Indeed, if everyone is on board with his idea, it would be an easy connection. Payment -> Fine -> Item
Kyle http://www.kylehall.info Information Technology Crawford County Federated Library System ( http://www.ccfls.org ) On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 10:54 AM, Wagner, Jane <jwag...@ptfs.com> wrote: > Not directly related to Kyle's idea, but one of the needs we've seen > relating to fines is a better description of what the payment is for. > Having Koha just say "Payment, thanks" doesn't tell staff two weeks > later what the payment was for. We've been planning to look at > amplifying that description; maybe that idea could be incorporated here. > > Jane Wagner > Library Systems Analyst > PTFS Inc. > Content Management and Library Solutions > 6400 Goldsboro Road, Suite 200 > Bethesda, MD 20817 > (301) 654-8088 x 151 > jwag...@ptfs.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: koha-devel-boun...@lists.koha.org > [mailto:koha-devel-boun...@lists.koha.org] On Behalf Of Walls, Ian > Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 10:41 AM > To: koha-devel@lists.koha.org > Subject: [Koha-devel] RFC: Modification to Fines System > > Kyle, > > > Sounds good to me. > > This suggestion seems like it could have some powerful long-term > potential. By modifying the system in the way you suggest, it would be > possible to expand the kinds of payments patrons can make to include > arbitrary services (like printing, ILL, class registration fees, etc.). > In essence, Koha could act as the financial front end for any pay > service patrons are offered, and the money could be properly directed to > whatever account it needs to wind up in at the end of the day/week/etc. > > > Ian Walls > Systems Integration Librarian > NYU Health Sciences Libraries > 550 First Ave., New York, NY 10016 > (212) 263-8687 > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: koha-devel-boun...@lists.koha.org > [mailto:koha-devel-boun...@lists.koha.org] On Behalf Of Kyle Hall > Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 10:03 AM > To: koha-devel > Subject: [Koha-devel] RFC: Modification to Fines System > > Here is my problem, and my proposed solution. > > One of our libraries is requesting a breakdown of payments by day, by > account type. That is, they want a report the gives the total amount > paid for Late Fees, for Damaged Books, and for Lost Books. Apparently, > they have separate money accounts for each. > > In Koha as it stands, there is no direct way to connect a payment to a > particular accountline that was paid. > > The least invasive idea I have is to add a new column to accountlines > ( say, accountno_paid ) for payments. Each payment would then refer to > the fine or charge that it was paid against. > > The largest difference, is that instead of one large payment that runs > down the amountoutstanding field for a number of charges, the total > payment would need to be broken down into a series of smaller > payments, one for each accountno paid on. > > For example, suppose that a borrower has 3 items with and overdue fine > of $5.00 each, and the borrower is paying in full. The current version > would create a payment line of $15, and then set the amountoutstanding > to $0.00 for each of the 3 accountno's. The revamped system would > still set the amountoutstanding to $0.00 for each accountno, but > would create three separate payment lines, one for each of the 3 > accountno's, and the accountno paid on would be stored in > accountno_paid. > > I don't think this would break any existing reports or functionality. > > Does this sound like a reasonable solution? Or have I missed something > that may solve my problem without code? > > Thanks, > Kyle > > http://www.kylehall.info > Information Technology > Crawford County Federated Library System ( http://www.ccfls.org ) > _______________________________________________ > Koha-devel mailing list > Koha-devel@lists.koha.org > http://lists.koha.org/mailman/listinfo/koha-devel > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > This email message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of > the intended recipient(s) and may contain information that is > proprietary, confidential, and exempt from disclosure under applicable > law. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure, or distribution is > prohibited. If you have received this email in error please notify the > sender by return email and delete the original message. Please note, the > recipient should check this email and any attachments for the presence > of viruses. 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