[Koha] Multiple IDs or card numbers per user
Andy Boze
Boze.1 at nd.edu
Tue Feb 8 10:31:32 NZDT 2022
I see that there was a bug filed recently that could address this.
https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=28852
On 2/7/2022 4:01 PM, Coehoorn, Joel wrote:
> This seems like a good idea for an enhancement. Our college currently
> uses barcodes, but the ID cards also have RFID tags and we'd like to get
> some RFID readers to support both options, as well.
>
> Joel Coehoorn
> Director of Information Technology
> York College of Nebraska
>
>
> On Mon, Feb 7, 2022 at 2:49 PM Andy Boze <Boze.1 at nd.edu
> <mailto:Boze.1 at nd.edu>> wrote:
>
> Hi, Caroline.
>
> Thanks for checking. I see the problem. I'm used to filling in an ID or
> name in the check out box at the top, and having it present one or more
> hits in a dropdown. When it didn't do that, I was figuring the search
> didn't work. If I actually click on the search button or hit enter
> after
> filling in the attribute value, it does find the patron.
>
> It's too bad that the self-checkout doesn't use the unique attributes,
> though.
>
> Thanks for the assistance.
>
> Andy
>
> On 2/7/2022 2:53 PM, Caroline Cyr-La-Rose wrote:
> > 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
> >>>>
> >>> Caroline Cyr La Rose, M.S.I.
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> >
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