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Need Number of requests and clickthroughs per service type in Alma Analytics
In Alma, we have General Electronic Services (GES) for ReprintsDesk. ReprintsDesk is our document delivery provider. The ReprintsDesk GES appears in the services window in Primo or when linking out from a database. If there is no full text found, the patron can request the article via ReprintsDesk. I need to get statistics for each quarter on how many times the GES was clicked.
In SFX, we ran a query for the number of document delivery requests. It was in the SFX query "Number of requests and clickthroughs per service type” and the service type getDocumentDelivery. We need the same…
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Manual Deleting of User (Patron) records and need for consistency in maintaining reportable data
At present Alma has an inconsistent method of maintaining reportable patron data when a user record is deleted. The reality is that the policies established by an institution (to keep fully reportable, or keep statistics, or fully remove) do not apply when a patron record is manually deleted - ie. Deleted in: Administration > User Management > Find and Manage Users.
“Users that are manually deleted in Alma are fully removed from the system” regardless of institution policy. The Queensland Health Libraries would like to have this situation changed so that manually deleting a user (patron) record would maintain the…
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Make Alma resolver better at locating books and book chapters without ISBN
Alma resolver incorrectly matches to other books with the same title if the open URL does not contain an ISBN.
Alma is not fit for purpose as an open url resolver for Books when an ISBN is not available.
Other resolvers such as SFX and 360 link use all the information in the openurl eg author and publisher and date. Alma resolver only uses the Book title which causes numerous false matches.
See example in attached file
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Limit fine/fee payment to specific library
One of our satellite libraries would like restrict payment of fines/fees for their materials to them -- we have separate accounting and budgets.
59 votes -
Allow staff to override if an item type is not requestable
We would like some books (like a reference book) to be non-requestable for a student. However, we would like for staff to be able to put in a request on a student's behalf for a reference book, or perform an override when appropriate.
225 votes -
Enable bulk due date changes based on a set of items listed by barcode
We've had occasions where it would have been useful to be able to create a set of items, for example, in Alma Analytics. Then to take that set of items, e.g. a CSV or Excel file listing the barcodes, and then to update the due dates of all those items, to a new fixed value.
This is similar to the current Bulk Due Date Change functionality, but with the addition of uploading a list of items to change.
Regards,
Ciaran
The University of Manchester Library
172 votes -
sound alert for pop-up windows
A sound alert to accompany a pop-up window would be very helpful. We find that our student workers often fail to see important pop-up notes when they are checking out or returning materials. A distinct sound would help immeasurably!
174 votesIt will be possible to configure an audio alert for pop up messages that appear at the Patron Services WB or at the Scan In Interface.
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Option of standard clock time or military time
The 24 hour standard clock time is more feasible for reserve/loan periods rather than military time, or at the very least incorporate both options for the user. Military time is too confusing for our student workers. We had to use a cheat sheet to convert military time to standard clock time to avoid giving incorrect information to the patrons.
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Add Storage Location ID to Export Physical Items job
"Storage Location ID" will be added to Analytics in the January 2017 release but we also need to be able to get the Storage Location ID from the Export Physical Items job.
108 votes -
Embargoed resources displaying in Primo
Currently records from within an embargo period are discover-able to end-users via Primo.
The user then thinks we have access to the records and selects it only to be presented with No full text available.
Embargoed records are outside of our coverage range and should not display in our discovery interface.39 votes -
Colour/shade gradients to tell the different between license statuses (Active, Retired, Deleted)
In the list of licenses it would be useful to have a colour/shading gradient difference between active and inactive licenses.
For example, when you delete a license it still remains in Alma, it is just given the status deleted. This is fine as it provides a history, however, as the deleted licenses in the list look exactly the same as active licenses, apart from the status note it can often be difficult to tell the active and deleted licences apart, especially at a glance.It would be useful to change the colouring/shading gradient, for example, grey out the text, for…
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Fine&fees and blocks
Currently, a user who has exceeded the limit of cash in his active balance, is blocked. That's ok.
However, if a user has a lot of overdue loans (and fine&fees), and exceeded the limit of fines & fees but not in his active balance (loans are active), Alma won't block the user.
So, until user returns documents or renew there, he can check-out new books.Is it possible to add an option in the Alma BO to block a user who has exceeded the limit of fine/fees all fine/fees included and not only those which are "closed" and added in…
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Preventing Change of Due Date (Recall) when placing Physical Item Request
When placing a physical item request for an item that is checked out, we typically want to recall the item, but there are sometimes exceptions to this. For these exceptions, we would like to have the option, while placing the request, to prevent the recall and simply add the requester to the queue without changing the due date.
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File differences included with Release Notes
It would be very helpful if ExL included a Differences report (.diff file) for the Delivery-System-Skin mashup CSS file (mashupnew.css) and also any Letter-template XSLT files which have changed for each new Alma Release, and to post them alongside the Knowledge Base article for the release (ie. https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Alma/ReleaseNotes/00992017/May2017 ).
Any institution which has made local customizations based on these files needs to perform a manual review each month. While this isn't so horrific for the single mashup_new.css file, it is for the Letter-templates. Having a section which lists the differences would be a huge time-saver. Bonus…
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Ability to edit records during import when manual handling required
During the import of records, we sometimes get the "Manual Handling Required" notice, from which we can view the record in question as well as its error.
On that screen you can view the record and we have often found that only a small fix is needed to correct the error, and would be best done at this point in the process rather than getting the original file, making a change, and either reloading the whole thing or extracting the one file to fix and reload it alone.
It would be nice if, along with the ability to simply view…
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Automatically add new user statistical categories as they are imported via the SIS integration
As a system administrator I want any new statistical category codes used in the student file import to be added to the table as they appear in the file. Voyager previously added the code and then a system administrator could add the description to match.
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Vendor contacts need phone extension added
When adding a new contact to the vendor location, there could be numerous people using the same base number, but with different extensions. Can you add a space to allow entering the extension?
35 votes -
Item's inventory price
a) Instead of clicking Allocate every time to assign the item’s inventory price from the PO line, the process should be automated as was the case in Aleph.
b) The final price from the PO line should be converted to our local (and default) currency automatically and written to the item’s inventory price field.
c) When an invoice is paid in Alma, the item's inventory price should be updated automatically with the final amount in our local (and default) currency.
All of the above is required for reporting to our financial department and library management.
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Searchable invoice notes
Add the capability for analytics and/or sets to generate a report based upon the note field. I have not been able to easily extract invoice notes from Alma. This would allow acquisitions departments to extract useful invoice data that may be unique to their institution. Also, if a library has Alma directly connected to an external payment system error reports will generate within the invoice note field. Having a way to easily extract these note through a report feature would be beneficial.
118 votesHi,
Notes are indeed a very useful tool to tag data for searching. We will make the POL and Invoice notes a searchable element in the relevant Alma interfaces.
Thanks,
Moshe -
In Metadata Editor, open records by MMS id directly
It's common to have a list of MMS ids that need to be worked on in Metadata Editor. The current workflow is to do a repository search, be taken out of MDE, click "Edit Record" and wait to be slowly taken back into MDE.
It would speed things up tremendously if there was a way for users in MDE to input an MMS id and just have the record open up straight away.
25 votes
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