Monday Minutes: Batch Item Modification Improvements

by Jessie Zairo on Dec 25, 2023

In this week's Monday Minutes, Kelly and Jessie cover batch item modification improvements in Koha. There are two new enhancements that make batch item modifications more efficient! Now staff will see an option to mark items returned in batch modification Bug 32019 and after the modification runs, they can export batch item modification results in background jobs Bug 32970.

Cataloging Tools

1. Navigate to the Cataloging Module and select Batch Item Modification under the Batch editing column
2. Upload a barcode or item number file or scan items one by one in the barcode list (free test form)
3. Select the continue button
4. On the next screen users will see a "Check in Items" option at the bottom of the screen.
   1. This option checks in items to remove them from patron accounts.
      Items are not marked found, nor do damaged/withdrawn statuses prevent this return, nor are item locations updated. This feature is intended to allow removal of checkouts from patron accounts without affecting fines or other statuses.
5. Select the requested fields in the item modifications and click save
6. On the Details of the job screen, staff will now see an option under the detailed messages to view the items that were modified and export the file as needed.

Additional Resources

Monday Minutes: Batch Item Modifications

Monday Minutes: Using Regex in Batch Item Modification