[Koha] Fines does not charge even when an item is overdue

Kyle Hall kyle.m.hall at gmail.com
Wed Jan 20 05:10:50 NZDT 2016


If you run fines.pl does the fine get generated?

Kyle

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On Tue, Jan 19, 2016 at 1:43 AM, Limo <jonathan.limo at tum.ac.ke> wrote:

> ​Hi
> CalculateFinesOnReturn is enabled and finesMode is set to Calculate and
> charge​. But it does not charge fine to overdue items
>
> Kindly advice
>
> On 15 January 2016 at 16:40, Kyle Hall <kyle.m.hall at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Do you have your system preference CalculateFinesOnReturn enabled? Also,
>> you'll want to make sure finesMode is set to "Calculate and charge.
>>
>> Kyle
>>
>> http://www.kylehall.info
>> ByWater Solutions ( http://bywatersolutions.com )
>> Meadville Public Library ( http://www.meadvillelibrary.org )
>> Crawford County Federated Library System ( http://www.ccfls.org )
>> Mill Run Technology Solutions ( http://millruntech.com )
>>
>> On Thu, Jan 14, 2016 at 12:58 AM, Jonathan Limo <jonathan.limo at tum.ac.ke>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hallo,
>>> I have a problem with fines, patrons are not charged fines even when the
>>> item checked in is overdue. I have cross checked circulation and fine
>>> rules, and they are all as expected.
>>>
>>> Sometimes back the Intranet used to give this error during check-in:
>>> *           Can't call method "truncate" on an undefined value at >>
>>> /usr/share/koha/lib/C4/Circulation.pm line 1966*
>>>
>>> I searched for a solution online and found that setting debarred value to
>>> NULL resolve the "truncate" error, so i ran the SQL:
>>>
>>> *UPDATE borrowers SET debarred=NULL WHERE debarred='0000-00-00';*
>>>
>>> This solved the error, however the problem on charging fine showed up, it
>>> doesn't charge fine to patrons with overdue items during check-in.
>>>
>>> Kindly advice
>>>
>>> --
>>> Jonathan Limo
>>> Technical University of Mombasa
>>> jonathan.limo at tum.ac.ke|limotit28 at gmail.com
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>>
>>
>
>
> --
>
> *Jonathan Limo*
>
> Technical University of Mombasa
>
> Tel +254728593370 +254774111760
>


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