom]

there you go - that is why I need this forum!

Lino Tremblay wrote:
> Hello Joann,
>
> One of the problems I see with your solution it your OPAC's Location 
> menu: it will contain all your locations, sorted alphabetically - which 
> probably means in no logical order. This is everything but user-friendly 
> if you have more than 4-5 locations/sublocations... Is it possible to 
> choose and configure what's in this menu? I'd like to hide some 
> locations and sublocations, by example.
>
>
> Lino
>
> Joann Ransom a écrit :
>   
>> Hi Lino,
>>
>> I struggled with this too, and came up with entering 3 locations 
>> (which are physical buildings) and 4 locations (which are collections 
>> or departments within the actual buildings). So 7 altogether, a 
>> mixture of buildings, departments and 'virtual' locations.
>>
>> Would love to hear other people's solutions as I am still quietly 
>> working through configuration before a data import and still have time 
>> to change..
>>
>> cheers Jo.
>>
>>
>>
>> Lino Tremblay wrote:
>>     
>>> Hello everybody,
>>>
>>> I'm trying to figure out how I'll set up my locations, and I'd like 
>>> to know how you guys did. As our situation not atypicall, I'm sure 
>>> some of you have faced the same problem
>>>
>>> So: we have several collections here, located for the most part in 
>>> three places: library, departments and laboratories. Each of these 
>>> locations is divided in several sublocations/collections. My problem 
>>> is that all locations/sublocations/collections in Koha are at the 
>>> same level: in an item, I could choose "Library" as a location, and a 
>>> specific department as a sublocation - or the opposite, or any 
>>> combination I can imagine - and it would be accepted.
>>>
>>> My question now: is there a way to create a hierarchy so that my 
>>> Location menu contains only my three locations, and the 
>>> Sublocation/collection shows only the collections available within 
>>> this location? Or at least refuse an invalid combination?
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>> Lino
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