[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Adding patron info to checkout receipts - quick poll

Joan Kranich jkranich at cwmars.org
Wed Jan 24 07:37:46 EST 2018


Thanks Jason.  This is very helpful information.  Some of our libraries
also use the 'you saved...' details.

Joan

On Tue, Jan 23, 2018 at 3:49 PM, Boyer, Jason A <JBoyer at library.in.gov>
wrote:

> Those may be there already because of the way circs are added; they're
> just not spelled out in the comments on the template.
>
> Try these out in the tag that has the rest of the item information:
> checkout.author, checkout.copy.price, and checkout.renewal_remaining (no
> 's')
>
> Almost every field from action.circulation (checkout.circ.*), asset.copy
> (checkout.copy.*), and asset.call_number (checkout.call_number.*) is
> available along with checkout.title and checkout.author on each circ;
> they're just not mentioned in the template. There's currently nothing from
> the actor.usr table though, which is what I'm adding now.
>
> Jason
>
> --
> Jason Boyer
> MIS Supervisor
> Indiana State Library
> http://library.in.gov/
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Open-ils-general [mailto:open-ils-general-
> > bounces at list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of Tina Ji
> > Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2018 3:32 PM
> > To: Evergreen Discussion Group <open-ils-general at list.
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> > Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Adding patron info to checkout receipts -
> > quick poll
> >
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> > We need item price. Some of our libraries sum up the price of checked
> > out items and print a you-saved-so-much note.
> >
> > I also think Author and Remaining_renewal may be helpful.
> >
> > Thank you!
> >
> >
> >
> > Quoting "Boyer, Jason A" <JBoyer at library.in.gov>:
> >
> > > I'm basically done with
> > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/evergreen/+bug/1737540 but before making
> > > a potential privacy faux-pas or leaving out anything potentially
> > > useful I wanted to get some opinions. (My hope is that no library
> > > uses the whole prefix, first, middle, last, suffix anywhere, but
> > > prefix + last, just first, or first +middle initial might be useful)
> > >
> > > Here's what I'm planning to add to a patron object in checkout
> receipts:
> > >
> > > prefix
> > > first_given_name
> > > second_given_name
> > > family_name
> > > suffix
> > > barcode
> > > money_summary.total_owed
> > > money_summary.total_paid
> > > money_summary.balance_owed
> > > expire_date (can be used with ng-show to give a little reminder that
> > > your account will expire soon)
> > > alias
> > > has_email (a boolean for use with ng-show; "Have you signed up for
> > > our newsletters?" or "Have an email? Add it to your account to get
> > > notifications about your holds!" etc.)
> > > has_phone (same)
> > >
> > > I'm duplicating the patron_money information because there's no need
> > > for a separate patron and patron_money objects. In the interest of
> > > not breaking existing templates the patron_money object would still
> > > be in place; just not mentioned anywhere. I considered usrname but
> > > couldn't see a use case.
> > >
> > > Are there any strong opinions about adding more fields or removing
> > > some of these? I figure it's better to knock this out all at once
> > > rather than poking at it repeatedly with tiny changes.
> > >
> > > Jason
> > >
> > > --
> > > Jason Boyer
> > > MIS Supervisor
> > > Indiana State Library
> > > http://library.in.gov/
> >
> >
> > --
> > Tina Ji
> > 1-888-848-9250 ext 1014
> > Support Specialist
> > BC Libraries Co-operative
> >
>
>


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