[FOLIO-1178] Loan Policy = Indefinite (Discussion) Created: 05/Apr/18  Updated: 07/Jul/21  Resolved: 07/Jul/21

Status: Closed
Project: FOLIO
Components: None
Affects versions: None
Fix versions: None

Type: Umbrella Priority: P3
Reporter: Cate Boerema (Inactive) Assignee: Unassigned
Resolution: Won't Do Votes: 0
Labels: convo
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relates to UICIRC-55 Loan Policy: Remove "Indefinite" Loan... Closed
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 Description   

Our loan policy form has a field called "Loan Profile" and the options there are fixed, rolling and indefinite. I asked the RA SIG what should happen to the due date if the loan policy associated with the loan was indefinite and they said:

  • None of them are currently using "indefinite" loans. It seems many tried and abandoned these types of loans because they were difficult to manage (I don't have the details on why)
  • Still, some have used this in the past and think libraries still do. ILSes do generally offer this option.
  • So, we have some options:
    1. Have the due date for indefinite loans be null - This could be complicating down the road. We may have to constantly be figuring out how to handle this case when doing things like calculating fees/fines etc.
    2. Set the due date for something like 100 years in the future. I think this simplifies things from a dev, requirements and testing perspective. Apparently this is how some systems have done this. Still, they have some logic in the UI so they display "indefinte" instead of the due date way out in the future.
    3. Get rid of the indefinite option for now and deal with it later if it becomes a priority.

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Comment by Cate Boerema (Inactive) [ 05/Apr/18 ]

Jakub Skoczen, Michal Kuklis, Marc Johnson and anyone else: please weigh in with your thoughts on this.

Comment by Cate Boerema (Inactive) [ 05/Apr/18 ]

Comment by Michal Kuklis [ 05/Apr/18 ]

I think #3 is my favorite option. If that's not possible then perhaps #2 would work but it would look kind of strange from UI perspective to see DueDate set to 2118.

Comment by Cate Boerema (Inactive) [ 06/Apr/18 ]

Thanks, Michal Kuklis. I was leaning towards #3 as well.

I guess when systems have done #2, they also code in some special display logic so the UI shows "indefinite" instead of 2118. So there's still some special handling needed...

Comment by Erin Nettifee [ 07/Jul/21 ]

Closing - default went to 3, so if this becomes a priority later a new feature can be opened.

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