[Koha] Multiple IDs or card numbers per user

[Coehoorn, Joel]

This seems like a good idea for an enhancement. Our college currently uses
barcodes, but the ID cards also have RFID tags and we'd like to get some
RFID readers to support both options, as well.

Joel Coehoorn
Director of Information Technology
York College of Nebraska


On Mon, Feb 7, 2022 at 2:49 PM Andy Boze <Boze.1 at nd.edu> wrote:

> Hi, Caroline.
>
> Thanks for checking. I see the problem. I'm used to filling in an ID or
> name in the check out box at the top, and having it present one or more
> hits in a dropdown. When it didn't do that, I was figuring the search
> didn't work. If I actually click on the search button or hit enter after
> filling in the attribute value, it does find the patron.
>
> It's too bad that the self-checkout doesn't use the unique attributes,
> though.
>
> Thanks for the assistance.
>
> Andy
>
> On 2/7/2022 2:53 PM, Caroline Cyr-La-Rose wrote:
> > Hi Andy,
> >
> > I just tried it on Koha 20.05 and it seemed to work?
> >
> > - I added a patron attribute called Additional ID, which is searchable
> > and unique.
> >
> > - I added a value (1234, I know, very original), in one patron account.
> >
> > - In the staff interface, in the search bar at the top, I selected
> > checkout, typed in 1234 and hit enter. It brought me to that one patron.
> >
> > I also tried with a less common value (147852369) and it still brought
> > me to the one patron from the checkout search.
> >
> > I don't think it will work for the self checkout though. That wasn't in
> > your original question, so I thought it was only for checking out from
> > the staff interface. I think the self checkout only allows to use the
> > cardnumber or userid/password.
> >
> >
> > Caroline
> >
> > On 2022-02-07 14 h 21, Andy Boze wrote:
> >> Thanks again, Caroline. I've tried creating additional attributes and
> >> then adding them to a patron record. The problem I'm finding is that
> >> the additional identifiers don't seem to be usable in the same way as
> >> the patron's card number.
> >>
> >> For example, on the self-checkout page, it will only accept patron
> >> card numbers and not any other attributes, even if they are unique and
> >> searchable. And there's a similar problem in the staff client for
> >> check-outs, where I can only use patron name or card number.
> >>
> >> Is there any way to get Koha to search for those attributes in
> >> addition to card number of patron name? The only way I see to search
> >> on those attributes is to go into the patron module and use the search
> >> filter.
> >>
> >> Andy
> >>
> >> On 2/4/2022 5:10 PM, Caroline Cyr-La-Rose wrote:
> >>> Hi Andy!
> >>>
> >>> This would be possible with Patron attributes. You could create an
> >>> attribute type (Administration > Patron attribute types) for each
> >>> additional credential, making sure to specify that the attribute is a
> >>> "unique identifier" and is "searchable".
> >>>
> >>> If you have questions, let me know.
> >>>
> >>> Caroline
> >>>
> >>> On 2022-02-04 16 h 59, Andy Boze wrote:
> >>>> Hi, all.
> >>>>
> >>>> My campus is starting to investigate implementation of digital IDs
> >>>> for students. This would allow them to use their android, iphone, or
> >>>> apple watch digital wallet in place of their standard ID card. They
> >>>> would have up to three unique credentials that act like barcode
> >>>> numbers — the ID card number itself, a phone credential and a watch
> >>>> credential. If this is implemented essentially we would have to
> >>>> store up to three “barcodes” per patron. Is there any way to
> >>>> accommodate this in Koha?
> >>>>
> >>>> Thanks!
> >>>>
> >>>> Andy
> >>>>
> >>> Caroline Cyr La Rose, M.S.I.
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> >
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