[Koha] Editor forcing Default fields into other frameworks

[Elaine Bradtke]

I should say this is a problem for new records. When we go to add a new
record, it opens in the Default framework and changing frameworks does not
remove the mandatory fields that aren't used in that framework.

On Thu, Nov 19, 2015 at 7:26 PM, Elaine Bradtke <eb at efdss.org> wrote:

> I don't know if this is a new quirk, or I just haven't noticed it before.
>
> I was looking at a bibliogrpahic record that was in the wrong framework
> (Default, when it should have been Serials).   I switched the view to
> Serials framework and it looked fine. Then I opened the record for
> editing.  It switched back to the Default framework, and added some fields
> we don't use in serials.  One of these is marked as required. I changed the
> framework back to serials, and tried to save it, but the required field
> from the Default framework (blank because there is no information to go in
> this field for Serials) caused it to throw up an error message and it would
> not save. I can't delete the field either. This means I can't change the
> framework associated with the record.
>
> Testing it with other items -Editing any record that is in the Default
> framework will force (empty) Default framework fields into the record even
> after  you change the framework. There is no information in these fields in
> the original record. If the field is mandatory in Default it will become
> mandatory in the new framework, even if it doesn't actually exist in that
> framework.
>
> Any thoughts? Should I file a bug? I am (only just) restraining myself
> from turning off the mandatory status of the field in the Default
> framework, only because we're not supposed to edit it.
>
> --
> Elaine Bradtke
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Elaine Bradtke
Data Wrangler
VWML
English Folk Dance and Song Society | http://www.efdss.org
Cecil Sharp House, 2 Regent's Park Road, London NW1 7AY
Tel    +44 (0) 20 7485 2206 (This number is for the English Folk Dance and
Song Society in London, England. If you wish to phone me personally, send
an e-mail first. I work off site)
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