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
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