[Koha] Question regarding patron anonymization

[Katrin Fischer]

Hi Andy,

at the moment the anonymization is limited to the old_issues table. See:

*Bug 23453*
<https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=23453> - The
statistics table bypasses anonymization of circulation data

I believe cleanup_database.pl has an option to remove statistics entries.

Hope this helps,

Katrin

On 20.10.22 21:48, Andy Boze wrote:
> Hi, all.
>
> We regularly run the patron anonymization script as documented at <
> https://koha-community.org/manual/21.11/en/html/cron_jobs.html#anonymize-patron-data
> >. The documentation doesn't go into details of exactly what the
> script does.
>
> The documentation for the batch patron anonymization <
> https://koha-community.org/manual/21.11/en/html/tools.html#batch-patron-deletion-anonymization
> > say "This tool allows you to bulk anonymize circulation
> histories...", by which I assume it means it will replace the
> borrowernumber in the old_issues table with that of the anonymous patron.
>
> I'm wondering whether any anonymization is supposed to occur in the
> statistics table. Our statistics table goes back several years, and I
> don't see any anonymization of the borrowernumber there.
>
> Thanks for any thoughts.
>
> Andy
>