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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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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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We would like an option to search vendors by address/country.
We would like an option to search vendors by address/country since many of our vendors are from other countries.
Currently, we have no way of finding all the vendors from a certain country, if it is not part of their name.2 votes -
Contact Information in the vendors profile
Hello,
It would be very useful if in the Vendor contact information, the "Email Address" would appear as the first address.
Also it should be marked as a "must to fill" field with red asterisk (The problem now is that when one forgets to add email address, the orders cannot be send to the vendor).
Also, currently, if you add an email address instead of the surface address, the system does not provide any alerts and the order is not being sent.Thanks.
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Add option for filename filter to vendor EDI information
One of our vendors places their EDI information in the same pickup directory that they place their EOD MARC records.
The EOD import process allows a filter to download only MARC files. A similar filter in the EDI download process would prevent errors from being triggered because the EDI process is trying to read MARC files as EDI files.
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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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Replicate Voyager Alternate Vendor Search Names
The ExLibris Voyager product allows for alternate vendor search names.
These are extremely useful for several instances:
1) DBA - Bob Smith dba Susan Jones Book Services
Would like to search for both "Bob Smith" and "Susan Jones" in Vendors
2) Company name changes - Yankee Book Peddler -> YBP -> GOBI Solutions...
Especially helpful with a swath of generational employees who may refer to a vendor using a name that is 5, 10 or 20 years old
3) Abbreviations - Lib. of Congress vs. Library of Congress. Or... ARL vs. Association of Research Libraries. Or... ALA vs. American Library…1 vote -
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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Use Checkboxes or Upload to select SUSHI reports to harvest
Currently, to add SUSHI reports to harvest you have to select the report type one by one from a drop down. It would be far more efficient to use checkboxes to pick which reports to gather. Also, there is an option to Download the selected reports list, but no option to use an upload to specify the reports. An upload would be nice because most of the Journal platforms offer the same report types, so a single template file could be uploaded for most vendors.
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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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