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Highlight text in persistent search box when pressing "/"
After completing a search in the persistent search box, the inputted text remains in that field. When pressing "/" to select the persistent search box, the cursor jumps to the beginning of the previously inputted text without highlighting it. Automatically highlighting the text would allow one to overwrite the previous text (e.g., scanning a barcode) without selecting and deleting it.
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cover art
When the cover art thumbnail is incorrectly displayed in Primo/Discovery, we have the ability to correct it by searching for the image and inserting an 856 or 956 tag in the bib record. When the cover art is incorrect in Alma, there is no ability to correct the Alma display ourselves. The solution offered by ExLibris is to contact Google books and submit a correction. Unfortunately, when I checked one such title, it was displaying correctly in Google Books so I don't know why it is not displaying correctly in Alma. In this case I would like the ability to…
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Show Service temporarily unavailable message even if Direct linking is enabled
The Service temporarily unavailable message is only visible if direct linking is not enabled.
It would be useful if activating the message, would automatically disable Direct linking for that particular service
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make permissions on changing address data more granular (email/domestic)
Aleph allows to set an option to allow users change their "address" data via Primo OVP. This allows users to edit the phone number and email in Primo, but also their domestic address. Often, the change of the domestic address must be prevented, because it is the address where a possible court order is directed to.
We want to allow users to change their email and phone number but need to disallow the change of the domestic address. Therefore, we propose that Primo and Aleph/ALMA must be designed to work in a way that allows setting permissions on each field…
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Could we have dates showing the actual month, not represented numerically?
Many of our students can't work out when their items are due, maybe due to the increasing use of the US dating format, so they don't know if 4/10/16 is the 4th of October or the 10th of April. Using the actual months would decrease the confusion.
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22 votes
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Post-migration portfolio urls remain even if changed afterwards
Post-migration side effect with created portfolios: the url from the bib is created in the new portfolio. This url remains in the portfolio even after it has been changed at a later date (not in an editable field; the url is also searchable even after it has been changed. So, old urls from a migrated system remain searchable and in the portfolio record even after editing. Change this behavior.
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Include parser override values in it's own column in extended export report
Include parser override values in it's own column in extended export report
It's not possible to view which portfolios in a collection have parser override values. Currently, the value is included in the parser parameters value in extended export reports.
It would be helpful with managing portfolios to have a way to see when a portfolio has a parser override value. That way, we could check on those portfolios and make sure the CZ parser value has been corrected.
Please, include parser override values in it's own column in extended export report or have another way of highlighting when an…
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PDA import profiles for electronic titles - limit matching to specific electronic collection
The ability to limit matching of imported MARC record against existing records with portfolios in a selected electronic collection was release for repository import profiles in the Feb 2024 release in response to a previous Ideas Exchange submission:
https://ideas.exlibrisgroup.com/forums/308173-alma/suggestions/15312516-repository-import-profiles-for-electronic-titlesEchoing the comments added to that Ideas Exchange post following the release, it would be really helpful if the same functionality could be release for PDA import profiles too, for the same reasons originally stated.
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In the List of Items screen, add "description" to the list of search options in the "Find" box.
Currently in a list of items, Alma allows us to search within the list of items by only barcode or the call number. Adding the ability to search the description field would simplify trying to locate an item with unique information in the description, such as "index".
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Add fulfilment, Public and Internal Notes to the Excel spreadsheets for physical item sets
When a Physical Item set of records is exported into a spreadsheet via Tools > Excel, the fields Fulfilment Note, Public Note and Internal Notes 1, 2 and 3 are noticeably absent from the columns of data offered in that spreadsheet.
Those fields frequently play a major role in determining the action required by staff for the given item upon its return, as they’re used for requests for reclassification, relegation, etc. It would constitute a sizeable labour-saving fix to be able to generate/save/print off a ready list of all such messages, alphabetically sortable by contents, from the spreadsheet for staff…
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Mejorar realizar cambios globales en ejemplares físicos
Permitir realizar cambios globales sobre los campos de signatura de ejemplares físicos, para modificar una parte de la signatura sin cambiar el resto. Por ejemplo:
EPP3500(075)/ALV cambiar a PLP3500(075)/ALV
EPP3300/WES cambiar a PLP3300/WES
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Make "additional code" for vendors searchable
Using the additional code field to track changes in the Vendor Code field make sense, but has limited use if we can not search it in any meaningful way.
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Let every institution to configure due dates according loaning library (no only owning library).
We often loan items not in the owning library but in another one. In these cases, Alma assigns the due date according to the calendar of the owning library.
This causes that sometimes the due date is a closed day in the library where item will be returned (not owning library).
It would be good for us to configure Alma in order to assign due dates according to the calendar of the loaning library, not the owning library.22 votes -
Allow harvesting of reports with the non-standard SN:Total_Chapter_Request metric
I noticed that some vendors - Taylor and Francis and Springer- are adding this non-standard metric - SN:TotalChapterRequest - to their TR Master Reports. These are 2 big vendors, and these TR master reports won't load into Alma with this nonstandard metric in them.. I was hoping there is a way to accommodate them and allow them to load.
21 votes -
Borrowing Activity Letter
Currently, Alma limits the borrowing activity letter to list only 100 loans.
It would be great to have the letter list all loans without a limit.
21 votes -
Enhance Display Logic Rules to incorporate the same full functionality options of General Electronic Services
Display Logic Rules options are limited in allowing only Hide options by User Group, ownership by campus or institution, or presence of another service. They also have hardcoded display depending on the service, such as displaying only when a user is logged in, and only in Get It or View It (some of which are understandable per service).
In contrast, General Electronic Services are extremely powerful with Show / Hide options by true or false default rule, choice of display in Get It and/or View It, allowing display when not logged in, as well as by ownership by campus or…21 votes -
Subject Area "Alma Jobs" for Analytics
At the moment it is not possible to (easily) get data from the jobs running in Alma. The exports that can be pulled from "Monitor Jobs" are rather useless as they hardly contain data.
If I want numbers of processed records, runtimes etc. I have to use the API and still need to do a lot of manual work on that results.
It would be great to have a subject area in Analytics that cointains all the information from the "Job Report".Veronika, WU Vienna
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Analytics - make History tab in User Records indexed & searchable
We have been informed by Ex Libris that when a User Record is updated, either with an API or via the Alma interface, then those fields updated will not be updated with the daily SIS feed. They are considered "manual" changes and are therefore, locked. Now, in the history tab of User Records, you can see the changes made and by whom, but we have been told this information is not available in Analytics and the only way to know who has these locked fields is as we come across them. There is no way currently to systematically pull these…
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Enhance the comprehensiveness of Analytics of usage analysis
For some vendors, it may have sub-databases in the subscriptions and collect usage for a particular database and the titles within seems not possible currently by Analytics. Though there’s a “Platform” field in Analytics, it did not separate the figures between different databases for a single vendor. It's strongly recommended to enhance the comprehensiveness of Analytics and enhance the functionality of usage analysis.
21 votes
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