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Improve user interface for Customize View in Reading Lists
When viewing a course reserve reading list, opening Customize View exposes a second Save button--the one for saving the reading list remains at the top of the page. If you choose "Show all" in the Customize View panel, you see a lengthy list of fields. Scroll down the list, and the Save button for that section quickly scrolls out of view. It's very easy to mistakenly click the reading list Save button, which has no effect on the Customize View selections.
Customize View needs a more functional interface that keeps the appropriate Save button visible at all times, preferably without…
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Workflow history tabs
Improvement idea- having workflow history tabs (think like browser tabs) for when you need to check some other information in Alma, but do not want to keep clicking through the menus to get back to the screen you were working on.
Example: I am looking at job history reports, and need to check on things in other areas within Alma, but I have to keep going back to job history and putting in my job search parameters to find the reports I am looking through again. (one example of many)
3 votes -
Add “Provenance” and “Physical Condition” to Ful Resource Request Slip Letter
We are using the field “Provenance” and “Physical Condition”. Unfortunately, these fields are missing from the XML record for the Ful Resource Request Slip Letter.
Especially in the case of creating Work Order requests, it would be very helpful if these fields could be printed on the request slip.Thanks,
Christian.4 votes -
Manage Deleted Repository - Test button and Coverage options
Add an option to test access for portfolios on the Manage Deleted Repository page. Also display the coverage information for portfolios. These enhancements would increase confidence in the decision to restore the portfolio, increase efficiency, and make this page more usable
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Automate Cleanup of Electronic Resource Activation Tasks
When electronic resources are ordered in Alma, an activation task is often generated on the Electronic Resource Activation Task List. However, many resources are later activated outside that workflow.
When this happens, the resource is active and discoverable, but the activation task remains open until staff manually find and close it. Over time, this creates unnecessary clutter and makes the task list less useful for identifying resources that still require action.
Proposed Solution:
Add functionality to automatically close activation tasks when the associated portfolio or collection is already active.
Possible approaches include:
A scheduled job that reviews open activation tasks…
65 votes -
Make Task List Customizations Persistent
Currently, when a user customizes the order of categories in their Task List, the custom layout persists only for the active session. Once the Task List is closed, the arrangement resets to the system default.
Please make user Task List customizations sticky, so users' custom layout arrangements persist automatically across sessions and logins.
6 votes -
Add Access Type to Customize View
It would be very useful to be able to display the Access Type: Current, Perpetual, or Current and Perpetual under collections in the search results.
Right now we need to click edit collection to see this information. we want to be able to see at first glance which of our collections are perpetual access.Please add Access Type as a field we can choose to see. It is not currently listed as an option in customize view.
3 votes -
Disregard matches for CZ-linked records in Connexion integration
The OCLC Connexion integration profile for importing records from WorldCat should include the option for an IZ or the NZ to disregard matches for CZ-linked records, similar to the functionality of an import profile. If an imported record matches only a single NZ record, that record should be updated without leading the cataloger to break their workflow to try a different import method.
Use case: When a cataloger attempts to manually update an IZ record that is linked to the NZ from WorldCat, if the NZ repository also contains a record that is linked to the CZ, then the integration…
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Add Article Processing Charges (APC) as Order Line Type for Import Profiles
For libraries that routinely pay APC fees (not just part of transformative agreements), it would be great if APC-One Time was one of the Order Line type options for Import Profiles. Currently, we have to manually enter order details in Alma. We receive APC data in batches 20 or more at certain times each year and entering orders manually is very time consuming.
3 votes -
Update the Job "Change Service Group Settings" to include proxy and linking
Use case summary: We use inventory groups to manage different inventories for two campuses which also have two separate proxies. This requires the use of the group settings in Electronic Collection settings and Services settings. I need to update the group settings (including proxy and linking information) for many electronic collection settings and service settings, but there is only a job to add a group, not to edit the proxy information. This means I am required to do this manually for each of these collections.
Job Name: Change electronic collection information
Job Section(s): Change electronic collection group settings information ;…2 votes -
Option to change the default selection for “Handling bibliographic records without inventory” when deleting electronic inventory
The popup for “Handling bibliographic records without inventory” when deleting electronic inventory has the options of “Delete bibliographic record(s)”, “Do nothing” and “Suppress bibliographic record(s)”.
The default radio button selection is “Do nothing”.Support has confirmed this default and that there are no current configuration options to change this, which has now been added to the documentation.
The outcome is that we have to change this every single time, as our standard practice is “Delete bibliographic record(s)”.
This enhancement request is to add a configuration option under Resources > Other Settings to allow the institution to change the default preselection…
2 votes -
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Expired requests available in Analytics
I would like to pull statistics on the number of requests that expired without being picked up in a given time frame. Expired is not a hold status available in the Requests subject area. Currently, the only way to get this data is to create a Fulfillment report of Loans from Holds, create a Requests report to find the number of holds placed, and then subtract to get the remainder that expired. This is tedious and creates opportunities for errors; it would be better to be able to get the needed information from the Requests subject area.
1 vote -
Request for Bulk Activation of CZ Collections
Previously, I submitted an enquiry via Salesforce regarding whether Alma provides a native function that would allow customers to activate a large number of Community Zone (CZ) collections in bulk. We were informed that such functionality is currently not available.
As we may need to activate approximately several hundred collections, the current manual process is extremely time-consuming. I would therefore like to explore whether the following approach could be considered or supported.
Using Gale collections as an example, would it be possible to:
Upload a list of CZ Collection IDs and activate the corresponding collections in batch;
Subsequently run the…2 votes -
Primo Configuration API should have a method that lists all Views
Currently, the "Primo Configuration" API area contains only one method: /primo/v1/configuration/{vid}
This method assumes that you already know the View ID (VID) ahead of time. In order to develop useful tools, the API should offer a way to get the list of Views (VIDs) so that you can actually make use of this API area.
I have attempted to work around this limitation by making use of Alma Analytics. However, I discovered that Analytics does not return all of an institution's Views; in particular, it does not list any of the NDE-enabled views, which happen to be the only views…
14 votes -
Music Score as Material Type when PO Line Type is in Electronic Collection or Portfolio
"Musical Score" is listed as material type only when the POL Type is in print format, but it's not available when the PO Line Type is either electronic Collection or Electronic Portfolio. We do have full text e-score from either collections or portfolios, i.e. Proquest's Music Online: Classical Scores Library, vol. 1-6. They are not books or journals. Please make electronic Musical Score available in POLs.
49 votes -
Handling external content filtering and proxy domain exceptions in Alma e-resources
Hi everyone. I am fairly new to Alma and still trying to wrap my head around some specific electronic resource management workflows. Recently, our IT team updated our campus proxy and content filtering rules to better control non-academic web traffic on public terminals.
Since then, we have noticed an issue where legitimate user requests for external web domains get caught in the filter, especially when testing redirect rules for electronic packages or off-campus access. The system keeps flagging certain test URLs incorrectly in our access logs.
Has anyone else configured custom proxy exceptions or specific vendor bypass rules directly within…
1 vote -
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Use Online Ordering to preference ebook multi-user licenses over single user licenses.
We would like ebook links with unlimited or multi-user licenses to be preferenced (display first) over single user license ebooks in discovery configuration. We would like this to be an option in Configuration > Fulfillment > Discovery Interface Display Logic > Online Services Order
7 votes -
Automatically Remove or Flag Bibliographic Records Without Inventory Created by "Link Local Portfolios to Community" Job
Current Behaviour:
When local portfolios are linked in bulk to the Community Zone using the Link Local Portfolios to Community job, the associated local bibliographic records remain in the Alma repository even after inventory has been removed. These records become bibliographic records without inventory and require manual cleanup.
Currently, institutions must:
Monitor for Bibs without eInventory
Create a set of Titles Without Inventory.
Run the Delete Bibliographic Records job against the set.
Perform ongoing monitoring to identify and remove residual records.According to Ex Libris Support, there is currently no mechanism to prevent this behaviour, and it is considered a…
59 votes
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