[Koha] Add 4 days to <<reserves.waitingdate>>

[Lucas Gass]

Hello Chris,

You can try adding this Template Toolkit to your HOLD notcice:

[%- new_waitingdate = manip.DateCalc( hold.waitingdate, '4 days later' ) -%]
[%- formatted_new_waitingdate = manip.UnixDate(date_prev,"%m/%d/%Y") -%]
Hold not available until: [% formatted_new_waitingdate %]


For this to work you should also add the following to the very top of the
slip:

[%- USE date -%]
[%- manip = date.manip -%]


Alternatively, if you want your date to be in the past instead of the
future you can change the syntax to look like this:

[%- new_waitingdate = manip.DateCalc( hold.waitingdate, '4 days ago ) -%]


Good luck!

On Mon, Dec 7, 2020 at 10:30 AM Chris Davis <cgdavis at uintah.utah.gov> wrote:

> Thank you Caroline,
>
> That solution totally make sense, but I apologize that I forgot to
> mention that our sorting machine checks in all of our materials, so we
> cannot ignore the hold trigger. Maybe there's a way to configure Koha to
> send hold notices four days later; however, that would mean that
> on-shelf items which are held would set on the holds shelf for four days
> before their associated notices go out.
>
> Oh well. Thank you anyway for your help.
>
> Regards,
>
> *Christopher Davis, MLS*
> Systems & E-Services Librarian
> Uintah County Library
> 204 E 100 N, Vernal, UT 84078
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> cgdavis at uintah.utah.gov <mailto:cgdavis at uintah.utah.gov>
> +1 (435) 789-0091 ext. 261 <tel:14357890091>
> uintahlibrary.org <https://uintahlibrary.org>
> catalog.uintahlibrary.org <https://catalog.uintahlibrary.org>
> facebook.com/uintahcountylibrary <https://facebook.com/uintahcountylibrary
> >
> instagram.com/uintahcountylibrary
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> On 12/7/20 09:46, Caroline Cyr-La-Rose wrote:
> > Hi Christopher,
> >
> > What I would do in that situation is check in the item, if there is a
> > hold, click "Ignore", put the item in quarantine, when it gets out of
> > quarantine, check it in again and confirm the hold. That way, the item
> > is removed from the previous patron's file, but no email is sent out
> > right away.
> >
> > Otherwise, I don't think it's possible to change the waiting date.
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > Caroline
> >
> > On 20-12-07 11 h 31, Chris Davis wrote:
> >> Dear Colleagues,
> >>
> >> At present, when an item is checked back into our library branch,
> >> Koha sends out hold-available notices to our patron who have a hold
> >> on that item. That same day, the item begins a four-day quarantine;
> >> therefore, we must indicate in the aforementioned hold-available
> >> notices that the item will be available in four days from the
> >> <<reserves.waitingdate>> which is found within the notices.
> >>
> >> I KNOW THAT PATRONS SHOULD READ THE NOTICE MORE CAREFULLY, BUT is
> >> there a way to configure Koha to add four days to the
> >> <<reserves.waitingdate>>? That way we could just put something like
> >> "your hold will be available for pick up on (<<reserves.waitingdate>>
> >> + 4)" to indicate the future date.
> >>
> >> Many thanks,
> >>
> >> *Christopher Davis, MLS*
> >> Systems & E-Services Librarian
> >> Uintah County Library
> >> 204 E 100 N, Vernal, UT 84078
> >> <https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/4375922503>
> >> cgdavis at uintah.utah.gov <mailto:cgdavis at uintah.utah.gov>
> >> +1 (435) 789-0091 ext. 261 <tel:14357890091>
> >> uintahlibrary.org <https://uintahlibrary.org>
> >> catalog.uintahlibrary.org <https://catalog.uintahlibrary.org>
> >> facebook.com/uintahcountylibrary
> >> <https://facebook.com/uintahcountylibrary>
> >> instagram.com/uintahcountylibrary
> >> <https://instagram.com/uintahcountylibrary>
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Lucas Gass
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