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Authority linking issue with bibliographic field 240
We'd request that when Alma links up bib field 240 with a uniform title entered in authority record, it should take into account of bibliographic contents in field 240 PLUS field 100 ALTOGETHER, and link these combined contents with uniform titles entered in authority records.
Currently, it links up the uniform title in field 240 only with authority record. So, those generic uniform titles e.g. Works, Poetry, etc. will be ambiguous, and do not have proper linking with their authority records established with author's name.
Details, please refer to Salesforce case # 823121
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Make PO line Rollover Job work dependent on ledger and possibly fund codes.
User Story. Currently we our Acquisition team have a different set of ledgers to our Subscription team. When we do a Rollover of funds and ledgers this is not an issue. However, when we are trying to test the PO Rollover it is difficult to separate out the PO Lines that are for the Acquisitions Rollover and the Subscriptions Rollover.
Solution - It would be better if you could only roll over PO lines that were attach to a specific ledger (and possible set of fund codes). So that we could run the Acquisition rollover separately to the Subscriptions rollover.19 votes -
Display record format in search results and browse pages
We catalogue Alma-D material in both MARC and DC formats.
We would like an easy way to determine which format a record is in when viewing it from either an Alma results page or browsing through a collection.This could be done with the addition of the record format field to the brief record display.
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Renewal Operator in Analytics
It would be useful to include Renewal Operator details in the Fulfillment Analysis area on Alma Analytics. This would allow us to identify and report on the number of renewals that took place at the circulation desk, via self service or via Primo.
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Combining multiple itemized sets
We'd really like the ability to flag multiple sets to be combined to create a single combined set. Several times we've wanted to do this to facilitate data analysis (e.g. on sets created logging weekly data loads), but it's far too time-consuming to combine them two at a time!
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Add Delegated Financial Authority limits for staff approving invoices
Staff members approving invoices have different limits on the maximum invoice amount they can approve. Delegated financial authority (DFA) limits vary, for example, for some staff the limit is $20,000, for others it is $50,000, for others it is $250,000 and for others it is higher.
At the moment there is no limit to the amount a staff member can approve. We would like to see the ability to set delegated financial authority limits for each staff member who is eligible to approve invoices. Each staff member should be able to have a dollar amount set (in their native currency)…
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Add Access type in the portfolio information update job
Since Ex Libris has added Access type for individual portfolio, there has to be a job to run to add access type to the portfolios in a collection. Currently, either we have to specify it in each portfolio manually, or we load a spreadsheet matching on portfolio ID. Unfortunately, as of today 1/23/2019, when loading a spreadsheet without the local coverage, e.g. only the access type, the local coverage is overwritten.
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Add moore options to local portoflio
Usefull to be able to add moore fields in the "add local portfolio"Moore authors and a publishing year
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Move general email feature outside of the User's form
The General Email function is currently located inside the form for updating general information in the user record.
If there are any problems with missing mandatory data in the form then the email cannot be used at all.
Since it is unrelated to user general information I would suggest that the Send Message function should be located outside of the user data area perhaps up near the buttons "Toggle Account Type", "Open for Update". (See screenshot)
Additionally, the general mail could perhaps be added to the letters that can be sent from "Manage Patron Services"I would also support greater…
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Deleting Network Zone Records from and Institution Zone in Bulk
Members of Consortia (with appropriate privilege's) need to be able to delete bibliographic records managed in the Network Zone in Bulk from within the member institution Zone
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Make it easier to create sets of courses
The only way to create a set of courses is to get the course IDs from analytics.
This is a problem for Sandbox where we have no access to analytics - especially for those of us with generic data.
eg...
1. Include the course ID when downloading a list of courses to Excel with All Fields selected (and make the course ID an option to view in the table.
2. Enable save and create set when viewing a list of courses
3. Enable course code to be used when creating a setThis would be very helpful now that we…
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Electronic Collection Activation - Ability to specify Inventory groups
I would like to request there be an option to specify inventory groups when activating an electronic collection from the community zone. We actively share our Alma with another institution and utilize inventory network groups. When activating an community zone collection, there is currently no option to specify inventory group(s) the collection (or FT service) belongs to . This causes those portfolios to appear in ALL primo views until we can specify groups AFTER the activation process is finished.
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Alma Analytics> Fulfillment> notification sent indicators
In the Alma Analytics Fulfillment subject area, there is a "Courtesy Notification Sent" indicator field.
I would appreciate similar indicator fields for the other types of notifications sent to the user for the transaction, such as the "Ful Overdue and Lost Loan Letter", the "Ful Overdue Lost Loan Notification Letter," and the "Return Receipt" letter.
It would be helpful to confirm that Alma generated each letter for the user, for the transaction.
Since we have a retention period set on how long each letter copy will stay on the patron's attachments tab, it is possible that the patron may still…
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Correct article level target links for records without assigned volume or issue numbers
For example, we see erroneous records (without working linking/availability) that are published ahead of print and which do not have specific volume/issue numbers. Until the publisher updates this information Primo links are directed to an error page.
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There should be a separate category for Transfers - along with Allocations and Expenditures.
At the Fund level, there should be a separate category for Transfers. Right now, if a transfer is made, the allocation changes. There should be Original Allocation (the original amount, doesn't change), Transfers, Current Allocation (original plus Transfers) and Expenditures. It's important for me to know what the original allocation is. If the Transfers are not reflected, what is shown with only the Allocations and Expenditures gives a distorted picture of the money for that fund. You can get a break down of Allocations, Transfers and Expenditures in Analytics - why can't it be shown in the ledger?
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Replace the search index label "Creator" with "Author"
the label used for the author index in the title search is confusing, implying that it is the creator of the Alma record, as shown in Alma Analytics, and not the author of the title.
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Addition of the Accrued fines field in the Fines and Fees subject area in Alma Analytics
It would be great if there was an option in Alma Analytics to create a report with a list of people with a specific amount of accured fines if they had returned overdue documents on a given day (the day before actually).
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Send activity report should include NZ items
Send Activity Report should include NZ items
As a library that is part of a large consortium, many of our patrons have both local and NZ items checked out. When in a patron's account, there is the option to send them an "activity report," however, those emails only contain a list of locally checked out material. Sometimes we like to send these as reminders to patrons, but patrons are often confused that they only contain the IZ items. It would be very useful for us if these reports could include all checked out materials from our NZ partners as well…
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When Creating Borrowing Requests Check for Duplicates with previous completed and cancelled requests
Following the implementation of the ability to check for duplicates when creating borrowing requests, we see that this only applies to active requests. We would find it helpful to have duplicate completed and cancelled requests flagged up in Alma (without the request being automatically rejected)
19 votes
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