[Koha] Checkout without barcode

[Eric Bégin]

Robert,

Enabling the <itemBarcodeFallbackSearch> system preference allows you to 
search for a document if the text you entered in the barcode field is 
not found.

So you can consider the barcode field as a search box.

More info available here : 
https://koha-community.org/manual/17.05/html/02_administration.html#itembarcodefallbacksearch

Best regards,

Eric Bégin
Solutions inLibro inc.



On 2018-09-30 15:31, Robert Flach wrote:
> Is there a simple way to checkout books without a barcode?
>
> I'm currently in the process of inventorying and barcoding all our 
> materials, but in the meantime, it would be super useful to be able to 
> checkout materials by looking them up by name/author/etc. So far I 
> have not been able to find a way to do this.  There's no check out to 
> patron option after searching the catalog, and the checkout process 
> only allows for barcodes as the entry method.
>
> Currently I have the catalog search open in one tab and the checkout 
> in the other and copy and paste from one to the other to check items out.
>
> Hoping someone can offer me a better solution.
>
> Thanks,
> Robert
>
>
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