[Koha] Transfer Issue Related to Item Type

[Evan Lembke]

Katrin,

This is a perfect example of why I need to reach out for help before I
drive myself crazy with an issue. Batch Item Modification and changing the
Home Library on my test books has worked perfectly.

Thank you for your insight!

Evan Lembke
Barnum Public Schools
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On Mon, Mar 6, 2023 at 2:40 PM Katrin Fischer <katrin.fischer.83 at web.de>
wrote:

> Hi Evan,
>
> I suspect that the issue is the homebranch/holdingbranch now.
>
> Is it possible that all items with itemtypes had been created within
> Koha? Then the holdingbranch and homebranch would have been set
> correctly for those and there would be no issues on checkin.
>
> If you edit and save the item, any wrong/missing settings would also
> probably be corrected by Koha.
>
> Both, homebranch and holdingbranch need to be set and also match exactly
> (case sensitive) one of your configured library codes.
>
> Batch editing those fields as well might fix your issue.
>
> Hope that helps,
>
> Katrin
>
> On 06.03.23 20:28, Evan Lembke wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > Two years ago we (2 site school) migrated from Follett to Koha on-prem.
> > During the migration, the imported item records did not come with an item
> > type but they still imported. This now causes a "Return to Home Library"
> > notification when items are being checked in. However, I noticed that
> this
> > error was not happening to new items that were being entered (because
> they
> > had an item type from the start).
> >
> > When I figured out it was an item type issue, I did a batch edit and
> > assigned all my items an item type. After this, I am still getting the
> > "Return to Home Library" message on those items with the following
> > exception:
> > If I click on the item, click Edit, then immediately click save, the
> issue
> > no longer affects that particular item. It is almost like the batch
> > modification changes the value but the system doesn't recognize it yet
> > until I edit/save it.
> >
> > I really don't want to have to manually edit/save each item if possible.
> I
> > saw there was a touch_all_items script but I can't find any
> > documentation to see if that is what I need.
> >
> > Does anyone have any ideas or suggestions?
> >
> > Thank you for any help you may be willing to offer.
> >
> > Evan Lembke
> >
> >
> > "Creativity is intelligence having fun." - Albert Einstein
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