[Koha] Advanced search by shelving location broken?

[Katrin Fischer]

Hi Agnes,

have you tried searching with the location code instead of the
description? I think this should work - I have tested in 3.18 and on master.

As the patrons don't know the code and you can set up a search option
for locations with checkboxes like for itemtpyes (system preference
AdvancedSearchTypes), we have hidden the entry in the pull down for some
libraries with jQuery:

$("#advsearch option[value='location']").hide();

The change in the search index you see when leaving the first field
empty is because of a bug:

Bug 7607 - Advanced search: Index and search term don't match when
leaving fields empty
http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=7607

The problem is that it will use the index selected for the first search
option if you have left it empty. In your case that means it will do a
keyword search selected on the first line instead of using the location
index you selected on the second.

Hope this helps,

Katrin


Am 03.12.2015 um 01:56 schrieb Agnes Rivers-Moore:
> Dear list folks
> 
> I have Koha 3.20.02
> 
> In advanced search - use first search line drop down to select "shelving location"
> Enter term to search for.
> Koha searches for  =location,wrdl: ... but 0 results
> 
> Use second line drop down to select "shelving location"
> Enter term to search for.
> Koha then searches for the search term(s) as a keyword, not a location.
> =kw,wrdl:
> 
> Can anyone check and confirm whether they can successfully search by shelving location?
> If so, what Koha version are you on?
> 
> Thank you
> Agnes
> 
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