Hello Christopher, I can't say that I'm able to answer your question, but I do sympathize with your not getting a response on the first go. You might try posing your question in the Koha Chat <https://chat.koha-community.org/koha-community/channels/town-square>. If you do that, I suggest putting your exact question succinctly at the top of your message, preceding it with "#####" to format the question as a heading. That will help the message stand out against the background of a running list of chat threads, which can sometimes feel like the "stream of consciousness" literature we read in English classes. Below that heading, give your friendly greeting and describe the context.
Barring that, I conducted a little experiment with Google Gemini to see how it would interpret the code: https://gemini.google.com/share/a8f7bb3a8d38. Perhaps that will be of help. It did not report any time-based criteria. However, there seem to be multiple system preferences controlling holds that may also influence the logic. I'm chiefly a backend system administrator, so I won't comment on those circulation settings. Wishing you a swift and effective reply, David Liddle System Administrator On Thu, Mar 26, 2026 at 1:00 AM Christopher Davis < [email protected]> wrote: > Greetings Colleagues, > > I’m asking this question again because I did not get any responses before: > > I have a member of our team who wants to know if Koha does that same type > of thing as our old ILS (III Sierra). When filling a hold, Sierra, would > select an eligible item from a branch and put it on Sierra’s version of the > Holds Queue, then if that branch did not pull their eligible item to > fill/trigger that hold within three days, then Sierra would select an > eligible item from another branch for three days to fill the hold, and so > forth until the hold was filled. > > We are implementing the Transport Cost Matrix in Koha and I was reading at > > https://koha-community.org/https://koha-community.org/manual/25.05/en/html/circulationpreferences.html#usetransportcostmatrix > that "The library or libraries of the next highest cost shall be selected > from only if all the libraries in the previous group are unable to fill the > hold.” Unfortunately, that does not tell me by what criteria Koha decides a > library is unable to fill the hold with that library's eligible item. What > do you folks know about this? > > Thank you, > > Christopher Davis > Technical Services Specialist > Lincoln County Library District > (541) 264-8141 > [email protected] > www.lincolncolibrarydist.org > Koha & Aspen HELP SESSIONS: Tuesdays @ 10am > < > https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84710820222?pwd=rOTUlZgLO62jAdXQ6i67ScFuLv51pu.1 > > > and Fridays @ 2pm > < > https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88598020558?pwd=PnjBlPTJKmK2hHg475Iwen4wALYOea.1 > > > Schedule an appointment w/ me > <https://calendar.app.google/mCfybJkDLBYENK346> > > > On Thu, Feb 26, 2026 at 3:12 PM Christopher Davis < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > Greetings Colleagues, > > > > When I read the Koha documentation/manual for the Transport Cost Matrix > > found at > > > https://koha-community.org/manual/25.05/en/html/circulationpreferences.html#usetransportcostmatrix > , > > it said "The library or libraries of the next highest cost shall be > > selected from only if all the libraries in the previous group are unable > to > > fill the hold." > > > > My question related to that statement is: how does Koha determine that > the > > library of the previous group is unable to fill the hold in this context? > > > > One of the members of our team said that their previous ILS, III Sierra, > > would select an eligible item from a branch to fill a hold, and then if > > that branch had not filled/triggered that hold with their eligible item > > within three days, then Sierra would select an eligible item from another > > branch to fill the hold, and so forth. That person wants to know if Koha > > does that same type of thing when Koha is following its Transport Cost > > Matrix. > > > > Thank you, > > > > > > Christopher Davis > > > > Technical Services Specialist > > > > Lincoln County Library District > > > > (541) 264-8141 <5412648141> > > > > [email protected] > > > > www.lincolncolibrarydist.org > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha > _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
