Linda,
Holds will remain in the system indefinitely if they are never filled. I suppose this could happen if the queue was constantly rearranged to put someone at the bottom every time, but generally, it cycles through and everyone gets their material eventually. If it's very popular, the wait may just be very long. Once the hold is marked as 'ready' and is waiting on the hold shelf, the patron has <<ReservesMaxPickupDelay>> days to come and get it before it's marked problematic. ReservesMaxPickupDelay is a system preference you can set in the Circulation tab. Even after that date is past, the hold will still exist (it's not auto-cancelled, though we're working on making that an option). It will appear on a separate report for manual review and cancellation. If you've got a use-case where a hold would need a default "not needed after" date, I'd love to hear it; I'm having trouble picturing it on my own, but I absolutely believe there is a possible situation where this may be needed! Cheers, -Ian On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 12:21 PM, Linda Culberson <lcul...@mdah.state.ms.us>wrote: > All, > This is probably a really stupid question, so I apologize. Where can I > set a default hold period? I know that the patron can set a "Hold not > needed after" date, but is there a way to set a default that the hold > period isn't indefinite? > > Thanks. > -- > Linda Culberson lcul...@mdah.state.ms.us > Archives and Records Services Division > Ms. Dept. of Archives & History > P. O. Box 571 > Jackson, MS 39205-0571 > Telephone: 601/576-6873 Fax: 601/576-6824 > > _______________________________________________ > Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org > Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz > http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha > -- Ian Walls Lead Development Specialist ByWater Solutions ALA Booth 732 Phone # (888) 900-8944 http://bywatersolutions.com ian.wa...@bywatersolutions.com Twitter: @sekjal
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