[VuFind-Tech] Storage Retrieval Requests

[Natalia G. G. <nat...@em...>]

Dear colleagues,

 

The items in our catalogue have 'sublocations' with values such as "Reading
Room", "Storage", etc. We want to make sure that everything with the
sublocation "Storage" is holdable and that when this sublocation is
displayed, the users can also see a link to place a request.

 

We are using VuFind 2.4 and we have this on holdingsils.phtml:

 

<? if (isset($row['storageRetrievalRequestLink']) &&
$row['storageRetrievalRequestLink']): ?>

<a class="<?=$checkStorageRetrievalRequest ? 'checkStorageRetrievalRequest '
: ''?>modal-link placeStorageRetrievalRequest"
href="<?=$this->recordLink()->getRequestUrl($row['storageRetrievalRequestLin
k'])?>" title="<?=$this->transEsc($checkStorageRetrievalRequest ?
"storage_retrieval_request_check_text" :
"storage_retrieval_request_place_text")?>"><i class="fa
fa-flag"></i>&nbsp;<?=$this->transEsc($checkStorageRetrievalRequest ?
"storage_retrieval_request_check_text" :
"storage_retrieval_request_place_text")?></a>

<? endif; ?>

 

If I am understanding things correctly, then $row needs to have a
'storageRetrievalRequestLink', which should be generated with the function
processStorageRetrievalRequests in processStorageRetrievalRequests in
module/VuFind/src/VuFind/ILS/Logic/Holds.php.

 

It seems to me that the 'storageRetrievalRequestLink' is not being generated
at all. So I am looking at the function and I am not entirely sure how it
decides whether to add a link or not and whether a request should be blocked
or not.

 

Could you please give me a hint on how this works so I can figure out what
is happening?

 

I am also not sure about what can I edit in order to show the storage
retrieval option only if the sublocation of the item is Storage. I was
thinking I could do that with an if statement on holdingsils.phtml, but I am
not sure if it is the best way to go about it.

 

Do you have any suggestions?

 

Many thanks for your help and kind regards,

Natalia

 

Natalia Garea García
Junior Librarian
Szilard Library, EMBL Heidelberg 
Meyerhofstraße 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany

 

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