A common thing on the holds-to-pull list is that the default limit for holds to show on holds-to-pull is 2 days, you might consider upping the default limit in the system preferences, or adding a filter that is further back, which might catch a bunch of things you didn't know were there!
Cheers, Liz On 26/01/17 11:06, Craig Butosi wrote: > Hi Liz, > > Ah, okay. It's clearer to me now how to edit crons in the .hourly, .daily > folders. I thought it might have had something do with commenting out extant > entries and moving them elsewhere - thanks for clarifying! If " > build_holds_queue.pl " has nothing to do with posting holds to the "Holds to > Pull" page, then I won't touch it. > > I had a strange report of a student placing a hold recently, but nothing > appearing on the "Holds to Pull" page (we've had no problems with our hold > system to date, which has been running since September). My first thought was > possible lag time between the hold request itself and a holds-related script > running; but, this issue may be a case where the student didn't place a hold > correctly, or something else. I'll investigate further. > > Many thanks, > > > Craig Butosi, MA, MLIS, B Mus (Hons.) > LIBRARY SERVICES MANAGER > THE ROYAL CONSERVATORY > TELUS Centre for Performance and Learning > 273 Bloor Street West > Toronto, ON M5S 1W2 > 416.408.2824 x338 > www.rcmusic.ca > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Koha [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Liz Rea > Sent: January-25-17 3:53 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Koha] Koha 16.05 - Holds Script - Run Frequency > > Hi Craig, > The cron job is run from files are in /etc/cron.hourly/koha-common for a > package install. > > Note that "build_holds_queue.pl" doesn't affect the holds to pull. It only > affects the hold queue. > > To change the frequency, you could comment out the job in > /etc/cron.hourly/koha-common, adding an octothorpe at the beginning of the > job like > > # koha-foreach --enabled > /usr/share/koha/bin/cronjobs/holds/build_holds_queue.pl > > and then create one in the /etc/cron.d/koha-common like > > */15 * * * * koha-foreach --enabled > /usr/share/koha/bin/cronjobs/holds/build_holds_queue.pl > > very much like the process_message_queue.pl entry. This will run the job > every 15 minutes, at 00, 15, 30, and 45. To change the interval, swap out the > the 15 in */15 for your desired interval. > > On a recent debian(8)/ubuntu(16), you can check the cron log super easily > with sudo systemctl status cron > > I hope this helps! > > Cheers, > Liz > > > On 26/01/17 04:11, Craig Butosi wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> Koha 16.05 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS >> >> Can someone confirm the name and location of the script that controls the >> processing of hold requests? By 'processing' I mean when a patron clicks on >> "Place Hold" from the OPAC, and then that request gets entered into the >> "Holds to Pull" screen in the staff client. I see in directory >> /etc/koha/cron.hourly/ there is a script called "build_holds_queue.pl". Is >> this the one? >> >> If it is, then if I wanted to run it as frequently as every 15 minutes >> (instead of every hour), how would I go about doing that (I've never had to >> edit a cron in the cron.hourly folder, only in crontab)? Are there any >> issues will running this script more frequently than every hour? 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