Kyle, Thank you...the function of that feature makes much more sense now.
-- Christopher Davis [email protected] (435) 621-2957 On October 7, 2015 3:33:24 AM MDT, Kyle Hall <[email protected]> wrote: >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 ><[email protected]> >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 >> [email protected] >> (435) 621-2957 >> _______________________________________________ >> Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org >> [email protected] >> https://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha >> _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org [email protected] https://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
