[OPEN-ILS-DEV] Details for un-available items

[Bill Erickson]

On Wed, 10 Sep 2008 22:33:55 -0400, Bill Ott <bott at grpl.org> wrote:

> I've been digging through rdetail.js trying to figure out a way to do  
> this...
>
> If the last item at a location has a status that is not opac visible,  
> then the only way to view it is through holdings maintenance, even  
> though the staff client reports 0/1  (available/total), there is no call  
> number row displayed.
>
> On the other hand, if there are say 4 damaged items, and still one  
> available, you can see the details (i.e. barcode, status, location, etc)  
> for all 5.

Hi Bill,

There is a disconnect between the copy count summary methods  
(open-ils.search.biblio.copy_counts.summary.retrieve, which calls  
open-ils.storage.biblio.record_entry.status_copy_count.atomic) and the  
copy details display.  The summary methods do not return counts for non  
opac-visible copies, however, once it's time to render the copy details,  
the OPAC fetches /all/ copies associated with a given volume, regardless  
of status.  If the summary method returns no items, the OPAC does not  
attempt to retrieve any copies.

It comes down to how strict we want the definition of "opac visible" for  
copies to be.  If staff should see all copies, regardless of status, we  
should add .staff versions of the summary methods to return counts of  
copies of all statuses, regardless of their opac visibility.  We'd also  
need to make sure the opac renders all statuses in the status columns in  
the staff client (though, I'd be concerned about the columns getting  
scrunched together).

Additionally (or alternatively), I think a filter on item status should be  
applied to the method the OPAC calls to retrieve all copies when not in  
the staff client.

-b


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