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Should be able to fill in all fields in item records by typing.
Currently, location fields in item records can only be filled in by choosing from a menu. It would be helpful if it were also possible to simply type in the location when it is known. That way the change from one temporary location to another could be done by a macro, which would save a LOT of time when processing a cart of books with the same location change.
8 votesHello All,
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Temporary item policy and temporary location should be separate settings
When items have a temporary item policy, they often stay within their permanent location. However, in order to add a temporary item policy we have to select "Item is in a temporary location" = yes. Doing this when the item remains in its permanent location causes confusion, both when viewing items in the item display of Alma repository as well as when viewing items in Primo VE, when only some items on a record have a temporary item policy. It looks like it is in a temporary location, when it is not.
Additionally, this effects the display of summary holdings…8 votesHello All,
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Add Fulfillment "Hold Shelf Period" option for total days (rather than only offering open days)
An Alma Institution might have more than one library, and those libraries may have different operating calendars (such as, a branch library may only be open 5 days a week, while, the main library may be open 7 days a week).
It would be more consistent for that institution's patrons if it was possible to have the option to set the "Hold Shelf Period" to be for total days, rather than only having the option for "open days."
Similarly for institutions in a consortium using the AFN, where there are consortially mandated policies for linked users, being able to set…
8 votesHello All,
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Alma Product Team
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Allow sorting by local call number (09X) MARC fields in Physical Titles and Physical Items searches
We use the 090 and 099 for local call numbers, but Alma doesn't include 09X fields in its search indexes by default; as a result, they're not included in call number sorting in Alma or Primo, and we lack the ability to add them even after we enable them as search indexes. Adding these as options to call number sorting would enable fuller searches by staff and users respectively.
8 votesHello All,
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Tools/Excel results need to include holdings ID(s) and item ID(s).
The ability of Alma to export search results to an Excel spreadsheet is one of its strong features. In order to remove the necessity of still having to run an Analytics report, all such Excel spreadsheets need to include the holdings ID(s), holdings permanent location(s), and item ID(s), in order to present a clear and full picture of the extent of the holdings of a given title. This is analogous to the Hierarchy in Voyager which was incredibly useful to us--the Excel with the additional information will be even more useful and efficient than the hierarchy has been since it…
8 votesHello All,
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Option to change item policy in batch
User can have the option to select all the items under a holding record and change the item policy batch for them all at once.
8 votesHello All,
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Better clarity of which holding an item belongs to.
We would like the item details page to include the holding ID number, or the holdings page to include the item barcodes. Or some other solution to this confusion. When we migrated to Alma, a number of records were created with multiple identical holdings, one for each item. This causes confusion when we want to move items between holdings as there is no way of knowing which item is connected to which holding – the order they appear on the page is not the same for items & holdings.
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Allow "Delete holding records with no items" job to delete holdings attached to POs
The job called "Delete holding records with no items" doesn't support deleting holdings that have attached POs. It seems like this should be an option.
6 votesHello All,
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Allow course terms to be removed with Course Bulk Update job
The Course Bulk Update job can be used to update the term list associated with a course. The current behavior of the job is to add terms selected in the job to the term list in the course. There is no option to remove terms from the term list or replace existing terms in the term list with another term using the job.
Please add an option to remove or replace terms using the Course Bulk Update job.
6 votesHello All,
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Allow retention of original holdings record when the last item is moved to a different holdings record
As a user who is changing locations in item records, I would like the ability to retain the original holdings record when the last item gets moved to a different holdings record.
STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM TO BE ADDRESSED: When an item is moved from one holdings record ("holdings A") to a different holdings record ("holdings B"), AND the item being moved is the last one (leaving holdings A bereft of item records), there are two different ways that Alma treats holdings A:
If the item is moved by selecting from a list of items and clicking on the "Move"…
6 votesHello All,
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Alma Product Team
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Toggle missing status for Set List created from Shelf Report
Once you run a shelf report and create an itemized set of missing items, it would be much easier to be able to toggle the missing status of these items in one big set, rather than having to do a search of each title and toggling the missing status that way.
6 votesHello All,
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Alma Product Team
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Leave Library and Location blank using Browse Shelf Listing within the Metadata Editor
The August update allows Alma to limit Browse Shelf Listing to specific Libraries and Locations. This is fine when it is wanted; on the other hand, using Browse Shelf Listing directly from a holdings record (i.e. Alt+C in the Metadata Editor) defaults to limiting the search to the library and location in the holdings record (i.e. the 852 subfields $b and $c). I prefer the Library and Location fields remain blank (as they do when opening Browse Shelf Listing from the Resources tab) unless the user chooses to set limits.
6 votesHello All,
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Alma Product Team
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Improve the export to excel from the physical item records search list
When I export a set of physical item records from Alma to Excel, the Type / Creator / Imprint all end up in one field (column). This means that I can't easily sort by Author name. Please separate these data points into their own columns when exporting for easier manipulation in Excel.
5 votesHello All,
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Prevent choosing an invalid item policy when editing a physical item
When editing the information for a physical item you have the option to select an item policy that overrides the default fulfillment rules for the chosen location. The drop-down list shows all item policies available in the system, regardless if we have configured any corresponding exception rule or not. As we have several item policies that should only be used for specific locations this leads to confusion and mistakes. It is too easy to unknowingly set an invalid item policy without any warning from the system.
We suggest that the drop-down list of item policies should only display policies that…
5 votesHello All,
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Alma Product Team
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Limit physical holding by year in the getit frame
Using the Primo service page, when we have print holdings for a journal the requested article is from, but not for the article date, we still see print holdings which are not related and confusing to our users.
I would expect to either not see the print holdings or have it be clear that these are not for the requested item (like having to click "more" to see them).
5 votesHello All,
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Alma Product Team
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Creation Date should be displayed in the Item Record
Please add the item record's Creation Date to the fields displayed in the item record. An appropriate location would be the History tab. It is currently possible to find the creation date only through Alma Analytics. While the Receipt Date can be a clue to the item's date of creation, the dates are not necessarily the same. Furthermore, the Receipt Date is populated automatically only when receiving an item through Acquisitions, and inputting the date manually when creating an item in the Metadata Editor is an extra step which can be overlooked and may not be applicable (or justified by…
5 votesHello All,
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Alma Product Team
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Provide more output fields for the Shelf Report
When we do the Shelf Report, we wish that Alma can provide more output fields such as last loan Date, last return date，inventory date that will be helpful for us to analyse the result.
5 votesDear all, since there have been no comments clarifying the need reflected in this idea since we've set it to be reviewed in 2020, and the idea is not highly-voted, we are closing it to free your votes for other ideas.
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Add a Donor field to the physical item record.
Adding a "Donor" field to the item record would make it easier to track and manage items that are given to the library by a specific donor and reduce multiple Local 591 fields. This information could also then be displayed more prominently in PRIMO. With the donor attached to the actual item, it would help Special Collections departments.
5 votesHello All,
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Alma Product Team
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Sorting on Physical Items Labels Job
When you run the job named "Export Physical Items Labels", you cant select the order by field on the xml file that ALMA gave you. This is a problem when you take that xml file and with Biaf system print the Labels. For example if you print 100 or 200 Labels you have to search phisically, label by label for paste it on the books.
5 votesHello All,
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Alma Product Team
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Allow regex in description templates
Regex can be used in other places in Alma. Regex should be allowed in description templates to create fewer rules to manage.
I can't translate (in one single rule) all the variations of month ranges (01-02, 01-03, 01-06, 01-12, etc) from numbers to abbreviations. This means I either need dozens of rules or I have to settle for data that is not standardized.
5 votesHello All,
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