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    CIRC:Short loan on overdue items.

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    • Article Type: General
    • Product: Voyager
    • Product Version: 6.5.2

    Description:
    Bug Report Form for Issue 16384-9025
    Module(s): Circulation, WebVoyage
    Server platform(s) affected: Solaris

    Release(s) replicated in: 7.1.0, 7.1.1
    Last version without bug (if applicable): 6.5.1

    Expected results:
    Short loans should on overdue items should be allowed or blocked consistently.

    Actual results:
    Short loans on past due items are blocked until circjob 2 is run and the overdue status is applied, at which point short loan requests are allowed.

    Replication steps:
    1. Charge out a short loan item and allow it to go past due, but do not run circjob 2 or circjob 12.
    2. Try to place a short loan request on the item for a different patron.
    3. Receive error: “The short loan has been blocked for the following reasons. The item is unavailable.” In WebVoyage, patrons receive “No items are available for Short Loan” error.
    OR
    1. Charge out a short loan item and allow it to go past due.
    2. Run circjob 12 or circjob 2 in order to apply the overdue status to the item.
    3. Try to place a short loan request on the item for a different patron.
    4. Receive confirmation message: “Short loan request placed.”

    Other information: As part of the fix for Issue 18451 in Voyager 6.5.2, it was decided that Short Loan requests should be blocked on overdue items. There are also a number of enhancement requests open asking the opposite.

    Resolution:
    Fixed for Voyager 8.0.0.

    • Article last edited: 3/23/2015