[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] FIFO Holds

[Mike Rylander]

On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 11:47 AM, Turner, Jennifer M
<jennifer.turner at mnsu.edu> wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> We have been testing the FIFO patch in version 1.6.0.5 and are having some
> issues with implementation.  We have FIFO set to ‘True’ at the system level
> in Organization Unit Settings.  However, when capturing an item for a hold
> from a branch, the item is still sent to a patron at that branch, even if
> patrons at other branches placed holds at an earlier date.
>
> Example:
> An item has 17 holds on it.
> Patron 1 placed a hold on 2010-02-18 at Branch X
> Patron 2 placed a hold on 2010-02-19 at Branch X
> Patron 3 placed a hold on 2010-02-21 at Branch Y
> Patron 4 placed a hold on 2010-03-02 at Branch Z
> (etc)
>
> The item is returned to branch Y.  Patron 3 at Branch Y receives the item;
> Patrons 1 and 2 are kept waiting.
>
> Do we need to set FIFO to ‘True’ at the branch level?  Or is there another
> configuration piece that we are missing?

In your example, branches X, Y and Z are all inside the system that
has FIFO holds enabled?

--miker

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