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Show if cataloguer notes exist
When working in the meta data editor we don't know if a record has notes attached to it unless we select "View Notes". it would be helpful if record with notes attached showed the existence of a note, maybe with a small symbol?
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Add option to configure Process Types for Physical Items
Alma Process Types and the associated Base status of 'Item not in place' are hardcoded, as are the automated workflows within Alma and the flow-through to Primo for the availability to be set to 'Not Available'.
This is extremely limiting and there are scenarios when a Library might want their physical resources to still be discoverable in Primo ie not suppressed, but also be marked as Unavailable, such as if there were a temporary mould outbreak. This ensures that users are aware that we hold resources already, so they don't waste time submitting purchase requests or thinking that we have…100 votesLibrary staff now have better control over process types: placing and removing institution-level work order types using the Change Physical items information job, searching by work order type and excluding a specific work order type from discovery. The work order types were enhanced to streamline workflows, allowing handling in bulk and without scanning items in.
his is especially useful when the library needs to mark a large set of items as unavailable in a way that's reflected in discovery
For more information please see Alma May Release Notes
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Specify time period for SUSHI harvests
When you manually request a particular SUSHI account/report to be harvested by Alma, by default Alma requests any data which it hasn't already loaded for that account from the last 12 months. If there are multiple months in sequence missing, Alma requests the data for these months together as a single SUSHI request.
This is an inflexible system.
Instead, at the point where a user requests a harvest, Alma should ask the user to specify the time period they would like to request.This would have several advantages:
- We would be able to use SUSHI to harvest usage data from…
168 votesAs of August release it is possible to indicate SUSHI – "Custom Harvest .
“Custom Harvest" function provides an option define the exact time frame for the harvest period
For more information see:
https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Alma/Release_Notes/2021/Alma_2021_Release_Notes_Included_Material/2021_RN_08_Main#Define_a_Specific_Time_Frame_While_Manually_Harvesting_R5_SUSHI_Data -
Daytime options for automated Alma notice jobs which involve patron notifications
We recently had a call from a distressed parent who had been woken by a late night notification due to an Alma notice being sent to them.
Whilst appreciating that jobs are scheduled later to catch lower utilization of the system, would it be possible to have some options for all jobs which feature patron-facing notifications to be run between 9.00am and 9.00pm e.g. Courtesy Notices and Handle Loan Renewals job.
32 votesIt is now possible to use functions in XSL version 3 or lower for letters configuration.
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Add policy to prevent Booking requests over closed days
On behalf of the Product management team we would like to understand the need and use cases of the following 'Planned' feature - any comment is welcome.
Currently, Alma users and Primo patrons can create booking requests in Alma which span over several days, if user tries to book items on closed library days, and the time frame is under the max length policy - Alma will adjust the book start and end time, without checking if the resulting time-span is more than the max length.
This means that patrons can create booking requests that span an entire period a…0 votesNew assertions are now available for the Closed Library Booking Management policy to allow institutions to prevent seats being booked for time periods when the library is closed.
For more information please see Alma November Release Notes:
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Provide an integration profile for Ebook Central subscribed titles
We subscribe to the collection Ebook Central Academic Complete International Edition. The number of subscribed titles on the Ebook Central platform is currently around 185 000. However, the Community Zone collection only has around 164 000 titles.
According to ProQuest, there are differences between countries in terms of the number of titles available for a specific customer, based on copyright and publisher restrictions. However, there is only one collection in the Community Zone (i.e. the International Edition package), which would mean that the actual number of titles in that collection does not correctly reflect each international customer's subscribed and active…
1 voteHi,
ProQuest Ebook Central integration supports activating subscription content according to the customer ID – this functionality is available for early access customers and will be available for the wider community at a later release. If your institution will like to take part in the early access initiative please contact me directly
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Swedish Characters (Case nr 00794172 Swedish Film Institute)
Apparently, since Alma and Primo are indexed differently, if you have chosen Scandinavian characters during implementation, Alma cannot handle searches on, for example, French accents. Works in Primo, but not Alma.
Obviously, for us Scandinavian customers this is problematic. There is a risk that both staff and patrons end up with faulty search results.
Andrew Christison, Customer Success Manager, promised to look into this on our behalf but also suggested we make an Idea Exchange for this issue.309 votesAs of July release the handling of Scandinavian characters was enhanced. For more information please see Alma July release notes: https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Alma/Release_Notes/2021/Alm
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Please develop a function to download all digital files of a digital title set I created.
Please develop a function to download all digital files of a digital title set I created. Now I can download files one by one on the file list tab or access my bucket via a third party program and download only the files of a specific representation that I know the storage path. It's impossible to download hundreds of files in that way when there are other institutions' requests.
Rosetta has a function to export a set of IEs. Even though I also need to use a third party program to access the directory where the files go, but its…
3 votesAs of July release you can download the digital files of a digital title set into a zip file.
for more information please see Alma July release notes:
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Add all CDI-related fields to Analytics
We would like all CDI-related fields (this would include most fields found on the CDI tab of the electronic collection) to be available to the E-Inventory subject in Analytics.
Because many of these fields are only available to the Alma repository search at the collection level, it is impossible to create sets of portfolios that meet certain CDI criteria (e.g., all portfolios whose electronic collection CDI FullText Rights = OpenAccess). Analytics becomes the only option, but none of the CDI fields are available there, either.
7 votesthe following 16 fields have been added to the E-Inventory subject area
“Electronic Collection”.“Active for Fulltext In CDI”
“Electronic Collection”.“Active for Search In CDI”
“Electronic Collection”.“CDI – Do not show as full text available even if active in Alma”
“Electronic Collection”.“CDI – Subscribe to only some titles in this collection”
“Electronic Collection”.“CDI Full Text Linking”
“Electronic Collection”.“CDI Full Text Rights”
“Electronic Collection”.“CDI Local Note”
“Electronic Collection”.“CDI Newspapaers”
“Electronic Collection”.“CDI Number of Records”
“Electronic Collection”.“CDI Provider Package Code”
“Electronic Collection”.“CDI Resource Types”
“Electronic Collection”.“CDI Search Rights”
“Electronic Collection”.“CDI Update Frequency”
“Electronic Collection”.“In CDI”
“Electronic Collection”.“No. of Electronic Collections (In Repository + In CDI)”
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Add Access Model to PO Line reporting
PO Lines for Electronic Books contain a field, Access Model, which allows libraries to register the access arrangements we have, e.g. 1-users, 3-users, unlimited, etc.
This has the potential to be a very useful field, but it is not currently available when running reports for PO Line information in Alma Analytics.
Can it be added please?
Thanks
Wayne
62 votesThe Access Model field was added to the PO Line dimension in the Funds Expenditure, Physical Items, and Purchase Requests subject areas. It displays the public access model for the electronic resource.
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Add replacement cost to physical inventory in repository import profiles
Currently the repository import profile capabilities for adding physical inventory does not include replacement cost as an option. We are cataloging a large number of expensive equipment using an import profile. The change physical items job only works so long as the cost is the same. Cost varies across these items, meaning multiple sets of items would need to be created for the change physical items job or items would need to be updated individually. The ability to include replacement cost in the import profile would be hugely helpful and simplify this process.
48 votesAdditional fields were added to the Import Profile page > Inventory Operations tab for physical inventory. You can map item-level information from these fields in the input file, or indicate a value to be placed in the imported records.
For more information please see https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Alma/Release_Notes/2021/Alma_2021_Release_Notes
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Prevent Download Pictures (Alma Digital) when Download is not allowed
Prevent Download Pictures (Alma Digital) when Download is not allowed
When Access rights indicate to “Allow View” but not download, Alma viewer currently allows downloading the picture by “saving as”.
The digital Viewer should prevent this option.101 votesThe functionality to prevent downloads of digital images that is configured by clearing the Allow Downloads checkbox when creating digital access rights rules (Configuration > Fulfillment > Copyright Management > Access Rights > Add Access Rights > Add Rule) was enhanced. The user cannot save images using the Save As function of the browser.
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Allow overlap analysis for network zone collections
Many of our electronic collections are managed in the network zone, but we can't do any overlap analysis on these collections. Is it possible to expand the overlap analysis functionality to include network zone collections, and to compare them to either institution zone, network zone, or community zone collections?
3 votesThis functionality was introduced in the new Overlap Analysis tool that was released in March 2022 Alma Release. In the new Overlap Analysis tool, e.collections from the Network Zone can be selected for comparison.
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For institutions working in accrual accounting, enable the option to create an invoice from PO for one-time orders
Currently institutions which work in accrual mode have no ability to create an invoice from PO. In order to allow institutions who work with accrual accounting a stream line workflow for creating their one-time orders, there is a need to allow creating invoices from PO for one time orders.
When a user will select to creatr an invoice from PO, Alma will present the user only PO's which contain one-time PO lines.
0 votesAs Of Alma September release institutions have the option to create an invoice from a purchase order for one-time orders only.
for more information please see:
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Watermarking function at the viewer display level
Please provide an alternative approaches for controlling the content of images displayed to users, eg watermarking. (SF823991) It would be great if there is an option like floating a seleted(uploaded) watermark without changing the digital file itself.
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Add "Updated By" and "Last Updated" columns to the list of letters in the Letters Configuration screen
On behalf of the Product management team we would like to better understand the need and use cases of the following 'Planned' feature (which need was raised by a specific library) - any comment is welcome.
Ex Libris plans to add "Updated By" and "Last Updated" columns to the list of letters in the Letters Configuration screen, which will indicate if any part of the configuration was changed (labels, template)
0 votesThe columns “Updated By” and “Last Updated” were added to the Letters Configuration page. This helps you troubleshoot issues with letter customization and know which staff user last updated the configuration.
For more information please see Alma December Release Notes
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Please allow adjusting the order of Digital Titles
Please allow adjusting the order of Digital Titles manually like we change the order of Collections by drag-and-drop. Additionally sorting options for digital titles will be welcomed too.
15 votesAs of July release you can configure the default sorting for titles and sub-collections in Primo VE, using a richer set of title-level sort routines.
For more information please see :
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Analytics Local Parameter mapping to Dublin Core fields
We can map MARC tags to Analytics Local Parameters up to 10 but not to Dublin Core fields. Please allow Local Parameter mapping to DC fields too.
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Hide DARA from public view
People who do not use DARA see the recommendations and dismiss them, not realizing that they are doing so for all of a site. Could Alma be removed from the upper bar? If this feature were less prominent, we think this would happen less often.
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UNIMARC to MARC21 Authorities crosswalk issues
UNIMARC to MARC21 crosswalk should be updated
On behalf of the Product management team we would like to hear about the improvments that are required of the following 'Planned' feature (which it's need was raised by a specific library) - any comment is welcome.0 votesA number of enhancements were introduced to the UNIMARC/MARC21 crosswalk to handle missing/new/incorrect fields mapping
For more information please see Alma December Release Notes:
https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Alma/Release_Notes/2021/Alma_2021_Release_Notes
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