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  1. Select multiple POL in communications with vendor

    When using the communications functionality in the vendor account, it is only possible to select one POL from the list. It would be very convenient to be able to choose more than one POL.

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  2. Add flags to tabs in vendor interface record area

    We noticed the little corner/flag is not changing on the vendor interface details tabs when we add administrative information/access information/statistics information. We thought it would show like the notes tab with a dark corner when we enter information so we know that we have stuff in these tabs. We thought it was a glitch, so we reported to Ex Libris. They said it is by design:
    The answer is that it is by design. The little corner flag is an indicator that there is system or user generated content like populated tables or lists. It doesn't indicate that form data…

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  3. Add more scheduling options for EDI jobs

    Currently, there are only 6 options for EDI Job Scheduling and no options to run jobs on specific days. It would be helpful if the EDI Job Scheduling options matched the options that are available for other jobs (for example: Import Profiles have many more options including specific days and times.)

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  4. See also fields for vendor names

    Many of our vendors change names from time to time so it would be great to have a searchable "see also" or "formerly known as" field in the vendor record for a vendor's previous names.

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  5. bhanlon3@jhu.edu

    Please add this Vendor to the Community Zone.
    Peer Community In (PCI)
    https://peercommunityin.org/

    Vendor contact email is contact [ a.t ] peercommunityin [ d.o.t ] org

    PCI is a non-profit organization of researchers offering peer review, recommendation and publication of scientific articles in open access for free.

    Please create a Database Collection titled "Peer Community In"
    Please add the following OA journal to the collection:
    Peer Community Journal ISSN: 2804-3871
    The journal is currently in the ALMA collection: DOAJ Directory of Open Access Journals

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  6. Vendor/Interface edit - add options to "Save" and "Save and Close" option

    When editing the Interface record under Vendor, provide the options to "Save" or "Save and Close" the Interface Record.

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  7. Ability to remove/hide the "Liable for VAT" checkbox from all vendor records

    Institutions that do not use VAT should be able to configure their vendor records so that the "Liable for VAT" checkbox does not appear.

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  8. Vendor Communication will not send without PO Line Attached

    As an Alma Administrator at Kettering University, we would like the ability for the 'Acquistions>Vendors>Communications tab' area to send emails to vendors without a PO line attached. Currently, correspondence will not be sent if you try to email a vendor without an associated PO Line. This will help us keep vendor correspondences more streamlined and structured, eliminating the need to download personal emails to PDF format and upload them.

    Not all communications we have with a vendor will be order-based. Does anyone know of any fixes or backend settings allowing those to be sent? We were informed at the Support…

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  9. Vendor type - APC

    We currently have 4 Vendor types in Alma (Material supplier, access provider, Licensor and Governmental) it would be useful to have a new type of APC vendor - we often pay different companies, who we don't use for other purchases, and the existing types don't match. It would also be useful where we have transformative deals so we can highlight that the vendor is also identified as an APC provider (whether we pay or not for them)

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  10. SUSHI Havesting for Cabell's International

    Cabell's International just updated SUSHI Harvesting for COUNTER 5.0 and 5.1. Please add as an authorized vendor for sushi harvesting in alma

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  11. Pin your favourite vendors

    We would like the ability to 'pin' favourite vendors to the top of the Search Vendors list.

    Staff are going into a couple of vendor records to occasionally run manual EDI import jobs. Rather than search for the vendor (which brings up the 'Search Vendors' screen) and then click on the vendor, staff want to be able to enter the Search Vendors list by clicking on a bookmarked link (which is currently possible), and then see their favourite vendors at the top of the list (which is currently not possible).

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  12. Allow the existing configuration of the user form to apply also on the "Vendors > Contact People tab > Add Contact" page

    This idea was opened by Ex Libris to see how the community supports it.

    There is an existing configuration for the user form which was added in August 2022: https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Alma/Release_Notes/2022/Alma_2022_Release_Notes#Configure_the_User_Form

    Please have this configuration apply also when creating a new vendor "Contact" (Vendors > Contact People tab > Add Contact).

    For example, if an institution selected that some fields should not appear in the user creation form, these field should also not appear in the vendor contact creation form.

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  13. From 'view vendor' list in POL, add '+' capability to Add Vendor?

    Right now one has to either search vendor before order entry, or gamble that the vendor is already in the database and just try entering the POL. But then, if the vendor is NOT in the database, one has to back all the way out, add the vendor, and then start over.

    It would be great to have an 'add vendor record' link right there, with a 'back' button to finish the POL in progress, That would really minimize workflow interruptions during the POL entry process. Might others find this helpful? If you hate stopping, navving somewhere else in…

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