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Batch searching in the repository and set creation
It would be extremely helpful if batch searching functionality can be added in the repository search. We have many projects where we have external data from an outside source that we need to find the matching data in our ILS, now Alma. For example, we are a member of a local consortium where we have several hundred oclc master records that all of us in the consortium need to manipulate in our own local ILSs. Instead of conducting one search at a time for these OCLC master record numbers, we would like to do a batch search of these master…
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Metadata editor: LDR form opens automatically
With the November 2023 release, we noticed a change in the metadata editor.
With the configuration "forced form editing" activated, whenever a record is pushed to the metadata editor, the LDR form is opened automatically and this is irritating, since cataloguers do not necessarily want to start working on the LDR, and the display of the form takes up a lot of screen space. Moreover, the LDR form opens again when saving the record.
We would like to suggest the following adjustments:
- the LDR form is not automatically opened when entering a record
- the LDR form is not…6 votesThis was completed and available in the February 2024 release.
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Add the 'Not contains', 'Not contains phrase', 'Not equal', 'Is not empty' search logic to Keywords, Creator, Subject etc. search indexes
Please add the 'Not contains', 'Not contains phrase', 'Not equal', 'Is not empty' search logic to as many search indexes as possible, and particularly to Keywords, Creator, Subject search indexes.
The 'Not contains', 'Not contains phrase', 'Not equal', 'Is not empty' search logics are very essential to advanced searches.
7 votesFor an All titles searches using the Subjects index, the following matching criteria were added to the Advanced search options: Is Empty, Not Contains Keywords, Not Equals, Not Contains Phrase, and Is Not Empty.
for more information please see https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Alma/Release_Notes/010_2019/Alma_2019_Release_Notes -
Display MARC 250 subfield "b" in "Edition" in the Brief Results List
Even when a record has 250 subfields a and b, Alma brief results display only subfield $$a with a slash in the Edition field. Alma should also display subfields b according to the MARC21 standard:
https://www.loc.gov/marc/bibliographic/bd250.html4 votes -
Arrange Advanced Search-Add Conditions list in alphabetical order. for Title - Holding - Physical Item
When using the Repository Search - Advanced Search- Add Conditions either in All Titles Search or Physical Title Search.. It would be much easier to find and select what conditions you need to select if the options were in alphabetical order.
3 votesAs part of Alma new UX the Advanced Search has been completely redesigned.
With the new UX choosing the attribute to search by is much easier – using type ahead, presenting recent attributes that were previously used and also the attributes will be sorted alphabetically per this idea. -
Develop a ‘sticky’ last search feature in the Repository search
We have staff in multiple roles, who use the repository search feature as part of their daily workflow. These staff run many repository searches a day, however, although people within a particular work area routinely use the same search parameters, across different work areas staff use a range of ‘standard’ search parameters.
We like to request that ExLibris to develop a ‘sticky’ last search feature in the Repository search. This would mean that Alma would ‘remember’ the way the Repository search was last configured, based on the user login. Our idea is that Alma would ‘remember’ a user’s most frequent…
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More search indexes in Advanced Search
Please enable search indexes such as 'Is not empty', 'Not contains', 'Not contains phrase', 'Not equal' search logic to as many search indexes as possible, especially for DC fields of Digital titles.
2 votesA "Not Equals" operator is available in the Alma advanced search.
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Staff search add thumbnail to staff search results
It will be really nice if the staff search result can display the cover of a book or a journal
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Maybe Search indexes is not updated? I want 773 $$t indexed as Title.
I often check this Help site https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Alma/Product_Documentation/Alma_Online_Help_%28English%29/Resource_Management/020Using_the_Repository_Search/Search_Indexes
to check how things are indexed. It looks like 773 $t is indexed as Content related data. Shouldn't it be indexed as Title? I suspect that it is indexed as title, but the information in Search indexes is not correct? Search indexes is very useful, and I would appreciate it updated.1 vote -
Using best ebook record in community zone
The ebook CZ records could be a lot better. The EBL records are already better than the CZ records, therefore wouldn't it be great if ProQuest would allow Ex Libris to use these records in the CZ.
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