[Koha] Circulation Rules: Parent and Child Item Type

[Caroline Cyr La Rose]

Hi Naveen,

It's better to answer to the list rather than just me so someone can 
chime in if they know the answer.

As far as I know, the rule for the parent type only applies to children 
for the "checkouts allowed" rule. This may have changed since, but when 
the parent/child item types were introduced, it was like this.

If your "All" rule has a hard due date, and there are no other rules for 
the children item types, the hard due date should apply.

Otherwise, you need to have a rule for each of your child item types to 
enforce the hard due date, which is unfortunate since you seem to have 
so many, but that is the way it is (as far as I know).

I just tested it in 22.05 with the following rules

  * Rule 1
      o Patron category : all
      o Item type : Books (parent type)
      o Checkouts allowed : 2
      o Checkout period : 10 days (no hard due date)
  * Rule 2
      o Patron category : all
      o Item type : all
      o Checkouts allowed : 50
      o Checkout period : 30 (should not apply since I have a hard due
        date below)
      o Hard due date : exactly on 2022-08-17

I checked out an item with the "Children's books" item type, which is a 
child of the "Books" item type. The hard due date of the "all" category 
was applied because there is no specific rule for "Children's books". 
The checkout limit of the parent type (2) was also applied.

I don't know if my example is just more confusing but the important part 
to remember is that the rule for the parent type will only apply to the 
children for the "checkouts allowed". For the rest, including the hard 
due date, it is managed in individual rules for each children type or an 
"all" rule that would include the children types.

Caroline

On 2022-08-16 01:24, Ms. Naveen Ali wrote:
> Hi Caroline,
>
> Thank you for your reply. I do have an 'ALL' rule.
>
> The circulation Rule has a Hard Due Date which I want to be applied to all child items.
>
> Is that possible?
>
>
> With best regards,
>
> Naveen Ali
>
> ITM-JE (EAKL)
> Inst Representative for
> HEC Digital Library Resources.
> NEDUET, Karachi.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Caroline Cyr La Rose"<caroline.cyr-la-rose at inlibro.com>
> To:koha at lists.katipo.co.nz
> Sent: Monday, 15 August, 2022 7:14:44 PM
> Subject: Re: [Koha] Circulation Rules: Parent and Child Item Type
>
> Hi Naveen,
>
> Maybe someone can correct me if I'm wrong, but the way I understand it
> is that the parent circulation rules only apply to the number of
> checkouts allowed, not the rest of the rules. You do need to have a rule
> for each of your item types, or an 'All' rule.
>
> Regards,
>
> Caroline
>
> On 2022-08-15 06:55, Ms. Naveen Ali wrote:
>> Dear All,
>>
>> In our library we rent textbooks for a semester at 10% cost of the book.
>>
>> To manage this in KOHA, I created a Parent Item with around 60 child items.
>> Each child item has a different rental charge.
>>
>> I have applied a lending policy on the Parent Item with the understanding that it will apply to all child items.
>> However I am not getting the desired result.
>>
>> To get my desired policy, I have to apply the lending policy to each child item.
>>
>> I don't think this is correct behavior but I don't understand what I am doing wrong.
>>
>> With best regards,
>>
>> Naveen Ali
>>
>> ITM-JE (EAKL)
>> Inst Representative for
>> HEC Digital Library Resources.
>> NEDUET, Karachi.
>>
>>
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