Item Search Fileds | Best Book Buddies
  1. Koha ManualKoha Manual
  2. Koha Administration
  3. How to set catalog controls?

Koha Administration

How to set catalog controls?

Set these controls before you start cataloging on your Koha system.

From here you can add custom search fields to the item search option in the staff client.

itemsearchfields

To add a new search term simply click the 'New search field' button

additemsearchfields
  • Name is a field for you to identify the search term

  • Label is what will appear on the item search page

  • MARC field allows you to pick which field you'd like to search in

  • MARC subfield is the subfield you'd like to search in

  • Authorised values category can be used to turn this search field in to a pull down instead of a free text field

Once your new field is added it will be visible at the top of this page and on the item search page

customsearch

"You are seeing this manual, thanks to Koha Community"