[Koha] Multiple IDs or card numbers per user

[Caroline Cyr-La-Rose]

Hi Andy,

I just tried it on Koha 20.05 and it seemed to work?

- I added a patron attribute called Additional ID, which is searchable 
and unique.

- I added a value (1234, I know, very original), in one patron account.

- In the staff interface, in the search bar at the top, I selected 
checkout, typed in 1234 and hit enter. It brought me to that one patron.

I also tried with a less common value (147852369) and it still brought 
me to the one patron from the checkout search.

I don't think it will work for the self checkout though. That wasn't in 
your original question, so I thought it was only for checking out from 
the staff interface. I think the self checkout only allows to use the 
cardnumber or userid/password.


Caroline

On 2022-02-07 14 h 21, Andy Boze wrote:
> Thanks again, Caroline. I've tried creating additional attributes and 
> then adding them to a patron record. The problem I'm finding is that 
> the additional identifiers don't seem to be usable in the same way as 
> the patron's card number.
>
> For example, on the self-checkout page, it will only accept patron 
> card numbers and not any other attributes, even if they are unique and 
> searchable. And there's a similar problem in the staff client for 
> check-outs, where I can only use patron name or card number.
>
> Is there any way to get Koha to search for those attributes in 
> addition to card number of patron name? The only way I see to search 
> on those attributes is to go into the patron module and use the search 
> filter.
>
> Andy
>
> On 2/4/2022 5:10 PM, Caroline Cyr-La-Rose wrote:
>> Hi Andy!
>>
>> This would be possible with Patron attributes. You could create an 
>> attribute type (Administration > Patron attribute types) for each 
>> additional credential, making sure to specify that the attribute is a 
>> "unique identifier" and is "searchable".
>>
>> If you have questions, let me know.
>>
>> Caroline
>>
>> On 2022-02-04 16 h 59, Andy Boze wrote:
>>> Hi, all.
>>>
>>> My campus is starting to investigate implementation of digital IDs 
>>> for students. This would allow them to use their android, iphone, or 
>>> apple watch digital wallet in place of their standard ID card. They 
>>> would have up to three unique credentials that act like barcode 
>>> numbers — the ID card number itself, a phone credential and a watch 
>>> credential. If this is implemented essentially we would have to 
>>> store up to three “barcodes” per patron. Is there any way to 
>>> accommodate this in Koha?
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>> Andy
>>>
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