Add additional fields to the user registration form

Sometimes, the fields in the user addition form are not sufficient to meet your library’s needs. It is possible to add additional fields, called “user attributes”

Enable system preference

1. Go to Administration > System preferences

2. Search forExtendedPatronAttributes

3. Change the value to “Enable”
4. Click on “Save all user preferences”

Add attributes

1. Go to Administration > Patron attribute types
2. Click on “New patron attribute type”
3. Fill out the form

• Patron attribute code : a unique code
• Description : text that will appear in Koha.
• Repeatable : check if a user can have this attribute multiple times (to record the branche(s) where a patron works, for example).
  
  
• Unique identifier : check if this attribute should be unique to a patron (for a student card number, for example).
  
  
• Is a date : check if this attribute is a date.
• Display in OPAC : Check the box so that the patron can see this information in their record in the OPAC.
  
  
• Editable in OPAC : check the box so that the patron can modify this information from their file in the OPAC.
  
  
• Searchable : check to be able to use this attribute as a search criterion in patron search.
  
  
• Search by default : check to be able to search for this attribute in the “standard” patron search (i.e. without a special search field).
• Staff interface mandatory : check to make this attribute mandatory when modifying the patron on the intranet.
  
  
• OPAC mandatory : check to make this attribute mandatory when modifying the patron on the intranet.
• Display in patron’s brief information : check to display this attribute in the left column of the user’s folder, which is visible during the loan (otherwise, this information will only be visible on the folder details page).
  
  
• Authorized value category : If you want employees to be able to use a drop-down menu to select the value, you must first create a category of allowed values, then add values and select that category of allowed values ​​here.
• Library limitation : if this attribute applies to only one or a few libraries, select them here.
  
  

To select more than one library, hold down the Ctrl key and select the libraries with the mouse.

• Category : if this attribute applies only to one category of patrons, select it here.
  
  
• Class : You can group attributes into sections if you have many of them.
  
  

4. Click on “Save” button.

Repeat steps 2 to 4 for each additional attribute.

The attributes will be visible in the patron addition or modification form.

See also

• Grouping patron attributes
• Modify the required fields in patron’s record form
• Hide fields in patron’s record form
• Add a “Route Type” drop-down menu to a user’s input form
• What is the difference between a card number and a user number?
• Add a patron category
• Add a patron
• Creating a list of authorized values
• Adding authorized values ​​to an existing list

Koha community resources

• Koha manual: Patron attribute types
• Koha manual: ExtendedPatronAttributes
• Manuel Koha : Attributs utilisateur (french)
• Manuel Koha : ExtendedPatronAttributes (french)
• Harnessing Koha’s ExtendedPatronAttributes (aka patron custom fields)