How to add a link for the last consulted patron on the staff client

How to add a link for the last consulted patron on the staff client

This document will outling how to link back to the last patron record you were on after you have moved to a new page.

Go to Koha administration > Global system preferences and search for ShowLastPatron

This will take you to a system preference called ShowLastPatron.


This will bring up a system preference of the same name.

Ensure that it is set to Show a link to the last searched patron in the staff client and hit Save all Staff Client preferences.

Go to any patron account.

After leaving this patron account a link will appear in the right hand corner of the screen called Last patron.

Clicking Last patron will bring you back to the patron account you were last on. 

Clicking the small red x to the right hand side of Last patron will remove the link, until you land on and then leave another patron account. 

The link will not save the last patron you were on before logging out of your account. 


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