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OpenURL resolving - BaseURL configurable for extension to consortial network
If an OpenURL request comes from external to Primo VE, then only the inventory in the IZ is considered and there is no possibility to extend the request to the physical inventory of the corresponding consortial network.
Suggestion for an enhancement: the BaseURL for OpenURL-request should be configurable in a way that the argument "consortial network" can be included in the request [i.e. with the configuration it can be decided whether only
a.) the inventory of the IZ (or Campus)
OR
b.) also the physical inventory of all libraries of the consortial network should be displayed (i.e. analogous to "search_scope")”51 votes -
Add target_url to DisplayCTO output
There is a feature in Primo VE to debug OpenURLs. You add to the OpenURL the parameter &displayCTO=true, e.g. https://uzb.swisscovery.slsp.ch/discovery/openurl?institution=41SLSP_UZB&vid=41SLSP_UZB:UZB&id=pmid:24881163&sid=Entrez:PubMed&displayCTO=true
Now you find between the metadata and the inventory a button "DISPLAY CTO". If you click there, you get an XML file with the metadata details that are available to Primo VE at the moment as well as data for the online services Primo VE will offer the user. However, one important information is missing: The target URL the service will link to is not displayed.
If you, however, use the debug URL of the Alma Link Resolver: https://slsp-uzb.alma.exlibrisgroup.com/view/uresolver/41SLSP_UZB/openurl?svc_dat=CTO&debug=true&debug=true&id=pmid:24881163&sid=Entrez:PubMed
You…
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Enable retrieval with/without/compound hyphens in Hebrew
It is very important to enable the search in Primo with and without hyphen to retrieve all relevant records (with hyphen, without hyphen and as compound words).
Some examples of current discrepancies in retrieval are:צפון-קרוליינה retrieved 2 results
צפון קרוליינה retrieved 486 resultsעת-מול retrieved zero results
עת מול retrieved 83 results, including the title עת-מול : עתון לתולדות ארץ ישראל ועם ישראל. searching using the pre-filter Title and limiting to 2010-2021 for
ארצות הברית retrieves 71 results
ארצות-הברית96 votes -
1 vote
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"Exclude all CDI Books from all different reference types"
Make it possible to exclude ALL CDI ebooks even from databases
16 votes -
Facet "Availability" : display order
I would like to be able to choose the order in which items are displayed in the "Availability" facet, and thus put the most important ones first.
In the backoffice, a "display order" column exists. I created a case to know why the display did not correspond to my choice. The person who answered, told me that it was not used in the user interface, and that it was considered as an improvement request.
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Option to highlight the edition statement in brief results
Hi, in a recent student survey we received feedback that the edition of a work should be more prominently labelled. It would be good if this text was more obvious in the brief results, perhaps with a different colour, positioning or size?
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Add 007 to MARC control identifiers for display and search normalization
This would enable normalization rules to target specific resource types.
In cases where MARC data may differ based on current practices (MARC 245 $c: Side B titles vs. Statement of Responsibility), we would be able to differentiate records that may contain uniquely catalogued data.
25 votes -
no javascript required for Embedding a Primo Search box
separate the search filters such as "any,contains," from the actual query terms so, javascript is not required for creating embedded search boxes
many places do no allow any javascript from endusers on their CMS
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Define preferred pickup location in personal details of my account
As a user of a large library network, I usually pick up the books I loan at library Z. When making a request I have to scroll down or use the search function in order to find library Z at the bottom of the very long list of pickup locations.
I would like a new feature, so that I can define my preferred pickup location as library Z in the personal details of my account. So, my preferred pickup location would always be displayed at the very top of the list of pickup locations. Plus, I could see at one…
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"Feedback Tool" for the New Primo UI: possibility to define the e-mail field as a mandatory field
We have been using the feedback tool for a few weeks now and have unfortunately received many requests where the users did not provide an e-mail address.
As a result, we have no way to ask a question or explain the reported behaviour (as it is correct).Therefore, we would be glad if the e-mail field can be defined as a mandatory field in the Primo back office.
A user can of course still enter a fake e-mail address, but then this is a deliberate action.Thank you in advance!
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Configure new searches to automatically exclude facets from result list (2022)
As a user, I want to configure Primo to automatically exclude certain facets from search results so patrons do not have to exclude the item with every new search
The solution would be configurable.
The default configuration would have no exclusions defined.Using Resource Type: Reviews as an example:
- The institution uses the solution to exclude Resource Type: Reviews.
- The solution adds [facet=rtype,exclude,reviews] to the query. The behavior would be the same as if the user clicked the Exclude button next to the resource type: reviews.
- Users would be able to modify their filters like usual.
Query without configuration:
/discovery/search?query=any,contains,Carrots&tab=Everything&search_scope=Everything&vid=[institution…19 votes -
Sorting of multiple copies according to item policy "available for loan"
Our library for medicine offers a large number of copies of some standard works. Some of them are not borrowable because they belong to the reference collection (item policy 63). Other copies have the item policy "available for loan, 1 day" (item policy 59) or "available for loan, 28 days" (item policy 01).
Example; https://slsp-network.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/41SLSP_UBE/hnud4r/alma99116892929105511In the details display (get it), the items that can be borrowed for 28 days are displayed last and are very difficult for users to find.
Ideally, the filter function should be adapted to contain the option "available for loan", so that patrons can choose…85 votes -
Display related holdings for monographs only for the 773 $w relation and not for the 8xx $w relation
When filtering to a certain location via facets, you often get results from other locations too, which is unexpected from patrons perspective in many cases. This is caused by the current related records setting which is also taking locations with related records into account. The display is correct for analytical records without inventory (book chapters and articles), but not for the other monographical resources.
What we wish to achieve is the following:
When the record of a book chapter, journal issue or journal article (i.e. a record containing a 773 field with $w) is viewed in Primo, the holding of…
658 votesHi all,
We are currently reviewing this idea together with Alma.
We will update with any new information we have.
Best regards,
Yael.
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New tool 'Give us feedback' - allow files to be uploaded
It would be helpful if the new 'Give us feedback' widget allowed users to upload files when reporting issues. Our current in-house widget allows this and we have found it a useful feature.
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Physical items sort routine by date - enable I J K descending, but A B C ascending
Hi
We're running into a problem with the Physical items sort routine - Sort according to date.For journals, we want to sort the latest item on top, this works correctly with
Sort according to chronology I/U/K (year/month/day) - DescendingBUT
The same sort routine is also used for multi volume monographs.
We found out that if we only fill out conditions for Chronology I J K, but those fields are empty, the barcode gets used for sorting.
Which leads to wrong sorts.So we had to add
Enumeration A, B, C as a condition.This leads to…
91 votes -
Extend the limit on the Summary Holdings Display to more than 10 holdings.
If a title is held at more than 10 locations, its holdings summary will not appear on the Locations page—however, the more locations, the higher demand for checking the range of the coverage. Therefore, please display all summary holdings regardless of the number of holdings.
48 votes -
"Feedback Tool" for the New Primo UI: Configuring the Feedback Letter - please support multilingualism
There are already pre-defined labels for the e-mail in different languages (e.g. default.report.emailTextNoEmail) but they are currently non-functional :-(
Configuring the Feedback Tool for the New Primo UI
https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Primo/Product_Documentation/Primo/New_Primo_User_Interface/Additional_Features_for_the_New_UI/Configuring_the_Feedback_Tool_for_the_New_Primo_UI
"Note: Only the en_US descriptions are supported for email labels, and no translations are provided if configured in the table."According to Production Management, implementation is not planned for the time being and we should raise an idea.
So, please vote for this idea ;-)13 votes -
Ability to set default purchase request library for all users with Purchase Request Form
We would like the option to set a default purchase request library that is selected/displayed automatically in the purchase request form in Primo VE, regardless of whether the patron submitting the form has a purchase request library selected in their Alma record. This would allow the purchase request form to come to us in Alma with the correct Owning Library filled in automatically (as we only purchase via one of our libraries).
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Uploading images for New Tool-Give Us Feedback
An image means more imformation, it will help us to understand the questions of reader better. Of course, it would be nice if there was an instant chat window.
17 votes
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