How to make barcodes appear on the OPAC
Item barcodes do not display by default on the OPAC but it is possible to enable them with the following steps.
Find configure columns
Go to Koha administration > Additional parameters > Table settings.
This will take you to a new page with several collapsed menus.
Click on OPAC and this will dropdown into a selection of columns that can be configured.
Configure column
Go to the id=holdingst and find the item_barcode row in the is hidden by default column.
Untick the item_barcode is hidden by default box and hit Save.
Viewing Barcodes on the OPAC
After this box has been unticked there will be a new column added on the OPAC called Barcode, which will hold any barcode information recorded for the item.
If there is no barcode for the item the column will remain but will be blank.
| Version | Date | Detail | Author |
| 1.0 | 28/12/18 | Document created | Holly Cooper |
| 2.0 | 18/05/20 | Migrate to Zoho | Holly Cooper |
| 2.1 | 25/01/21 | Adding TOC and clarifying language | Holly Cooper |
| 2.2 | 13/01/26 | Updating for new release of Koha | Holly Cooper |
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