Tips and Tricks
How to Find and Run an SQL Report
What are reports for? Reports are used to find and present data about the information on the system in a structured manner. This information is drawn from tables storing all information about the system which can be found here: ...
How to view the Patron Categories saved on your site
Patron categories are important because they are used within the fine and circulation rules to determine which items can be taken out by which patrons and for how long. They can also be used to determine a variety of features and functions that will ...
How to make a borrower's Roll Class display on checkout page
Some systems may want the student Roll Class to be displayed when an item is being checked out on the patron account. In the example below, the Roll Class is not being displayed on the checkout page. To enable the Roll Class view on the checkout ...
How to make “Fiction” the first option in the Item Type field on the Add Item form
When you are adding item details during the cataloguing process, it is necessary to choose an item type. The list of item types automatically displays in alphabetical order, which can be difficult if a library tends to use one item type the majority ...
How to change the fixed due date for Book Rental
Step 1 - Go to fines and circulation rules Go to KOHA administration > Patrons and circulation > Circulation and fines rules. This will take you to a new page with a table of all the circulation rules in your library. This table can be ...
How to change your Koha Password
Go to the search bar at the top of the KOHA home page and choose the Search patrons tab. Search for your own account. If you search for your cardnumber you will be taken directly to your own record. Go to Edit at the top of the page and this will ...
Reconfigure Barcode Scanner
With older scanners, the ISBN printed on the book cover may only scan as a 10-digit number. ISBNs are now all encoded as 13-digit numbers (Starting 978...) and it is better to use the 13 digit version as this is now the industry standard. You can ...