ByWater Question of the Week: Do Deleted Accounts Still Appear in Koha Action Logs?

by Hebah Amin-Headley on Jan 10, 2025

Each Friday, we will bring you a new ByWater Question of the Week. We will select real questions that we receive and share the answers with you!

Question: Do Deleted Accounts Still Appear in Koha Action Logs?

Answer: Yes, Koha's action logs will retain what account performed an action in the action logs, but where the librarian column would have displayed a name prior to the account being deleted, only a borrowernumber will show once an account has been deleted.

As long as the information is still in the deletedborrowers table, a library can find the staff member's name with a simple report:

SELECT deletedborrowers.firstname, deletedborrowers.surname
FROM deletedborrowers
WHERE deletedborrowers.borrowernumber = <<Borrowernumber>>

Additional Resources

Monday Minutes: Using the Logs