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

Tue Dec 8 07:36:21 NZDT 2020

Thanks Lucas, I'll give it a try.

Grateful,

*Christopher Davis, MLS*
Systems & E-Services Librarian
Uintah County Library
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On 12/7/20 11:01, Lucas Gass wrote:
> 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 
> <mailto: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
>     <https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/4375922503>
>     cgdavis at uintah.utah.gov <mailto:cgdavis at uintah.utah.gov>
>     <mailto:cgdavis at uintah.utah.gov <mailto:cgdavis at uintah.utah.gov>>
>     +1 (435) 789-0091 ext. 261 <tel:14357890091>
>     uintahlibrary.org <http://uintahlibrary.org>
>     <https://uintahlibrary.org>
>     catalog.uintahlibrary.org <http://catalog.uintahlibrary.org>
>     <https://catalog.uintahlibrary.org>
>     facebook.com/uintahcountylibrary
>     <http://facebook.com/uintahcountylibrary>
>     <https://facebook.com/uintahcountylibrary>
>     instagram.com/uintahcountylibrary
>     <http://instagram.com/uintahcountylibrary>
>     <https://instagram.com/uintahcountylibrary>
>     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>
>     <mailto:cgdavis at uintah.utah.gov <mailto:cgdavis at uintah.utah.gov>>
>     >> +1 (435) 789-0091 ext. 261 <tel:14357890091>
>     >> uintahlibrary.org <http://uintahlibrary.org>
>     <https://uintahlibrary.org>
>     >> catalog.uintahlibrary.org <http://catalog.uintahlibrary.org>
>     <https://catalog.uintahlibrary.org>
>     >> facebook.com/uintahcountylibrary
>     <http://facebook.com/uintahcountylibrary>
>     >> <https://facebook.com/uintahcountylibrary>
>     >> instagram.com/uintahcountylibrary
>     <http://instagram.com/uintahcountylibrary>
>     >> <https://instagram.com/uintahcountylibrary>
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