[Koha] AllowHoldsDateInFuture

[Christopher Davis]

Kyle,

Thank you...the function of that feature makes much more sense now.

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Christopher Davis
mr.cataloger at gmail.com
(435) 621-2957

On October 7, 2015 3:33:24 AM MDT, Kyle Hall <kyle.m.hall at gmail.com> wrote:
>If Ba is enabled, Koha will look at the date the patron selected and
>insert
>that hold request into the queue such that the the date selected falls
>between the reserve dates of the existing holds.
>
>So if we have a list of holds with reserve dates of:
>
>1) 6/10
>2) 6/18
>3) 6/25
>4) 7/03
>
>and a patron places a hold with the future date 6/20 the list will now
>look
>like this:
>
>1) 6/10
>2) 6/18
>3) 6/20
>4) 6/25
>5) 7/03
>
>Basically, AllowHoldDateInFuture allows patrons to cut in line in order
>to
>get their hold filled by a certain date.
>
>Kyle
>
>http://www.kylehall.info
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>
>On Tue, Oct 6, 2015 at 4:05 PM, Christopher Davis
><mr.cataloger at gmail.com>
>wrote:
>
>> Dear Colleagues,
>>
>> I was reading the Koha manual on the system preference named
>> "AllowHoldDateInFuture" and it was too vague for me. Is the
>> "AllowHoldDateInFuture" for patrons who want to place a "dormant"
>hold on a
>> title which hold will "activate" on a certain date? Will any of you
>please
>> explain this to me?
>>
>> Thank you,
>>
>>
>> Christopher Davis
>> mr.cataloger at gmail.com
>> (435) 621-2957
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