When manually grouping records, add the authorized author if availabl…

…e rather than the original author

code/web/release_notes/24.06.00.MD

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 - Show the grouping format that will be used for each value within the format table within an Indexing Profile. (*MDN*)
 - Add a new Diagnostic panel for Grouped Work indexing. When selected, additional information will be stored for the work during indexing to help diagnose why records were given a particular format. (*MDN*)
 - When normalizing subtitles, remove "The Graphic Novel" in addition to just "Graphic Novel" (Ticket 132083, 132354) (*MDN*)
+- When manually grouping records, add the authorized author if available rather than the original author. (Ticket 132596) (*MDN*)
 - Default format category of Wonderbook to Audio Books. (*MDN*)
 - Add information to the log if a translation map value cannot be parsed as a regular expression. (*MDN*)
 - Corrections for loading formats and grouping when using Mat Type from Sierra. (Ticket 130819) (*MDN*)

code/web/services/GroupedWork/AJAX.php

@@ -1729,7 +1729,23 @@ function processGroupWithForm() : array {
 						require_once ROOT_DIR . '/sys/Grouping/GroupedWorkAlternateTitle.php';
 						$groupedWorkAlternateTitle = new GroupedWorkAlternateTitle();
 						$groupedWorkAlternateTitle->permanent_id = $workToGroupWith->permanent_id;
-						$groupedWorkAlternateTitle->alternateAuthor = $originalGroupedWork->author;
+						//Check to see if the author has an authority
+						require_once ROOT_DIR . '/sys/Grouping/AuthorAuthority.php';
+						require_once ROOT_DIR . '/sys/Grouping/AuthorAuthorityAlternative.php';
+						$authorAuthorityAlternative = new AuthorAuthorityAlternative();
+						$authorAuthorityAlternative->normalized = $originalGroupedWork->author;
+						$useOriginalAuthor = true;
+						if ($authorAuthorityAlternative->find(true)) {
+							$authorAuthority = new AuthorAuthority();
+							$authorAuthority->id = $authorAuthorityAlternative->authorId;
+							if ($authorAuthority->find(true)) {
+								$useOriginalAuthor = false;
+								$groupedWorkAlternateTitle->alternateAuthor = $authorAuthority->normalized;
+							}
+						}
+						if ($useOriginalAuthor) {
+							$groupedWorkAlternateTitle->alternateAuthor = $originalGroupedWork->author;
+						}
 						$groupedWorkAlternateTitle->alternateTitle = $originalGroupedWork->full_title;
 						$groupedWorkAlternateTitle->alternateGroupingCategory = $originalGroupedWork->grouping_category;
 						if (!$groupedWorkAlternateTitle->find(true)) {