How do I merge 2 or more users on Koha?
Merging user records is useful for reducing the number of duplicate user accounts whilst retaining previous circulation history.
When records are merged all the information from both records is kept. This means that there will be duplicate information in the merged user account. Duplicate fields can be removed after accounts have been merged if desired.
1. Go to Users
2. Click on Search Users, and search. Then select the users to merge by ticking the boxes on the left hand side of the table, and click on the Merge selected users button. Use the Compare users option if you need to check the details. Then choose which record to keep (the other records will be merged with it), and click on the Merge users button.
3. Remove the duplicate info from the account, if you want to:
Welcome emails
User's with accounts that have been merged will not show up in the Borrowers changing home branch reports and will therefore not receive the automatic welcome email.
The reason for this is:
- these reports rely on the action_logs table, which is updated when a user record is edited and saved
- when user records are merged, the action_logs table is not updated. It only edits the borrowers table and borrower_attributes table.