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Having "nested" user records for users with dual or multiple statuses
I think that it would be useful for user records to have the option to have "nested" records where you have one user with one user profile, but under that profile, they have 2 or more identity profiles that contain other data that is linked to their different statuses.
The only parallel I can think of for it is when you have one bibliographic record and multiple item records attached to that one bib. record. All of them have the same main information, but individual record identities below.
This would be helpful because we have users that are current students…
1 voteHello All,
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block fine message
Allow the block message for the fine limit to be customized. Currently, the block message shows that the fine limit has been reached and then shows the amount owed. This is confusing to Student Assistants who only read the first part of the message and relate to the patron that the fine limit is all that is owned in overdue fines and fees.
1 voteHello All,
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Save and Continue button on User Record screen
It would be really useful to have a 'Save and Continue' button when updating user information as edits can easily be lost if the user record closes (timeout). It would also mean that you could save the changes for one tab at a time.
3 votesHello All,
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Customize Patron Registration Form with more identifier field
We would like to to have more than one instance of the drop-down menu (identifier1 field) and input field so we can fill in more than one identity type in the registration form for a quick registration of the patron.
4 votesHello All,
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Record Block Expiry Date Editing History
We’d like Alma to keep track of changes made to Block Expiry Date.
We sometimes edit and shorten Block Expiry Date when users return books late due to unavoidable circumstances. However, Alma does not keep track of changes made to the Block Expiry Date in the Blocks tab. It would be great if we could review the history of changes made to the Block Expiry Date in the History tab of user record.
2 votesHello All,
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Have option to set Expiration and Purge Date to "Current Date"
It would be useful to have a button that says "Today" or "Current Date" when changing either the Expiration date or the Purge date. We often have to update records for staff and faculty who terminate and having that button would save a lot of time.
4 votesHello All,
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Ability to Disable the Dispute Functionality for Fine/Fee
Feature Requested:
An option to turn off the ‘Dispute’ functionality for fines and fees.Use Case:
With middleware connected to Alma and our university, anything that is done in Alma needs to be propagated to the rest of campus. Since there is not a need for the dispute functionality, we have not written any middleware on handling the dispute if it were to come in through the web hook. Currently, we are training staff to just not use the dispute functionality. It would be ideal to just turn off that option so that there is not a chance of discrepancy…1 voteHello All,
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Clarify user details contact info created by and created date
In case #00711507 Rachel helped us discover that when a patron is toggled from external to internal the values in the "Created By" field for the contact information change to the user who toggled the patron but the "Created date" does not change from it's original value. The result is the "Created By" and "Created Date" don't match which causes confusion.
Perhaps when updating the "Created By" when the patron is toggled the "Created Date" could also be updated.
2 votesHello All,
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Improve how operator transactions/history is displayed throughout system due to privacy concerns
Operator identifiers are displayed throughout the system in various places, such as History and Notes tabs and the Receiving Operator field in the Physical Item Editor. These display as the operator's employee number, which has been raised by staff as a privacy concern. Currently, configuration can be set to disable this display only in the History tab, and only for users that do not have Manager or Administrator roles assigned to them. This is problematic for several reasons:
- Privacy concerns being raised by staff that their employee id is viewable by other users throughout the system
- "Hide" function…1 voteHello All,
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User edit--add options to "Save" and "Save and Close"
When updating a user record, it would be extremely helpful to be able to Save without closing the record. We are updating and adding identifiers. Currently I have to save (which closes the record), then open again to add the second identifier. Very time consuming. "Save" should keep the record open; "Save and Close" would be fine when you are finished updating. This option IS available when adding statistical categories.
3 votesHello All,
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Letter specifically for Account Deactivation
Imagine graduating and having your account deactivated as is normal, but instead of discovering that the account doesn't work when you go to use it one day, you get an email proactively that shares resources that the library makes available for alumni or others whose status has substantially changed. A letter triggered on account deactivation can make this a standard process with controled language and up-to-date resource suggestions.
2 votesHello All,
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Batch deletion of notifications by date or letter type
I notice that I have 356 system job notifications in the attachments tab of my Alma account. Apparently these can only be deleted one at a time, which would take at least an hour or so. It doesn't appear in the letter retention section, so please could you introduce an option to batch delete these?
1 voteHello All,
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Add payment method column to Fines and Fees Details view
On the user details screen on the Fines and Fees tab in the Fines and Fees Details view it would be helpful if the column Payment Method was given as a possible column to view.
1 voteHello All,
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Allow replies to emails sent to users to be received in Alma
When the system sends an email to users, it should be possible to for the user to reply to that email and the response to appear in Alma in the appropriate place (prob along with a notification so staff can see that there is a reply for them). This would avoid having to manage email conversations outside of Alma. Not only would this be of benefit to Alma, but it could benefit other Platform products such as Esploro and potentially Leganto.
5 votesHello All,
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Link related user records
We would like the ability to link user records in a primary dependent manner. This would allow use to identify and remove dependent records when a primary record is identified for deletion. This might be as simple as text box on the general tab. Reason:
Some patrons have borrowing privileges because of their relationship to an authorized patrons in our system. Faculty spouse have privileges because of the faculty member. When the faculty leaves we need to identify these dependent records to delete them also. In other systems these are known as family records.3 votesHello All,
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Batch upload (from template) of internal users
We do not use external SIS upload. However, it would be fantastic to be able to batch upload internal users from a template, like we can do with portfolios. At the start of each school year, we could use the list of incoming students very easily.
6 votesHello All,
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Add the code to the list of Statistical Category while adding statistic for user
While adding statistic for user, Alma only shows the description in the list of Statistical Category. We would like to show the code and description both together in order to filter the value by code easily.
1 voteHello All,
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warning when saving changes in patron record before closing record
When editing a user record, it would be helpful to get a warning pop-up if you try to close the record without saving it. Sometimes when you get interrupted, it's very easy to just close the record without saving the change.
1 voteHello All,
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How about sending or allowing to send e-mails to users that previously booked any material from the library?
Please, configure ALMA to send e-amils to users that made a booking or let the librarians to do it manually.
1 voteHello All,
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Add profile used to the list of Roles for a given user
It would be useful if there was an indication of the Profile used that added each role to a given users account.
8 votesHello All,
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