[Koha] Patron attribute types

[Joann Ransom]

Thank you so much everyone for your help. I love this forum!

Rick Welykochy wrote:
> Joann Ransom wrote:
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>> probably a dumb question ...(sigh)
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> there are no dumb questions ... :)
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>> I am working through the system preferences and parameters for a  
>> lovely new Koha 3.0 test site.  We are running  3.00.00.107.
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>> Is it important to enter / specify any attribute types in the "Patron 
>> Attribute Types" are under Patrons and Circlation"?.
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> Koha 3 runs fine without any patron attributes being added.
> Add them if you want to store additional information with
> your patron data. We can't think of everything!
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>> If I should enter any / some, what ones would people suggest and why?
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> Perhaps your patrons are school kids. You could store their home
> room, grade level, that sort of thing, as extra attributes.
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> As well, if there are authorised values that you wish to link to
> patrons, you can do this very easily by defining a patron attribute
> that Koha will link to the a.v.
>
> In general, if you have patron categorisation and data gathering
> requirements beyond what is already stored in the borrowers table,
> patron attributes are there to fill this need.
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> cheers
> rickw
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