[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Customize Fines and Due Dates

[Richard Maloley II]

All,

I've managed to set the default check out period and fines to my liking - I
had to modify a few files in the /openils/var/circ folder and replace
'default' with the new rules that I added via the /cgi-bin/config.cgi web
page.

2 other issues continue to plague me: Patrons are able to check out more
than two items at a time. I'd like this to be locked to two items. In the
circ_groups file I modified it so that maxItems is 2 - this does not appear
to work though. Finally, any idea on how to configure emailing so that
patrons are informed of overdue books along with the administrator of the
system? Has anyone attempted this?

Thanks,
Richard



"I've lost a machine... Literally _lost_. It responds to ping, it works
completely, I just can't figure out where in my apartment it is."


On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 8:31 AM, Richard Maloley II <
richard at rrcomputerconsulting.com> wrote:

> Jason,
>
> Thank you for pointing out those links. It appears as though sections of
> the first link are missing descriptions of what they do - unfortunately that
> did not help me much. I feel as though I may just not be thinking this out
> very well but I can't seem to figure out exactly where to modify the default
> due-date and the fine per day. Is this stored in the PSQL database? Can it
> be directly modified there? Is the final # held in one of these
> configuration files? When looking through the config files I can see it
> grabs default values, can I modify the word default and have it use what I
> type in there?
>
>
> Thanks,
> Richard
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> "I've lost a machine... Literally _lost_. It responds to ping, it works
> completely, I just can't figure out where in my apartment it is."
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> On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 6:48 PM, Jason Etheridge <jason at esilibrary.com>wrote:
>
>> On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 8:26 AM, Richard Maloley II
>> <richard at rrcomputerconsulting.com> wrote:
>> > I've modified the circ_groups.js file for max items out. I'm still
>> unsure on
>> > how to modify the default checkout-period to be 2 days. Also, not sure
>> on
>> > how to define that the fine per day late per book will be $1USD. Finally
>> > still wondering if there is any type of auto-reporting and auto-emailing
>> > that I can configure for this.
>>
>> Richard, I haven't finished this yet, but in the spirit of release
>> early and release often, I'm pointing you to it now in case it helps:
>>
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>> http://evergreen-ils.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=evergreen-admin:customization:circ
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>> There's an older and lower level look at circulation behavior here as
>> well:
>>
>> http://evergreen-ils.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=scratchpad:circs
>>
>> --
>> Jason Etheridge
>>  | VP, Tactical Development
>>  | Equinox Software, Inc. / The Evergreen Experts
>>  | phone:  1-877-OPEN-ILS (673-6457)
>>  | email:  jason at esilibrary.com
>>  | web:  http://www.esilibrary.com
>>
>
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