Include Individual Plus Total Costs in Bills
The bill currently shows the total amount owed (sum). They should also display the individual item costs included in the bill.
Make it an option to also include the item cost in the overdue notice as well (incentive to return!).
In our date due slips (JasperSoft) we include the cost of each item and a total cost to show what the patron saved by using the library vs. buying.
We will consider this idea for possible future development. Thank you!
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Alison Pruntel commented
I can't seem to edit this, but need the title of this to read Include Individual Plus Total Costs in Overdue Notices, since this does work in the bills.
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Pam Wells commented
For the bill with individual item cost comment: I did the with the {item_total_owed} tag like someone said below. If you need any help feel free to email me: pamela.wells@sjcd.edu
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Pam Wells commented
For the courtesy notice comment: I was told by III that is what fine notices do and overdue notices are for libraries that don't exact fines. Not that I agree with them but that is their rational. We send out both.
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Alison Pruntel commented
In the Overdue Notices merge tags, there isn't anything for item price/cost or processing. Just in the Fines Notices (Bills) can you get this info. I need to update the heading of this idea to Include Individual Plus Total Costs in Overdue Notices.
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Robyn commented
I could be wrong but I had assumed this is what the merge tag {{item_total_owed}} did. Have you already tried that?
It may depend on your ILS configurations, but as long as your system has billed their account for the replacement cost of the item, I would think that's what would display when you add a merge tag for the amount owed for that item.