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provide means to access our Alma and Primo data via our own analytics tools
we need to analyse and combine our data with data from other systems that are in use at the university. extracting data from Alma in a meaningful way is way too cumbersome to be useful. all methods that I am aware of are based on an Analytics report, and have restrictions on numbers of rows that can be exported at one time. E.g. we would need to compare data from our reading list system (which we can access using an ODBC connector despite the system being SaaS) with print and electronic holdings in Alma and their usage. I do not…
3 votes -
Reverse Bursar Export and Restore State of Items and Fines/Fees
Have the ability to immediately reverse a Bursar Export and restore the state of items and fines/fees. This would be a good quick thing to have in case you have made an error.
4 votes -
schedule job api support "Reload & Delete"
Currently there are api interface to trigger running of schedule job. However there are situation where OAI repositories does not support tracking deleted items, therefore, the current solution is to update import profile harvest start date and run "Delete & Reload" manually from time to time. We would like to suggest to include support to update import profile parameter and running of "Delete & Reload" job.
0 votes -
Add support for System for Cross-domain Identity Management (SCIM) standard
System for Cross-domain Identity Management (SCIM) is a standard for automating the exchange of user identity information between identity domains, or IT systems. Supporting this standard would allow for better automation and SIS integration for institutions using Alma.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System_for_Cross-domain_Identity_Management
4 votes -
Address issue with incorrect fiscal period in Update PO Line API when accrual mode configured
When activating ledgers for the current and upcoming fiscal years in Alma during API creation, there is an issue where the selected ledger (FY cycle) consistently defaults to the future financial year instead of the current one. As a consequence, the team is compelled to manually adjust the funds to ensure accurate registration against the correct fiscal year. This manual intervention hinders the full automation of the API for DDA activation, and continuous orders renewals via API, thus requiring reliance on manual checks and interventions.
We experience this with Rialto/Alma API integration and EBSCOnet/Alma API integration.For Rialto we utilize…
3 votes -
Add the ability for users to view current AFN checkout information via the My Account feature on self-check machines.
Currently, when a user accesses My Account via a self-check machine, they are unable to view any information pertaining to their active AFN checkouts. We opened a support case with Ex Libris, reporting these findings and providing details provided by our self-check vendor (mkSolutions), and their final decision was that this functionality is not currently supported, requiring an enhancement request.
Enhancement Request: Add the ability for users to view current AFN checkout information via the My Account feature on self-check machines.
3 votes -
API allow quantity for pricing in POL creation
We use the adquisitions API to duplicate POLs. When we are creating a new POLs based on a existing ones.
We get the original POLs json and we make some changes on it to send it again in order to create a new one.
If the POL has more than one items to be ordered (quanity for pricing field), the api ignore it and put always a 1.
The problem is that the Alma make some calculations with the amount field and the fun percentage changes, so the POL amount increases and is not the correct amount.In order to…
3 votes -
Integrate Primo VE with Generative AI techology
The searching capabilities of Primo VE (SearchPlus) can be enhanced by using natural language processing, semantic analysis, etc. Use natural language processing to understand user queries and provide relevant search results.
Recommend books, articles and other library resources based on input keywords, patron’s previous search history, etc. This can improve the discoverability of library resources and make it easier for patrons to find what they are looking for.3 votes -
Warn before regenerating the SFTP Service private key
There is a «Regenerate private key» button under Alma configuration » General » S/FTP definitions.
This button is too efficient. This idea is to make the button a little less efficient, but in doing so make it safer.
Clicking the «Regenerate private key» button immediately regenerates the private key for the Ex Libris Secure FTP Service. In the process it invalidates any previously generated private key and breaks all integrations with the SFTP Service. More so, the button in Alma (Premium) Sandbox does the same as in Alma Production, including breaking all production integrations.
All it can take is one…
34 votes -
Statistics for Cloud Apps
We would like to be able to see some statistics within our IZ regarding Cloud Apps:
- Which user has activated which Cloud App
- How often is a Cloud App used
- When did a user use a specific Cloud App
20 votes -
Provide all User Profile data via API
Please provide at least GET API access to user profile data (Config -> User Management -> Roles and Registration -> Profiles). This should be full data: for each profile, include full roles and parameters.
Currently, there is no good way to export user profile data from Alma. It does not seem to be available in Analytics; it's not in any of the code or mapping tables available via "config" APIs.
We can use the Alma UI to export each profile to Excel individually... but that is not practical at scale, and the role data we can extract from Excel is…
8 votes -
Alam API retrieve bibs from collection => sort by created date
Currently the order of records from this API function is unknown.
We should be able to sort the records by creation date/new records facet so we can retrieve only the n newest ones.3 votes -
Add filter for status to Get-Uers API
Please add a filter for status to the Get-Users API so we can retrieve users who are either active or inactive. Currently, our integration gets all users using the API and it takes about 30 mins but more than half of the users are inactive.
2 votes -
Check box option to disable Alma from appending file names in publishing profiles
We publish files to many third party vendors. Some vendor systems must have their files named with a certain convention and CANNOT process them if that filename convention is altered in any way.
Alma publishing profiles are current configured to append "_new" to the end of files it publishes, even if you specify a file name already. We would like the option to either enable or disable each publishing profile from appending the filenames it sends. They can be enabled by default, or not, but the option would be helpful.
Use case: We are publishing files of electronic holdings to…
3 votes -
role scopes in api
We are trying to build a simple application where our staff can request Alma roles be added to an account.
We can retrieve a list of all roles from the Alma API for users to choose from; however, this list does not clarify what scopes are available for which roles.
Can this info be provided via the API?
3 votes -
Prevent GOBI API from matching activated CZ records in IZ
Problem - The matching method used in the API will ink to the CZ bib records if it is in the IZ. The match methods are not flexible in the API integration profile when compared to something like import profiles that allow ignoring the record from the Community Zone and creating a local record.
We would like the API to always create a local bib even if a matching CZ record exists in the IZ. Or, at least make this an optional setting.
3 votes -
API versioning (especially user API)
API updates should be rolled out with an opt-in and out option. So that developers can test and adopt new versions and roll back if problems occur. Currently we just get a new version and if this new version breaks any of our custom integrations. We have no way to compare to old behaviour or opt out of the update until we can fix this.
Example of this is the November API changes. The change broke how some of our APIs customizations worked. Our ICT developer team had to make changes to resolve the problems that the November API change…1 vote -
Alma “scan-in” API: Marc21 field 852 - call number prefix and suffix
We are using the Alma “scan-in” API
/almaws/v1/items?itembarcode={itembarcode}
which redirects to
/almaws/v1/bibs/{mmsid}/holdings/{holdingid}/items/{item_pid}
to print book labels.Some sublibraries also use call number prefixes or suffixes in some cases.
Please see the following example record:
- Marc21 field 852 in the Holding record
- XML output(1) Example: Call number with prefix 852 $$k
852 8_ |b XHOG |c XGRY |h G-1234567 |k PräfixXML output:
item/holdingdata/permanentcallnumber: Präfix G-1234567
item/holdingdata/callnumber: Präfix G-1234567
item/holdingdata/accession_number: G-1234567item/itemdata/parsedcallnumber:
<parsedcallnumber>
<callno/>
<call_no>Präfix</call_no>
<call_no>G-1234567</call_no>
</parsed_call_number>(2) Example: Call number with…
20 votes -
Air bar box
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1 vote -
Enable additional types of requests via API
The API documentation for the Create User Requests endpoint notes that "is currently NOT possible to create GENERALDIGITIZATION, MOVE or WORKORDER request." Enabling this functionality would facilitate batch processing of items for various workflows.
2 votes
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