[Koha] Koha Not calculating and charging overdue fines

[muiru james]

Anyone please

On Wed, 21 Aug 2019 10:59 muirunyeri <muirunyeri at gmail.com wrote:

> Hi,
>
> While Koha is now calculating fines, its only possible to see the fine
> after item checkin. Its only showing a user as having overdue items but no
> amount of fine accrued before checkin. What can be done to show on the
> screen the amount accrued even while the item is still checked out?
>
> Best Regards
>
>
>
> Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.
> -------- Original message --------
> From: muirunyeri <muirunyeri at gmail.com>
> Date: 16/08/2019 14:12 (GMT+03:00)
> To: Alvaro Cornejo <cornejo.alvaro at gmail.com>, koha at lists.katipo.co.nz
> Subject: Re: [Koha] Koha Not calculating and charging overdue fines
>
> Hi,
>
> Thanks Alvaro. The code worked and now overdue is calculating
>
> Best regards
>
>
>
> Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.
> -------- Original message --------
> From: Alvaro Cornejo <cornejo.alvaro at gmail.com>
> Date: 15/08/2019 16:42 (GMT+03:00)
> To: muirunyeri <muirunyeri at gmail.com>
> Cc: Carlos Lopez <clopez at dml.vic.edu.au>, koha at lists.katipo.co.nz
> Subject: Re: [Koha] Koha Not calculating and charging overdue fines
>
> Hi Muirunyeri
>
> You can access mysql and run a command like:
>
>
> UPDATE `items` SET `homebranch` = `YourHomeBranchID' [WHERE homebranch is NULL];
>
> As you will be editing your database directly, you should backup your
> system before.
>
> Regards,
>
> Alvaro
>
>
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> Le jeu. 15 août 2019 à 01:54, muirunyeri <muirunyeri at gmail.com> a écrit :
>
>> Hi Carlos,
>> I ran the report which returns a single column with item numbers. It
>> indeed confirms all items are without home branch. However, no batch
>> editing option.
>> Any assistance to solve this is highly appreciated.
>> Thanks
>>
>> Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.-------- Original message
>> --------From: Carlos Lopez <clopez at dml.vic.edu.au> Date: 15/08/2019
>> 02:02  (GMT+03:00) To: muirunyeri <muirunyeri at gmail.com>,
>> koha at lists.katipo.co.nz Subject: RE: [Koha] Fwd:Re:  Koha Not
>> calculating and charging overdue fines
>> Hi Muirunyeri
>> If the homebranch field is empty, you could run a report from this query:
>>         SELECT itemnumber
>>         FROM items
>>         WHERE homebranch is NULL
>>
>> You should even get a little "Batch modify" button at the top of your
>> results.
>>
>> With kind regards from the Dalton McCaughey Library Team
>>
>> Carlos Lopez
>>
>> Dalton McCaughey Library | 29 College Crescent, Parkville, VICTORIA 3052
>> Ph: 03 9340 8888 ext.1 | library at dml.vic.edu.au |
>> library.dmlibrary.org.au
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Koha <koha-bounces at lists.katipo.co.nz> On Behalf Of muirunyeri
>> Sent: Thursday, 15 August 2019 5:56 AM
>> To: koha at lists.katipo.co.nz
>> Subject: [Koha] Fwd:Re: Koha Not calculating and charging overdue fines
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.-------- Original message
>> --------From: muirunyeri <muirunyeri at gmail.com> Date: 14/08/2019  22:54
>> (GMT+03:00) To: katrin.fischer.83 at web.de Subject: Re: Re: [Koha] Koha
>> Not calculating and charging overdue fines
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have around 44,000 items that were imported from excel. The homebranch
>> field is blank and this might be the cause if the non-calculating overdue
>> fines. How can i edit items to fill this field (batch)? The homebranch
>> field is not available on the items form. If its hidden, how can I unhide
>> it?
>>
>> You could also give me an SQL code if it'll get the
>
>
>> Sent from  my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.
>>
>>
>>           -------- Original message --------
>>           From: Katrin Fischer <katrin.fischer.83 at web.de>
>>
>>           Date: 06/08/2019 19:14 (GMT+03:00)
>>           To: koha at lists.katipo.co.nz
>>           Subject: Re: [Koha] Koha Not calculating and charging
>>             overdue fines
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>         Hi all,
>>
>>
>>
>>         I think what Caroline described would work well for a dev (git)
>>         or
>>
>>         standard (tarball) installation, while things with the packages
>>         work a
>>
>>         little differently like Michael describes. So it might depend on
>>         your
>>
>>         installation type on what you should do.
>>
>>
>>
>>         For package installations the fines.pl should be scheduled by
>>         default to
>>
>>         run daily.
>>
>>
>>
>>         Have you checked everything else that might prevent fines from
>>         calculating?
>>
>>
>>
>>         - finesmode systempreference?
>>
>>         - Holidays in the calendar?
>>
>>         - Circulation rules correct? For example sometimes it's easy to
>>         miss
>>
>>         that rules for 'all libraries' might have been overwritten by
>>         branch
>>
>>         specific ones.
>>
>>
>>
>>         Hope this helps,
>>
>>
>>
>>         Katrin
>>
>>
>>
>>         On 06.08.19 17:07, Michael Kuhn wrote:
>>
>>         > Hi
>>
>>         >
>>
>>         > >> I think this' where my solution lies however the
>>         cron -l command
>>
>>         > >> replies no cron command for my user account. I
>>         have 2 accounts
>>
>>         > >> showing i.e. the admin account and the
>>         koha_instance account.
>>
>>         > >>
>>
>>         > >> I hope i was supposed to run it thru the main
>>         account coz thats where
>>
>>         > >> I log in.
>>
>>         > >>
>>
>>         > >> Or what might I be doing wrong? I believe the cron
>>         list should have
>>
>>         > >> something. Please advise.
>>
>>         >
>>
>>         > I'm not sure if this is of any help, but in the Koha 19.05
>>         standard
>>
>>         > the script "fines.pl" is executed in file
>>
>>         > "/etc/cron.daily/koha-common" as follows:
>>
>>         >
>>
>>         > koha-foreach --chdir --enabled
>>         /usr/share/koha/bin/cronjobs/fines.pl
>>
>>         >
>>
>>         > Thus not in any user controlled crontab. Also the path is
>>         not
>>
>>         > "misc/cronjobs/fines.pl".
>>
>>         >
>>
>>         > Best wishes: Michael
>>
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