[Koha] planning categories in acquisitions

[Henry Rowsell]

Hi Koha Community

First time on here, but hope you can help out. I'm an acquisitions librarian wanting to make best use of the statistical options available in the Acquisitions module for tracking spending, but I am unable to fully understand from the example in the documentation how to make this work.

I'd like some advice on using the statistics 1 and 2 fields (also referred to as planning values or planning categories) on the order form within Acquisitions. When I have tried to set values for these when creating or editing a fund, it presents various other values available to other admin functions in Koha, but cannot then see such values when back on the order form. How (and where in the system) can one set these values or add more variables? and then how does one use them for reporting?

What I am hoping is that I can set values such as the names of courses or groups at my institute that I could apply as an extra level of statistical detail to funds or sub-funds within my acquisitions budgets.

We are currently using version 3.06.02.003.

Many thanks!
Henry


Henry Rowsell
Acquisitions Librarian
BLDS (British Library for Development Studies)
Institute of Development Studies
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