[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Funding help needed for xul report templates conversion

[Kathy Lussier]

Hi all,

I've been working with Georgia PINES and Sitka on a web client bug fix 
project that would allow report templates built in the old client to 
convert to the new web client format as soon as they are opened in the 
web client. Currently, if you try cloning an old reports template in the 
new client, it opens in an old editor that does not carry over True / 
False fields for the templates, does not have support for nullability, 
as well as some other problems. More information on this bug is 
available at https://bugs.launchpad.net/evergreen/+bug/1642344.

This project is a bit larger than some of our other web client bug 
fixing projects. We have a quote from Equinox, and Georgia and Sitka 
have committed funds to the project, but more funding is needed to 
proceed with the project. This development is expected to ease the 
transition to reports in the web client by giving staff the ability to 
work with their existing templates rather than creating them all from 
scratch.

The tech specs for the project are available at 
https://yeti.esilibrary.com/dev/public/techspecs/clone_reports.pdf. If 
we can commit to the project soon, we expect it can be completed in just 
a few months, making it available for the 3.2 release, which is the 
release when the XUL client will be entirely moved from Evergreen.

If anyone is interested in helping us out, please send me a direct email!

Thank you!
Kathy

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Kathy Lussier
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Massachusetts Library Network Cooperative
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