[Evergreen-reports] Waived fines

Tony Miller tony at poplarbluff.org
Thu May 5 13:02:31 EDT 2022


When I get off the desk this afternoon I can see if I can create a report
to share.

On Thu, May 5, 2022 at 11:11 AM Willis, Beth via Evergreen-reports <
evergreen-reports at list.evergreen-ils.org> wrote:

> Hi Sheryl,
>
> I haven't actually created a report for waived fines, but wonder if you
> could use the "Payments" source as your starting point?  This would allow
> you to get the payment date range and the amount.   Depending upon how your
> library categorizes waived fines, you could use payment type as a filter
> (e.g. payment type = forgive_payment).
>
> I think you can link through to the copy table as follows to get relevant
> item data (e.g. circ_modifier):
>
> Payments -> Billable Transaction -> Circulation Billing link ->
> Circulating Item -> Circulation Modifier
>
> Sorry I don't have a working report to share.
> Beth
>
> On Thu, May 5, 2022 at 11:23 AM Angie Devers via Evergreen-reports <
> evergreen-reports at list.evergreen-ils.org> wrote:
>
>> Hi Sheryl,
>>
>>  when we went fine free last summer I used 3 templates "Paid Fines by
>> location with notes" "Outstanding fines and bills with patron barcodes" and
>> "list patrons with fines owed"  - looking back none of these capture the
>> fines that we waived during this time. I'll keep fiddling to see if I can
>> grab the "forgive function" as a payment type or transaction. We were more
>> focused on the patrons than the items but did use the "Amnesty - Forgive
>> Payment" with mixed results.
>>
>>
>> thanks as always,
>>
>>        angie devers
>>
>> Emmaus Public Library Services Manager
>>
>> always open online- www.emmauspl.org
>>
>> ------------------------------
>> *From:* Evergreen-reports <
>> evergreen-reports-bounces at list.evergreen-ils.org> on behalf of Sheryl
>> Davis via Evergreen-reports <evergreen-reports at list.evergreen-ils.org>
>> *Sent:* Tuesday, May 3, 2022 5:58:44 PM
>> *To:* evergreen-reports at list.evergreen-ils.org
>> *Cc:* Sheryl Davis
>> *Subject:* [Evergreen-reports] Waived fines
>>
>> Hello
>>
>> I'm trying to create a report for our waived fines that will tell us circ
>> modifier, dates, and sum. Has anyone ever done this? Would you be willing
>> to share it? I've tried to create a report from scratch but can never get
>> all of the details I need.
>>
>> Thank you,
>> Sheryl
>>
>> --
>> Sheryl Davis
>> Library Technician
>> Thorold Public Library
>> 14 Ormond St.
>> Thorold Ontario
>> L2V 1Y8
>> 905-227-2581
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