[Koha] AllowHoldsDateInFuture

[Kyle Hall]

If Ba is enabled, Koha will look at the date the patron selected and insert
that hold request into the queue such that the the date selected falls
between the reserve dates of the existing holds.

So if we have a list of holds with reserve dates of:

1) 6/10
2) 6/18
3) 6/25
4) 7/03

and a patron places a hold with the future date 6/20 the list will now look
like this:

1) 6/10
2) 6/18
3) 6/20
4) 6/25
5) 7/03

Basically, AllowHoldDateInFuture allows patrons to cut in line in order to
get their hold filled by a certain date.

Kyle

http://www.kylehall.info
ByWater Solutions ( http://bywatersolutions.com )
Meadville Public Library ( http://www.meadvillelibrary.org )
Crawford County Federated Library System ( http://www.ccfls.org )
Mill Run Technology Solutions ( http://millruntech.com )

On Tue, Oct 6, 2015 at 4:05 PM, Christopher Davis <mr.cataloger at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Dear Colleagues,
>
> I was reading the Koha manual on the system preference named
> "AllowHoldDateInFuture" and it was too vague for me. Is the
> "AllowHoldDateInFuture" for patrons who want to place a "dormant" hold on a
> title which hold will "activate" on a certain date? Will any of you please
> explain this to me?
>
> Thank you,
>
>
> Christopher Davis
> mr.cataloger at gmail.com
> (435) 621-2957
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