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    Patrons not fined for overdue items

    • Article Type: Q&A
    • Product: Aleph
    • Product Version: 20

    Question

    What can prevent a fine from being charged for the return (or renewal) of an overdue item?

    In case #2 below (and, possibly, case #1 and 3 also) the fine *will* appear in the fine column of the patron's List of Loans tab before before the item is returned or renewed.

    Answer

    1. the fine amount in tab16, col. 11, is 0.00;
    2. the number of days overdue is fewer than the grace days in tab16, col. 7 (see example below)
    3. "z305_ignore_late_return Y" in the z305 (local patron) record.
    To change the value of z305_ignore_late_return, go to the GUI Circ,Local Patron Information -- Local Privileges and set the "Late Return Ignored" flag to "N".

    Additional Information

    Article 000043291 ("How are regular overdue fines calculated?") includes all of these cases in its logic ( How are regular overdue fines calculated? **MASTER RECORD** ).

    For case #3, the following SQL shows how many patrons have "N", and how many have "Y":
    SQL> select z305_ignore_late_return, count(*) from z305 group by z305_ignore_late_return;

    Example for case #2:
    * In ./xxx50/tab/tab16 is set:
    16A 01 ## ## + 00000030 10 A 2400 0000 00000 005 099 2 02 000 2
    16A 02 ## ## + 00000015 05 A 2400 0000 00000 005 099 2 02 000 2
    16A 03 ## ## + 00000007 04 A 2400 0000 00000 005 099 2 02 000 2
    16A 04 ## ## + 00000001 01 A 2400 0000 00000 005 099 2 02 000 2
    * Col.7 of the tab defines the Grace days, that is, number of days within which late return is"forgiven".
    For items with status 03 this value is set to 04 (four days).
    * The due date of the loan was on 13/12/2012
    02 z36h_loan_date ...............20121205
    02 z36h_loan_hour ...............1125
    02 z36h_effective_due_date ......00000000
    02 z36h_due_date ................20121213
    02 z36h_due_hour ................2400
    02 z36h_returned_date ...........20121215
    02 z36h_returned_hour ...........1104
    and the loan was returned on 15/12/2012
    * Patron returned the loan in the grace period
    * The late return was "forgiven" and no fine or fee was charged for it.

    Category: Circulation


    • Article last edited: 11/21/2013