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Display of earlier editions in 'View x versions' feature instead of latest ones
Unfortunately, and I've noticed this with other titles in Primo, e.g. Begg Economics, the latest editions of titles are hidden in the 'View x versions' area of Primo while the earliest edition is displayed in the search results. It would be better perhaps if the latest edition displayed with the option to view earlier editions under the 'View x versions' feature.
63 votesThank you for this suggestion, this was released in Primo VE May release and planned as part Primo August 2020 release.
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Improve visibility of sticky facets
The sticky facets are an excellent addition to the functionality of the new UI, but the probability of users discovering them is quite low.
In usability testing students will alter their search terms without ever hovering their mouse over the filters they have applied to their previous search, and then have to reapply the filters.
While the padlock is hidden behind a mouseover interaction this very desirable functionality is undiscoverable.
Also in its current configuration the tooltips for the selected filter and the padlock clash.
The padlock for making your selected filter 'sticky' should be visible by default, and probably…
61 votesThank you for this suggestion, this was part of the improve sticky facets behavior released in May for both Primo and Primo VE.
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Session Timeout Warning
It would be most helpful if a 'Session Timeout' warning could be displayed a certain amout of time before the session actually ends. Included in the warning could be the options to 'keep me logged in' or 'log out now'.
60 votesThe option to show a "Session timeout" message and to allow extending the session will be available in May 2023 release.
Best regards,
Yael.
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Customizable RIS mapping table for Primo VE
In Primo, customers could customize the RIS export table, to determine what PNX fields should be used for RIS fields. In Primo VE this is not possible:
The mapping of the RIS fields to PNX fields is as follows:
IS addata/issue
TY addata/ristype
N2 addata/abstract
N1 addata/notes
PB addata/publisher
A2 display/contributor
ET addata/edition
KW display/subject
EP addata/epage
DO addata/doi
PY addata/date ; display/creationdate
JA addata/stitle
VL addata/volume
CY addata/cop
AU display/creator
T3 addata/seriestitle
T2 addata/addtitle
T1 display/title
SP Addata/spage
JF Addata/jtitle
ID Alma MMS ID
SN Addata/issn; addata/isbn; addata/eissn; addata/eisbnAs most reference managers will read A2 as Series Editor,…
58 votesThank you for this idea . With the April 2022 release Primo VE allows you to customize the default mapping used to export records to RIS format.
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Integrate the Alma Digital Viewer into the Primo UI
I see a breaks in the user experience consistency with the Alma/Primo combination with the link to digital objects in Primo. The link is opening the Alma Digital Viewer and it's look and feel is totally different from the Primo UI. Primo is the interface to the customer. Please integrate the UI into Primo and let Alma manage the objects and the metadata.
What my webmaster is missing and criticising on the Digital Viewer page:
- it delivers the wrong favicon
- link behind the Alma logo points to the actual Digital Viewer page
- link behind the institutional logo…56 votesPrimo VE provides Quick Access service embedding Alma’s new digital viewer to allow users to quickly access and view digital representations within Primo Full record.
For more details how to configure https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Primo/Product_Documentation/020Primo_VE/Primo_VE_(English)/050Display_Configuration/010Configuring_Discovery_Views_for_Primo_VE#Configuring_the_Quick_Access_Service
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Remove field 655 from the subject facet
In Primo VE the 655 are shown in the Subject facet. As the 655 relate to form and not to content, they should not be shown as subjects. Furthermore, the 655 are correctly shown in the “Genre” facet.
The 655 should be excluded from the Topic facet in the Facets Section Mapping:
https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Primo/Product_Documentation/020Primo_VE/Primo_VE_(English)/120Other_Configurations/Mapping_to_the_Display%2C_Facets%2C_and_Search_Sections_in_the_Primo_VE_Record#Facets_Section_Mapping54 votes -
BibTeX export
Primo only offers one export file format for bibliographies: RIS
Unfortunately not all citation management tools directly support this file format. The users have to use conversion tools.
Therefore please add the very popular BibTeX export file format.52 votesI’m happy to announce that we added this functionality as part of Primo May release
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Email results in new interface - records too long and not currently configurable
With the new UI, the emailing function appears to have been altered from a minimised style that we have in the classic primo to a very full view in the new one.
- in the Classic UI, indeed, the different formats have been used when user was sending results by email: (a) sending from Brief View or Full View creates a long version of formatted content (b) sending from eShelf creates a brief list of formatted content
However, in both cases, there is no configuration available as to define which fields should be part of the format, this is currently hardcoded…
51 votesThank you for this suggestion. The ability to customize the email is available now in Primo November release and planned for Primo VE in February 2020 release.
Please read more on the options to customize in “Improved Email Template for Send To Email Action”
https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Primo/Release_Notes/2019/001Primo_2019_Release_Notes
and in https://github.com/ExLibrisGroup/primo-explore-package/blob/master/VIEW_CODE/html/README.md#email-templates -
Primo Analytics - add the ability to generate Primo Send To menu Citation Style usage
Idea: Add the ability to generate usage statistics for each of the Citation Styles which display in the Primo Send to menu.
Currently it is possible to report on the number of times the Citation option is selected from the Primo Send to menu.
However it is not possible to track usage for each of the citation styles e.g. APA, Harvard, Oxford, etc.
Use case:
The ability to track usage for each style to:
- Determined the order of citation styles in the display (from most popular to least popular).
- To determine which options should continue be offered to our patrons…
49 votesThank you for this idea. Primo Analytics now tracks the number of times each citation style is clicked by its position in the Citation action
Please refer to Support Usage Information for the Order of Citation Styles in Primo February release notes, coming soon in Primo VE March. -
Adding link to MARC record from the Primo user interface
The user shall be able to view the MARC record from the Primo user interface.
Once the user selects specific record, he shall be able to view the MARC record from the Primo user interface.46 votesWe are glad to inform you that we added this feature as part of Primo February release
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Allow HTML in Collection Discovery description field
It would be useful to allow HTML in the description field of an Alma Collection record. It would allow some formatting and links out to other pages. Currently any HTML displays as text.
47 votesHi,
This is now supported on February 2024 release.
Best regards,
Yael.
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Easily share records in Social Media
When sharing a record in social media (Facebook, Whatsapp, etc.) using the Full Display page's URL - it would be better to see in the preview the Name, Description, Domain, and Thumbnail of the record that has been shared.
Please see the attached PDF file for a detailed example.
47 votesThank you for posting this idea. By adding Open Graph meta-tags to Primo Full Display page, Social Media crawlers can use this information to display a preview for Primo link once it is shared.
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Boost Institutional Search Results in Primo VE
We'd like the ability to boost our institutional results in a search profile slot that includes consortial records.
46 votesThank you for this idea. We added to Primo VE the Boost My Institution option to allow an institution in a consortium to boost its search results, over results from other member institutions.
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Provide option in Primo VE customization to use Alma's preferred name fields in My Library Card
The My Library Card display in Primo VE should have a configuration option to use the preferred names fields in Alma user accounts, if those fields are populated, instead of only being configured to use the first/last name fields. This will be helpful for institutions that use SIS loads to populate user data and the patrons have included preferred name data in addition to legal name data.
45 votesThank you for this idea, This is now available in Primo BE – the user’s dispaly name is aligned with the way ALMA displays the user name, considering also the user’s preferred name fields.
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Add "modify search" option to retain facets/filters
Facets used to refine searches must be re-selected if the search keywords are modified. It would help to offer the ability to modify a search while retaining the selected facets.
42 votesPrimo allows users to make active facets persistent for an entire session,
For More details refer to https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Primo/Product_Documentation/030Highlights/027Primo_August_2017_Highlights#Sticky_Facets
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Resource Recommender customizable for each view
PrimoVE views serve different audiences. If the Resource Recommender were customizable for each view the user experience will be improved.
42 votesThank you for posting this idea. Primo VE now provides you the flexibility to define resource recommendations for specific views
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Better analytics for resource recommender to tell how many times recommendation is triggered and how often it is clicked
The resource recommender can be a very new tool to help improve the user experience of searchers.
However without proper analytics it is hard to tell if all the effort done to create them have had an impact.
Hence it would be helpful to have data like
Analytics that tell staff
a) How often a recommendation is triggered or most common recommendations shown
b) How often a recommendation is clicked41 votesAn indication for when resource recommender was triggered, is already available in Analytics since May 2020 Primo release.
Thank you.
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Make zotero work with Primo
The old Primo UI worked very well with Zotero, but the new one doesn't. It would be very useful to have that functionality back.
41 votesThis is completed for both Primo and Primo VE .
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No way back to original/seed article when using either the new Citations or Cited By buttons
The pages a user reaches when clicking either the new "Citations" or "Cited By" buttons do not provide any way for user to get back to the original/seed article. Making users rely on the browser's back button is not user-friendly.
40 votesThis functionality is now available as part of the citation trail in the new Primo UI
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Add AMA (American Medical Association) as Citation Style
Currently, the Primo Action functionality allows for APA, Chicago, and MLA citation styles. In order to benefit students of Medicine and Science, we would like to add AMA (American Medical Association) as a possible citation style.
34 votesPrimo now supports Citation Style Language (CSL).
You can now manage and include additional citation style languages, which are stored in GitHub’s CSL Style Repository
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