Gordon, Please give me a call or shoot me a direct email during office hours (8 a.m. - 4 p.m. ET) to help me better understand what you're attempting to do.
Ruth Frasur Evergreen Indiana Coordinator [email protected] (317) 232-3691 On Mon, Jul 11, 2022 at 5:29 PM Jason Stephenson via Evergreen-general < [email protected]> wrote: > Gordon, > > First, "Patron Matrix" is not typical Evergreen terminology. That looks > like something that is specific to Evergreen Indiana. > > That said, if you want to figure out if a patron can borrow an item, > there is an API call that you can make via OpenSRF: > open-ils.circ.checkout.permit. This call determines if a checkout is > permitted and is part of the two-stage checkout process. (Note that the > two-stage checkout process has mostly been replaced with a single call > to open-ils.circ.checkout.full.) > > If you're trying to test if a patron can place a hold or not, placing > the hold is the only way to do that. > > There are a few database functions that test various aspects of the hold > and circulation rules, but these are not exposed in any public API. > > That said, I'm not sure exactly what you are trying to do, so I am just > guessing. If you can provide more information about what you wish to > achieve, then we might be able to come up with more/better answers for you. > > Also, you may want to consider moving this conversation to the > development mailing list. > > HtH, > Jason > > On 7/6/22 06:19, Gordon Everett via Evergreen-general wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I am a project manager so not particularly technical. We are looking > > into how we can enforce the rules of the Patron Matrix > > ( > https://evergreenindiana.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Patron-Matrix.pdf > > < > https://evergreenindiana.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Patron-Matrix.pdf>) > > > in our application. Could someone point me in the right direction in > > terms of API documentation / strategies to implement blocks as per the > > Patron Matrix? I am finding the documentation hard to navigate (possibly > > due to not being very technical?). > > > > All responses hugely appreciated > > > > Kind regards, > > > > Gordon > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Evergreen-general mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://list.evergreen-ils.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/evergreen-general > _______________________________________________ > Evergreen-general mailing list > [email protected] > http://list.evergreen-ils.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/evergreen-general > -- Ruth Frasur (765) 580-1137
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