Guarantors RFC

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Guarantors

Status: In Development
Sponsored by: Sponsored
Developed by: Kyle Hall
Expected for: 2015-07-20
Bug number: Bug 14570
Work in progress repository: No URL given.
Description: Make it possible to add multiple guarantors to a patron record


Existing Functionality in 19.05

  • Two 'types' of guarantors:
    • Parental
      • Only appears as an option for patrons with a category of the 'Child' type
      • Relationship 'descriptions' can be set using the `borrowerRelationship` preference
      • Links via borrowernumber OR utilises borrowers.contactname and borrowers.contactfirstname
    • Organisational
      • Only appears as an option for patrons with a category of the 'Professional' type
      • Links via borrowernumber

Current Bugs

  • If you change from one of the 'non-guarantee' patron types to one that is allowed guarantors, the guarntor data entry from does not appear.