Alma
Your feedback matters to us. Help us improve Alma by telling us what you’d like to see using the message areas below. You can also can support something already posted.
We would love to be able to respond to every idea that is submitted, but this is not feasible. We are, however, committed to responding to the most popular ideas—those that have received the most points.
For more information please review our FAQ and guidelines. Thank you.
1693 results found
-
Customize search labels for local authorities
We would like to configure the search labels for local authorities. We have already checked, but the MARC21 fields used for the corresponding local authorities (084, 600, 651) are not shown in the list of search labels. Unfortunately, the support was not able to help us. They said that index codes to search index labels mapping and expanding the index fields is an enhancement request.
20 votes -
Tables need an option to clear the default value
There are various code tables in Alma that prompt you to choose "Default Value -- Yes/No" when adding a row to the table. Once multiple rows have been added, it's possible to select one value to be the default value. However, once one value has been chosen as the default at any point in time, there is NO option to clear the default value (short of deleting the default value row which causes other problems). There are times when we don't want a default value but "Yes" was chosen by mistake when adding a new row.
One example of this…
20 votes -
Put full 100 field information in search results
Please put the full 1XX field in the search results.
We have many people with the same or similar names which are distinguished by dates or other information from the 100 field. It would be very useful to have all the personal name information this display in the metadata editor and also to be available in the Excel download of the search results.
20 votes -
Enable case-insensitivity for indication and other rules
Indication (and other) rules in Alma are case sensitive by design. Case sensitivity of course is often desirable, to ensure most exact matching and prevent inadvertent data problems. However, in some instances, especially with indication rules, it would be very helpful and time-saving to be able to use case insensitivity, as is possible with regular expressions (ex: /i). An example of a scenario in which this would be helpful is when using an indication rule to identify records which contain a particular textual note, when that note may have been entered with varying cases: sometime all uppercase, sometimes sentence case,…
20 votes -
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.
20 votes -
Permanent Call Number in Physical Item Editor
It would be extremely useful if we could edit the permanent call number in the physical item editor the same way we can edit the permanent location. This information is an holding's element in many libraries.
Otherwise, after receiving the orders, we need to edit both the physical item and the holding after cataloging and before scanning the items to put them on the shelves.. This is tedious and prone to errors.20 votes -
Allow Jobs to Accept CSV files
There are many instances where we would like to run a job like the change physical items job for a list of barcodes where the variable is not the same for each barcode. For example, I'd like to add provenance codes to a list of barcodes, but each barcode could have one of 15 different codes. So it would be great to be able to upload a CSV or TSV with two columns - one with barcode and one with the provenance code for that barcode.
20 votes -
Ability to attach bibliographic record to CZ order
The Change Bib reference action is not available for POLs that have originated from the Community Zone. This is an issue as POLs with CKB references don't have bib record information which can be used in Analytics.
In our SalesForce case about this (00570591) we were told that POLs for an electronic item can be relinked only if it has an MMS ID in the first place, and we see from the manual that changing the bib record isn't possible using the relink action if there’s not already a bib record attached:
https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Alma/Product_Documentation/010Alma_Online_Help_(English)/020Acquisitions/020Purchasing/045Closing%2C_Reopening%2C_and_Relinking_PO_Lines#Relinking_PO_LinesSo what we want is the ability…
20 votes -
Add a link from the PO line to the "Receive" workbench
It would be helpful to have a link to the receiving workbench from a POL, to eliminate the extra step of receiving items that are ordered but already in hand. This applies especially to standing orders and gifts. We already have the items in hand at the time of order creation. With the current setup, we have to 1) create the POL, 2) write down the POL number or copy it before selecting Order Now, 3) switch to Receive to receive the item in order to close the POL. Merging step 3 into the POL creation process would save a…
20 votes -
check-out from user account
I don't see a direct link on the User/Patron account page to be able to check out an item. It seems that you have to go back to the main menu and select "Manage Patron Services". In Voyager, you can easily get to the Charge window from the Patron window or vice versa.
There is the "Manage Fulfillment Activities" link. I think it would be helpful if you could add the Check-out function on that page.20 votes -
Receipt for waived fees
Customers sometimes want a receipt for waived fees. Currently that's not possible within ALMA.
20 votes -
Eliminate the confirmation step when editing item records.
The process of receiving journal items is unnecessarily slowed down by having to confirm every single edit. Clicking on "Save" should be enough to get the job done. Breaking out Receive as a separate step has already added a step to the process. Please consider any and all ways of reducing the amount of time spent looking at blue spinning circles. Thank you.
19 votes -
Trials : when a participant reopens a survey form, the replys already submitted should display
At the moment, when a participant reopens a survey form he already submitted, all the answers are empty.
If he fills in again the survey form, at the end, when submitting his answers the second time, a warning message displays (do you want to submit again ?)
We consider that this warning is too late in the workflow.So our request is : when a trial participant has filled in a survey form, if he reopens the same survey form later, this one should display the answers already submitted.
19 votes -
Delay for hold notification - up to 5 digits
Even if a library is closed to the public, the staff are working.
When they scan a returned loan, a notification is sent but the patron cannot retrieve his document due to the closed library.
It would be beneficial for us to be able to delay the notification for a week.
We would like to get up to 5 digits the delay for hold notification. Currently, it's 3 digits max, 999 minutes (16 hours).19 votes -
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…
19 votes -
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.
19 votes -
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…
19 votes -
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).
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.
19 votes -
Physically Received by Library
It should be possible to change the status of a Borrowing Request to Digitally Received by Library from Physically Received by Library or vice-versa, if the wrong Format was received. Currently, it is impossible to create a barcode if the item was Digitally Received.
19 votes
- Don't see your idea?