[Koha] report generation-Till Reconciliation for each branchlibraries

[BWS Johnson]

Salvete!

>That report has been discussed before and was purposefully commented
out in 3.0 (I argue should have 
>been deleted) becuase it is not reliable in a multi-branch situation.
At present, the branch where the 
>transaction took place is not logged, so you cannot possibly create a
report to extract that information. 
>
>Developers are fairly aware of this problem and are working to totally
overhaul fines data structure. 


I don't mean to be abrasive here, but will that overhaul include a
solution that is palatable to both single branch Libraries and multi
branch? I'd rather not see things tilt towards larger institutions in
terms of deleting functions that used to exist. I know that many people
were turned off by Nomarc getting removed without warning from the code.
I would submit that it ought to be an option again in the next release,
much as I hate the thought of folks not cataloguing in MARC.
I think it's quite possible to poll folks and figure out which reports
are used most frequently and just have those included out of the box.
There is some of this done already, I realise, and I also know that
folks are working on improving reports.
Is it possible in future to send out a note that the developers are
going to comment a feature out or remove it entirely when that code
isn't going to be reworked or included? Code changes and bugs need
fixing, but one of the most attractive things about Koha to me was that
the product was tailored to match the community's needs, and that
generally once a feature was added, it wouldn't go away until just about
everyone agreed that it was deprecated. It was an ILS that wasn't like
other ILSs. I'm really starting to feel like the usability and
innovation present in 2.x is taking a back seat to an interface that is
increasingly resembling Horizon.

Y Gwir yn Erbyn y Byd,
Brooke 
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