http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=14098

--- Comment #7 from Nicole C. Engard <[email protected]> ---
(In reply to Gaetan Boisson from comment #2)
> On the other hand copying to an existing field raises the question of what
> happens when we have multiple such fields in the record.
> 
> I can think of quite a few options from the top of my head:
> - Add the subfield to all of the existing fields
> - Do nothing
> - Add only to the first such field that exists (probably not a very
> interesting option...)
> - Add to the field matching this and this criteria on this other subfield
> - Create a new field with a subfield having the given value (current
> behaviour)
> 
> In the end the process would be something like:
> 
> If the record has no such field already, choose between:
> - Create the field with the subfield and the wanted value
> - Do nothing
> 
> If the record has exactly one field of this type, choose between:
> - Add the subfield to the existing field
> - Create a new field with the subfield and the wanted value
> - Do nothing
> 
> If the record has multiple fields of this type, choose between:
> - Add the subfield to all the existing fields
> - Create a new field with the subfield and the wanted value
> - Add to the field matching this and this criteria on this other subfield
> - Do nothing
> 
> Else:
> - Timewarp
> 
> I feel like this is a bug, since existing templates are not working as they
> were before. But it seems to me that this action is very unclear in itself
> and probably deserves some enhancement to let users choose more clearly what
> will happen.


I agree with this - we need more options and that's a development. But we
should put things back the way they worked before before we start enhancing
things.

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