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Add Call Number to EDI fulfilment shelf-ready order response
The EDI fulfilment functionality (shelf ready order responses) in Alma does not handle Call Number (classmark). Suppliers are sending call number information in standard GIR segments LCL and LFS in the EDI file, so Alma should be able to import these and populate the order record automatically in the same way as Barcode. This is a key requirement in our opinion because without it, manual intervention is still required for every order.
3 votes -
Electronic Collection Type - One Time
Here the scenario. I use a B3Kat package title record per profile "Titelübernahme aus dem B3Kat". Then I create via MD editor a PO line for "Electronic Collection - One Time". The field "Electronic Collection type" include the value "Database". We would like to configure the standard value for new records.
1 vote -
Percentage load on vendor/order records
On the screen for Vendor account details: Develop a data field entitled Overheads, with an input box that can take a percentage. This percentage indicates the percentage with which the value of each order linked to the vendor should be loaded automatically, with an override facility on the order record.
On the screen for creating a PO Line: Develop a data field entitled Overheads, with an input box that can take a percentage. This field should be populated automatically from the Overheads field on the associated vendor record, loading the value of the order with the percentage, with an override…
1 vote -
Enable embedding fund balance graphs and data on Alma Home Screen
Fund balance data from Analytics is inaccurate as data is piped in to Analytics on a daily basis, making fund balance widgets created in Analytics less useful for checking available balances. We would like to request the ability to quickly access up-to-the moment fund and available balances available under each fund under Acquisitions > Funds and Ledgers > Fund > Reports in home page widgets. This would enable staff placing order to check live fund balances easily on a regular basis.
34 votes -
Change the parameters in "Item Search in Amazon"
Change the parameters in "Item Search in Amazon" to include media (specifically DVD's and music CD's) and/or an "all" option so that all materials can be processed through this one workflow instead of just books or magazines.
5 votes -
Information about the "Interested Users" in the List "Electronic Resource Activation Task List" is needed
To work with the "Interested User"-Functionality in the context of Electronic Resources we need the Information about the "Interested Users" in the List "Electronic Resource Activation Task List" in a seperate column.
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Invoice - Vendor account - Mandatory field configurable
The vendor account field in the invoice details should be a mandatory field. This is not configurable. We have not a choice here in the vendor field and the vendor account field will not filled in automatically. Please, change this.
4 votes -
Add fund rules fields to Tools>Excel export in Funds and Ledgers search results screen
Support have confirmed that it's not possible for an Alma user to access reporting on the fund rules fields e.g. over expenditure allowed, over-expenditure limit etc.
They suggest the quickest way to achieve this would be to add these fields as columns to the Tools>Excel export function in the fund and ledger search results screen.
10 votes -
Automated Invoicing for Amazon
Amazon is a common supplier of materials for many libraries and the current process of needing to manually enter invoices in Alma is very slow and tedious. I don't believe Amazon supports EDI, but they do provide invoice/order information in CSV format. It would be really great to have the ability to automate or batch load Amazon invoices.
14 votes -
description
There isn't a possibility to configure the display of a journal's 'Description'. It is possible to edit templates in MD editor to configure which subfields will be displayed, however the display order of these fields is NOT configurable.
We need a configuration possibility for journal's 'Description'.
3 votes -
Can option for viewing 'Ready to be Paid' invoices be added to Acquisitions menu?
In the 'Receiving and Invoicing' section of the Acquisitions menu,
there are options for displaying invoices in various stages of processing: 'Review', 'Approve' and 'Waiting for Payment'. (See Alma_menu.PNG)It would be very useful to be able to display invoices 'Ready to be Paid' - i.e., which have passed the review stage and await running of the job for export to ERP, which changes them to 'Waiting for Payment' status.
Can the menu be configured to include this option?113 votes -
Electronic Collection PO lines should appear in "More info" at bib record level when Collection is linked to bib record
Electronic Collection PO lines should appear in "More info" at bib record level when Collection is linked to bib record
Description Hello,This is an enhancement request.
Even when an electronic collection is linked to a bibliographic record in the Additional descriptive information field of the collection record and when an Electronic Collection PO line is linked to the collection, it currently is not possible to get to the PO line when we look up the title as "All titles" and click on the "More info" link. We have to use an Electronic Collection search to get to the title…
10 votes -
Display local price in addition to the foreign currency price
We need the display of the local price in addition to the foreign currency price on the Invoice Lines tab and in the POL summary tab. That's very important for us.
58 votes -
Filter Acquisitions POL sets by fiscal period
Manage Sets is useful for quick lists of orderlines but it's not possible to filter by fiscal period. This results in large sets which take a long time to display and then need to be filtered offline in Excel.
Adding a new filter of fiscal period in Acquisitions Manage Sets could help reduce the load on Alma and produce more relevant sets.
13 votes -
Add previous price information to Column options
Already some time ago a new feature, to see previous invoices, was added in Acq in Alma. This is useful and even better if the previous prices were visible too (see screenshot). Is this something that Libis could configure for us?
Already some time ago a new feature, to see previous invoices, was added in Acq in Alma. This is useful and even better if the previous prices were visible too/added to the column options (See attachment)9 votes -
Add other participants to trial after initial trial email is sent
There is only one opportunity to send out a "participate in trial' email. This means that although it is possible to add a participant to the trial, no email is sent out to this person if the initial trial email has been sent.
It would be great to have the option of sending an email to individual or all participants again.6 votes -
Allow different configuration of Interested User emails for ebook orders
Currently the automatic email for the Interested User of an ebook order isn't triggered until the status of the order changes from 'Sent' to 'Waiting for Invoice'.
It would be beneficial if we could configure the emails differently to allow an alternative trigger eg the activation date.
This would eliminate the current considerable delays between the ebook being available and the sending of the email.39 votes -
Send claims for journal issues for providers without EDI
We have a lot of journal providers for our legal deposit. As they may be associations or other small institution, they don't work with EDI.
Quite often, we don't receive issues. So we want to send them claims. But these are not sent automatically in Alma for subscriptions.
We suggest Alma sends claims for issues that haven't been received to the e-mail address defined for the provider (vendor), taking into account the claiming grace period.10 votes -
"Save and dismiss" button in "Manage EDI Tasks"
In the "Manage EDI Tasks", when using the "Update Expected Receipt Date" action, updating the date and clicking on "Save", it would be great the concerned line would automatically be removed from the list without having additionally to click on "Dismiss". A new function button like "Save and dismiss" would be helpful.
263 votes -
Option for whether or not to carry forward Funds and Ledgers in a rollover
This concerns the Financial Year Rollover rules for rolling over the Funds and Ledgers.
It has become evident after each annual rollover we perform that these rules are carried forward to the new Fiscal Period in their entirety, without any option not to.
This is frustrating for us, because as an institution we set our expenditure limits on a fund by fund basis. However, we appreciate that this may not be the case for other institutions.
As such, would it please be possible to press for an additional option applied to the rollover job for Funds and Ledgers, whereby we…
2 votes
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