Can automatic renewals automatically apply the next fixed due date to a checked out item?
Applies to
- WorldShare Circulation
Answer
For an automatic renewal to automatically apply the next fixed due date to an item, the next fixed due date must be the closest in the loan policy. To do so, you can manually remove the first fixed due date from the loan policy before the patron's due date, and the automatic renewal will then apply the next due date.
For example, the library has a loan policy with fixed due dates of December 13 and May 9. For a patron who checks an item out in November, they get the due date of December 13. The autorenewal for that item should take place on the morning of December 13. If you wanted that autorenewal to apply the May 9 due date instead, the December fixed due date should be manually removed from the loan policy before December 13.
That way, when the autorenew job runs for this patron on December 13, it will apply the next closest fixed due date, which is May 9. If the December due date is not removed, the autorenewal would be restricted to that date, and it would fail.
There is no way to automate this, but the fixed due dates would need to be manually removed from the applicable loan policies before the autorenewal runs. If you have any questions about this scenario and if it will suit your needs, contact OCLC Support with a link to this article and an example transaction to which it should apply.