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Improve UI of tables with many columns
Working with citations I opened the "Available in other lists" table and got a view where the table headers are so tall that I could only see one line of actual content at a time. (See attached screenshot.) I eventually "solved" the issue by removing columns but that doesn't help if you actually need the columns. Someone on support who tried to help me "solved" it by having better eyes than me ;-) so being able to use a smaller font on their screen.
Columns in these tables should have a fixed minimum width. When there are more columns than…
3 votes -
"in process items"
On the 'In Process Items' screen, the default search currently is Title. Many library staff members search via barcode and others via Title. It would mean one less click if the default search can be either changed to All or that whichever search index the staff select that it becomes sticky so that they don't have to reselect.
4 votes -
Enable configuration of page flipping direction in Internet BookReader viewer in Alma
As it is now, in Internet BookReader viewer the only way to flip pages is from Left-to-Right which is not compatible with books written in RTL languages (e.g. for Hebrew, Yiddish, Arabic and Chinese).
An option to configure Right-to-Left page progression, is needed in these cases.1 vote -
View members or results button from Set Details page
When looking at the list of sets on the Manage sets page, it is sometimes necessary to click into the Set Details to view the description or notes to make sure that it is the correct set that I want to work with. To then view the members, it takes three more clicks: 1) go back to the manage sets screen 2) right click or click the ellipsis button 3) click the members or results option on the dropdown menu. It would be really nice if on the Set details page there were a button to view either the members…
2 votes -
Extend time before the Alma trial survey times out
Dear support
When answering a survey of the Alma trial management (as a trial participant), the survey will time out after approximately 10-15 minutes of non activity. This will reset all answered questions, i. e. empty the fields and remove the chosen results.
We would highly appreciate it if an adjustment of the time out period for surveys was possible, since in reality it’s common to test a product thoroughly in one browser tab while having the survey open in another and only returning to the latter once the testing of the product (or a specific aspect of it) has…
18 votes -
Add Created and Last Modified Date fields to Views List display
It would be extremely helpful if the Date Created and Date Last Modified could be displayed for each View in the Views List (Configuration > Discovery > Display Configuration > Configure Views). Currently the only fields displayed are: Code, Name, Description, and Default View. It would be so helpful if the creation/modification dates could also be displayed, so we could quickly and easily identify views which might be out-of-date, especially when working on projects requiring update of multiple views (such as Angular revisions). It does not appear to be possible to find this information anywhere in Alma.
1 vote -
Print results of query
The print function for printing a query would be extremely helpful. I can print using the browser, but the columns are squished, so I would use 3 times the amount of paper as I would by using print from the screen, if that function is set up. It's much easier for long lists, so that we don't need to write down numbers, titles, or vendors as we check off the work we need to do - especially for the time period when Alma is new and we're working tasks to get things set up correctly.
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Make the Library facet customizable, so that certain libraries can be hidden from search results.
We are in a consortium with a shared instance of Alma, but we do not lend materials among our institutions. Currently, the LIBRARY facet in Alma/Primo VE will display holdings from all institutions if applicable for a given search. It would be helpful to be able to select only certain libraries to display for a given Primo VE view.
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Add an option for Quick Printing to be enabled by default
Allow for users to have quick print enabled by default for their account. Currently switching to a new computer, resets the option back to unenabled.
3 votes -
Auto-expand the UI preferences in the User menu
Our staff often don't know about the 'UI preferences' personalization options to change the font size to better suit their needs, or to see the handy list of shortcuts directly within Alma (rather than having to go to the online help documentation). This is because it's hidden behind an unnecessary dropdown arrow.
When I show it to staff, they exclaim happily to know that they have such options, but this is often quickly followed by a comment of regret that they weren't aware about this already for years.
There's a significant amount of empty space available in the User menu…
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Transit Time Rules for Work Order Departments
We have work order departments in a central location providing services to multiple libraries across our state. When the department has completed their task and is ready to send the item to the distant library, Alma sets the delivery date to 24 hours when the transit time between libraries could take 72 hours. This confuses patrons who believe the item is available when it is in transit.
The Transit Time Rule set between libraries are not configured to include Work Order Departments and only the library level is available for configuration. We would like the Transit Time Rules to include…
1 vote -
Advanced Search for Citations
Enable Advanced Search for Citations along with the ability to save the Advanced Search results as a set.
As we use Leganto, the number of citations in Alma continues to increase. It is becoming increasingly difficult to wade through these citations to find the ones that need attention.
For example, we are using 3 different tags to indicate if a book needs to be temporarily moved to the course reserves collection/location of the library. In this example, we frequently need to view books with these 3 tags at the same time but currently there is no way to do this…
8 votes -
cover art
When the cover art thumbnail is incorrectly displayed in Primo/Discovery, we have the ability to correct it by searching for the image and inserting an 856 or 956 tag in the bib record. When the cover art is incorrect in Alma, there is no ability to correct the Alma display ourselves. The solution offered by ExLibris is to contact Google books and submit a correction. Unfortunately, when I checked one such title, it was displaying correctly in Google Books so I don't know why it is not displaying correctly in Alma. In this case I would like the ability to…
22 votes -
Printouts Queue: Include more info in printing queue display
Idea: Include bibliographic or request information in the display of the Printing queue. (E.g. An additional column that displays Title and/or Internal/External identifier).
Rationale: There may be multiple desks/people scanning in requests at different times; it would be helpful to be able to see which item a letter was referring to at a glance. This information is available from the "preview" option, BUT, it takes a lot of time and clicks to open each to see if it should be printed or reprinted.
4 votes -
Ability to pin the Alma menu
Be able to pin the alma menus open (including the configuration menu).
Currently you can pin the tasks, notifications, announcements and chat with support menus. It would be good to extend it to the main Alma menus.
11 votes -
Create a widget from a set
It would be very useful to add the ability to create a widget based on the results of a logic set.
7 votes -
'Chat agent is available' should only appear when agents are actually available
Maybe this is a rare edge case, it just happened the first and so far only time we wanted to use the chat which is pretty off-putting. We saw the line saying the agent was available, opened a chat, it looked for an agent for a while, then said no actually no-one's here, try again later. When I went back to the start it still said an agent was available (but when trying again, no they still weren't). So how are we meant to know when we can actually chat with someone or not?
1 vote -
Allow filtering and sorting on all columns in "In process items"
In the "In process items", some columns can be filtered (Process status, request filter, library) and some can be sorted but not all. It would be useful to be able to filter by "Modified by", "Modification date" and to sort by "Modification Date".
1 vote -
Allow the Improve the display of "Item availability" for serials/journals
When there are a lot of content in "Item availability", which is the case for some journals/serials, the display is hard to read. It would be useful to allow for css customization like in Primo.
There should also be a line break for each 866 field.1 vote -
Rename the label for the 'Records processed' column to 'Records to be processed'
This is a very minor thing, but the label for the new 'Records processed' column in job monitoring should be renamed to a more fitting 'Records being processed' or 'Records to be processed'.
As long as the job shows up in the 'Running' tab the records have not been (fully) processed but the current label implies this, esp. in combination with the 'Progress' column.The German label has the same problem: "Verarbeitete Datensätze" --> should be "Zu verarbeitende Datensätze".
1 vote
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