[Koha] Finding a patron name in lookup

[Wagner, Jane]

Not an immediate solution, but we do have an enhancement in testing
right now that has some advanced patron searching possibilities
including truncation, searching by partial phone/email, and SQL
searching.  You would then be able to search HEATH, HEA* etc.  It's tied
to some other features that are still being developed, but we hope to
get the group out soon.

 

Jane Wagner

Library Systems Analyst

PTFS Inc.

Content Management and Library Solutions

6400 Goldsboro Road, Suite 200

Bethesda, MD  20817

(301) 654-8088 x 151

jwagner at ptfs.com <mailto:jwagner at ptfs.com> 

 

From: koha-bounces at lists.katipo.co.nz
[mailto:koha-bounces at lists.katipo.co.nz] On Behalf Of Sharon Moreland
Sent: Tuesday, July 28, 2009 10:28 AM
To: Nicole Engard
Cc: koha at lists.katipo.co.nz; Mickey Coalwell
Subject: Re: [Koha] Finding a patron name in lookup

 

Hi Nicole, 
The issue is that we have 197 Heathers in the catalog, so finding
Heather Heath is proving difficult - we have problems with Jones and
Smiths, as well.  The only helpful feature I've discovered is that we
can sort by Branch and then go to the last page of the results to get to
the library in question.  Clunky.  Do any qualifiers work in the patron
search box? 

Sharon
NExpress

On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 5:38 AM, Nicole Engard
<nicole.engard at liblime.com> wrote:

Mickey, does searching for her full name not work?  A full name search
should find her - or a search by barcode.  I'm confused as to why that
isn't working.  What results are they getting?

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Nicole C. Engard
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On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 5:51 PM, Mickey Coalwell<mcoalwell at nekls.org>
wrote:
> Any thoughts/tips/strategies for finding a patron named HEATHER HEATH
> (or any similarly structured name) in Koha's patron lookup quickly and
> efficiently? I'm confounded. This is an actual patron name, and her
home
> library called us to say that they could not find her via name lookup.
> Interesting problem.
>
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Sharon Moreland
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