User manual

Chapter 6
To configure the calendar, we follow these steps:
1.
If Sundays are holidays, click on the nearest Sunday in the calendar and
choose option Holiday repeated every same day of the week.
2.
If Saturdays are holidays, click on the nearest Saturday in the calendar
and choose options Holiday repeated every same day of the week.
3.
For holidays that repeat every year on the same date (for example,
Christmas), click on the date and choose option Holiday repeated yearly
on the same date.
4.
For other holidays, click on the date and choose the option Holiday only on
this day.
Editing system preferences
There are three System Preferences you will need to set:
finesmode
o
Set this to production; without this Koha will not accrue fines.
finesCalendar
o
Choose noFinesWhenClosed if you don't want fines to accrue
on holidays.
o
Choose ignoreCalendar if you want fines to accrue on
holidays.
useDaysMode
Choose Calendar if you want due date to be check out date
plus loan period plus number of holidays during loan period.
o
Choose Days if you want due date to be checkout date plus
loan period. Holidays are ignored.
o Choose Datedue if you want due date to be check out date
plus loan period. Due date is moved forward only if it falls on
a holiday.
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