How to prevent a guarantor from checking out if their guarantee owes a certain amount in fines
It is possible to set up a guarantor/guarantee relationship so if a guarantee owes more than a defined amount in fines, the guarantor can be prevented from checking out until the fines are reduced.
For more information on the guarantor/guarantee relationship, please check our Help Centre.
How to set the system preference
Go to Koha administration > Global System Preferences and search for NoIssuesChargeGuarantees.
This will bring up a system preference of the same name.
This system preference can be set so if a guarantee owes a certain amount in fines their guarantor will not be able to check items out unti the fines have been paid. To enable this option, in the blank box on the system preference fill in the maximum amount of fines that a guarntee can owe before their guarantor willl be prevented from checking items out. For example, if a guarantee can owe 10 euro in fines and after that their guarantor will be prevented from checking out, the system preference should look:
Click Save all Circulation preferences.
What will happen if a guarantor tries to checkout when their guarantee owes more than the defined amount in fines?
Once this system preference has been set, if a guarantor tries to checkout and their guarantee owes more than the defined amount in fines, this message will appear.
At this point, the staff member can choose to still check the items out to the guarantor by clicking Yes, checkout (Y), or to wait until the fines have been paid down and click No, don't checkout (N).
| Version | Date | Detail | Author |
| 1.0 | 30/12/21 | Doc. Created | Holly Cooper |
| 1.2 | 31/12/21 | Doc. split | Holly Cooper |
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