[Koha] Issue with renewals

[Peel Lisa]

Chris

You are an angel and I am an idiot (for not checking something so simple before sending out an e-mail!)

Thank you!

Regards

Lisa

Lisa Peel
Librarian
"César Ritz" Colleges Switzerland
1897 Le Bouveret - Switzerland
Tel: +41 24 482 82 82 Fax: +41 24 482 82 80
E-mail: lisa.peel at ritz.edu
http://www.ritz.edu/ - http://www.culinaryarts.ch/

+++ 25 Years "César Ritz" Colleges Switzerland +++
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From: Chris Cormack [chris at bigballofwax.co.nz]
Sent: 19 July 2011 10:35
To: Peel Lisa
Cc: koha at lists.katipo.co.nz
Subject: Re: [Koha] Issue with renewals

2011/7/19 Peel Lisa <lisa.peel at ritz.edu>:
> Hello
>
> We upgraded to 3.4 at the end of June. Yesterday I was doing some staff
> training and noticed that if I issue a book to a patron and on the same day
> renew it, the date keeps rolling forward instead of renewing to the same
> date. For example, I issued a 1 week loan to a patron yesterday, original
> due date 25th July. I renewed it yesterday the first time, instead of the
> due date remaining the 25th, it was now 1st August. Second time, 8th August.
> Third time 15th August.
>
> Is there anything in the circ rules (or anywhere else for that matter!) to
> stop this happening? If any of our students realise it will do this I can
> envisage them renewing their items several times immediately to get longer
> loans before other students can place holds.
>
Hi Lisa

Yes there is, in system preferences, you can choose whether a renewal
acts on todays date, or on the due date. It sounds to me like you have
it set to use the existing due date to calculate the new due date.

Hope this helps

Chris