Alma
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42 results found
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Receive notification should trigger when item is received
Currently, when entering a POL and having it set to notify someone when the item is received, the notification is not sent until it fully completes the receiving, cataloging, then being checked in at the fulfillment desk.
To keep from items showing up as "available" when received, we have it set to "keep items in area." But because of this, the receive notifications do not trigger until the whole process is complete.
We have some of our receiving and invoicing separate. Items will come in and go through the whole process before the trigger that they are received and the…
6 votes -
Undo receipt of item on a continuous type order for which "Keep in Department" was not checked
While it is currently possible to “un-receive” from the receiving workbench if the item is still in the Acquisitions Department, that will not be the case for our continuous orders.
There is no good option for undoing the accidental receipt of a serial issue, at least not that our trainer was able to show us in our Alma Functional Workshop.
63 votes -
Add a Description column in the Received Items List page
Subject: Add a Description column in the Received Items List page
As a Receiving operator, I would like to be able to see the description of the item I am receiving in the Received Items List page, without needing to click on Edit Inventory Item to navigate to the physical item editor.
25 votes -
Add item policy column to Received Items List
When receipting books, one of the checks we make is the Item Policy. All our other checks (Shelf mark, location, barcode etc.) are on the Received Items List page, but when we go to check the item policy, the column is not there. We have to go into each one individually to check the item policy.
I tried looking in the 'Manage column display' option, but the item policy column is not listed there. Please could it be added in?18 votes -
increase the number of received item per page and make the maximum of item displayed per page controllable
In the Receive menu, the maximum number of items displayed per page is only 20. Please increase the number to 50, 100 or something. And, please give the option of selecting the number of items to display per page according to user’s preference.
4 votes -
Filter POLs in Receive New Material by Date Sent
The list of POLs on the Receive New Material page can currently be filtered by vendor and owning library. It would be helpful to also filter the list by Date Sent.
An operator might have one or more large orders that they wish to receive all at one time, using the Receive All function. Filtering only by vendor and/or library can still include POLs that they do not wish to receive with the others. Filtering by Date Sent could help them narrow the list further and include only the items on the order(s) they wish to receive.
3 votes -
Print slip option in the Acqisition receive screen
We want a print slip option for the Receive screen in Acquisition that includes barcode and location, reporting codes, receiving note and notification of interested user/ patron request.
28 votes -
Can you put process type as a column in the received items list?
It would be helpful to add Process Type in the Received Items List so we can see if an issue was claimed, or not published, etc.
10 votes -
Require a barcode for newly received serials
Serials can be assigned a barcode upon receipt, but it would be nice of Alma would prompt users to provide the barcode if/when a barcode is required rather than merely optional. (We only barcode some titles, so a prompt of some kind would help staff who don't know which titles are barcoded as a matter of routine.)
2 votes -
Customizable columns for reporting codes in the Acquisition Receive screen
We sort our purchases by subject codes expressed in the reporting codes. These are unfortunately not visible in the receiving screen. As we handle a large number of books for many departments, the ability to view all levels of reporting codes in the receive screen would be a huge help in the receiving and post-receiving process.
8 votes -
Notify receiver of Hold Items
Currently within an order when the Hold Item box is ticked for an Interested User the patron physical item request is not placed for the item until after the item is received.
This means that receiving staff do not get the pop up notification that the item has a user request at the time the item is received.Upon receipt of an item that contains an Interested User with the Hold Item checked can you please generate the same pop up notification generated for physical item requests.
We have found that we have to manually add the physical item request…
53 votes -
Barcode field should be active when "Set Barcodes" opens
When receiving physical items, "Receive and set barcodes" should open the "Set barcodes" dialog box with the barcode field active. This would remove the need to click in the field before scanning in the new barcode.
51 votes -
Fully receive items through receiving date only
Currently, if an item with a POL has a receiving date, it is not considered fully received until it has been received under Acquisitions > Receive. Items with a POL and a receiving date that have not been received through the receiving process show up in the task list under Order Lines with Claims > Not fully received. If an item has a receiving date, it should be considered fully received, whether or not it has been through the receiving process.
60 votes -
Receiving Notes
If possible, place Receiving notes directly under the "Receiving Settings" section.
Reasoning: When an item is being checked in and there is something in the Receiving Notes it usually has something to do with the way that title is checked in. Where it is located now, the check-in process has already been started and even possible received/entered incorrectly.
26 votes -
The number of display record in one page can be more optional in Receive / Receiving Department Items
We suggest that it is possible to select multiple records in one page not only 20 records but also 50/100/200 etc in Receive or Receiving Department Items. The number of display record should be optional or configurable for institution or personally.
99 votes -
Alma -- no warning when item goes into "transit" from receiving
When an item is received under Receiving > One Time, if there is a request on the item for a user at another library, the item immediately goes into transit status to the requesting library. There is no message or warning that the item is in transit at this point, and the receiver's assumption is that it is now "In place" and ready to be shelved. The only warning that exists is a column prior to receiving that shows "Yes" under "Requests." Once the item is received, it is gone from this list (see below) and there is no more…
10 votes -
Receive items without generating an item record.
Law libraries have loose leafs and pocket parts and do not need to have an item generated for them. We would like to be able to track when they are received but having them show up in Primo is messy and having a suppressed holding just to receive these items is also messy. Both would make running statistic more difficult because the count would be inaccurate. Voyager was capable of receiving these sorts of items without automatically generating a barcode while also allowing to track the receiving information. It would useful if you added this feature to Alma.
57 votes -
Keep user in Received Items List after Receiving a new item.
Receive New Material - Action > Manage Items = Action > Receive.
Why does Alma throw me out of the Received Items List, and back into the Receive New Material Screen - after I have received a new item?
It is very inconvenient to have to click, click back into Action > Manage Items to continue working with items in this same title.
This did not happen before last week.
Seems to be a result of the August 2016 release?
Please stop this automatic screen back up. I prefer to stay in the Received Items List in order to see…9 votes -
Receiving
During receiving allow multiple of the same issue to be checked in at the same time. It would save a lot of time to be able to do this all at the same time rather than have to enter back into the issue title and do the process all over again for a different date.
18 votes -
Barcode column can be sorted in Receiving Department Items.
We suggest that all columns can be sorted in Receiving Department Items. Especially the barcode is the necessary column to be sorted because it is used for the sequential number, so that we want to display in ascending/descending order.
13 votes
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