[Koha] Export koha patron

Russel G. P. Shihepo russellgeeps at gmail.com
Mon Dec 6 20:01:29 NZDT 2021


Dear Katrin

Thank you for the valuable input.

Regards
Russel

On Mon, Dec 6, 2021 at 1:25 AM Katrin Fischer <katrin.fischer.83 at web.de>
wrote:

> Hi,
>
> moving all this data would be much more complicated than just moving the
> patrons from one installation to the other. In order to move the loans,
> you'd also need to add the bibliographic records/items to the other
> system, possibly matching with existing records, etc. There are
> currently no scripts/tools in Koha to do this.
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Katrin
>
> On 01.12.21 04:11, Bravismore Mumanyi wrote:
> > Just thinking aloud here. Will this process take care of active loans
> > linked to these patrons? Any past anonymised stats, etc.
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > On Tue, 30 Nov 2021, 19:06 Eric Phetteplace, <ephetteplace at cca.edu>
> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi Russel,
> >>
> >> Since you can batch import patrons
> >> <
> https://koha-community.org/manual/21.05/en/html/tools.html#patron-import>
> >> using a CSV and export reports to CSV, yes, there's a relatively simple
> way
> >> to transfer patrons from one instance to another. Write a report that
> grabs
> >> all the columns and patrons you want to transfer (essentially `SELECT *
> >> FROM borrowers`), download it to a CSV, and import on your other
> instance.
> >> There are more options and nuances to it, but that is all you have to
> do.
> >>
> >> Best,
> >>
> >> ERIC PHETTEPLACE Systems Librarian, Libraries (he/him)
> >>
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> >>
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> >>
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> >>
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> >>
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> >>
> >>
> >> On Tue, Nov 30, 2021 at 5:56 AM Russel G. P. Shihepo <
> >> russellgeeps at gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Hi,
> >>>
> >>> Is there is a way to batch export patron data from one Koha to another
> >>> Koha?
> >>>
> >>> Thank you in advance!
> >>>
> >>> Regards,
> >>> Russel
> >>> Librarian
> >>> Namibia Library and Archives Service
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