The beginning of many’s journeys to the Koha often start either attending workshops or watching youtube videos. Of course, both will teach how to install koha and set up basic parameters in it. but it is just with a default preference, In the course of time, you will meet with some issues unless you enable the following system preferences in koha. Issues here don’t mean errors.<\/p>\n
Let us see,\u00a0 few of those issues<\/strong><\/p>\n Following are the solution with a few more useful preferences. To enable those, go to koha administration and search each preference and make respective changes<\/p>\n\n\n
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\n\t \nPreference<\/th> Option to be enabled<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n \n\t finesMode
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\n(To calculate fine, if not)<\/td>Use \"Calculate and charge<\/strong>\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t RenewalPeriodBase
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\n(When renewing checkouts, base the new due date on
\nthe current date)<\/td>Use \"the current date<\/strong>\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t noissuescharge
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\n(To prevent the patron checking out items only if he\/she has overdue fine more than 100 rupee)<\/td>Add the prefered amount eg:100<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t itemcallnumber
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\n( To auto-create item's callnumber)<\/td>Add the tags \"082ab<\/strong>\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t AdvancedSearchTypes
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\n(To show tabs in the OPAC and staff interface advanced search for limiting searches on the itemtype, collection code and location code)<\/td>Add \"itemtype|ccode|loc<\/strong>\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t AmazonCoverImages
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\n(To display cover images from Amazon on search results and item detail pages on the staff interface)<\/td>Enable \"show<\/strong>\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t OPACAmazonCoverImages
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\n(To display cover images from Amazon on search results and item detail pages on the OPAC)<\/td>Enable \"show<\/strong>\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t OPACShowCheckoutName
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\n(To display the name of the patron that has an item checked out on item detail pages on the OPAC)<\/td>Enable \"show<\/strong>\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t dateformat
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\n(Use your prefered date format)<\/td>Use \"DD\/MM\/YYYY<\/strong>\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t patronimages<\/td> Enable \"allow\"<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t OPACpatronimages<\/td> Enable \"show\"<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Display Accession number in OPAC
\nuncheck \"item_barcode\"<\/td>Home -- Administration -- Table settings -- OPAC -- Table id: holdingst -- item_barcode<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"