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Idea Exchange Login
Get rid of what has been called the "magic link" login for the Idea Exchange. We'd like to go back to just a username and password. ("Magic link" is what it's been called on ALMA-L. It's where instead of asking for a username and password, you have to enter your password and wait for an email.)
31 votesThe platform used for Idea Exchange is called User Voice. User Voice has changed the authentication mechanism appx 2 month ago, to gain more security.
This is not configurable to admins and apply to all type of users by UserVoice.https://help.uservoice.com/hc/en-us/articles/360058706693-UserVoice-Authentication-Updates-
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Alma to support SIP2 response.
Please support "unavailable holds count" and "unavailable hold items fields" for the SIP2 Patron Information Response (64).
19 votesHello All,
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Ability to mark selected manual jobs as favorites
Would it be possible to mark manual jobs that are run often as favorites? Currently there are 110 jobs listed under Admin > Manage Jobs and Sets > Run a Job. It would be helpful if I could mark jobs that I run regularly as favorites so that I do not need to search for or scroll down to locate the job I am looking to run.
11 votesHello All,
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Improve navigation in Alma by providing breadcrumps
Improve navigation in Alma by providing breadcrumps (pathways) like the ones you have in the training portal as seen from the enclosed screen shot.
7 votesHello All,
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Alma Product Team
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Improve Calendar Management Notifciations
I have recently began entering hours at my institution, but I find it extremely frustrating. Once you import a file you have to apply changes, then save changes, and then get kicked back two screens. Often apply changes takes a very long time to update and your stuck wondering if you messed up or the calendar is delayed. Currently a notification appears when you press the apply changes job. However, there is no notification of a successful completion. It is frustrating just backing and going in and out of the calendar hoping a change appears.
4 votesHello All,
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Fix the multi-page list display bug in Rialto
There is a a bug in the Rialto list display function which I have encountered numerous times: When I go to the second (or later) page of a List in Rialto and take an action on one of the items such as moving it to a cart, the list is refreshed and redisplayed incorrectly. For example, with 30 items in a list, before the second page refreshes, it correctly displays items 21 through 30 in the list with the heading “21 through 30 of 40.” After refreshing, the header says “21 through 40 of 30”! Additionally, the book titles that…
1 voteDear Rialto customer,
The behavior you described in this idea exchange is more of a bug than an actual enhancement. This issue was passed to Rialto's development team for analysis and should be addressed in one of the nearest releases.
In case you would like to receive an update once the matter is fixed, please open a support ticket with Rialto support.
Thanks for bringing this to our attention.
Noam Fass | Alma product management team.
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"Contains exact phrase starting with" to allow special characters in the search by call numbers
Currently, the search index by call numbers "Contains exact phrase starting with" is not working for special characters (for example / - " + ( ) : ).
It would be very practical if the search index "Contains exact phrase starting with" allow special characters in the search.
1 voteHello All,
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Alma Product Team
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Ability to select preferred view in calendar
The ability to select which default view occurs in Alma calendar, day, week or Month
1 voteHello All,
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Enhanced customisation for Contact Information pop-up
We are suggesting that there should be a way to add additional fields to the mapping table of the Contact Information Pop-Up configuration from other information sources inside Alma, for example the user's school or department.
7 votesHello All,
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Alma Product Team
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result of a search
when limiting a search to a library in the results the location of the library in which you searched should appear first and then the other locations.
1 voteHello All,
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Alma Product Team
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Make all tables in Alma sortable by all their column headings
There are lots of tables in the Alma UI that come up which can be sorted by a couple of the column heads but not others. For example in Letters Configuration, you can sort by "Letter" or "Description," but not by "Enabled," "Channel," or "Retention Period." Being able to sort by column headings is a basic function of a table.
In the example above, it would be helpful to be able to see only those letters that are enabled, or to sort so that all the email letters are grouped together and all the SMS letters are separate from them.
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440 votesThanks for the idea and comments – Ex Libris agrees with you that our support in sorting of tables should be expanded. While the idea to change lists across the entire system is clear the lists in Alma differ from one to another based on entities they manage and area of operation and functionality which often require specific handling of sorting related options for displayed columns. Due to various technical reasons related to list size, database indexing, languages and more, we typically need to improve each area separately and are unable to address this idea across the system for all lists in one software change.
Due to above, the practical way to move forward is to refer to types of lists and/or areas of the system that require improved sorting. One example is mapping tables and code tables, which can be handled as a group and changed for all such…
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RSS of knowledge center articles should include changelog
Hi
We can watch pages like
https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Alma/Product_Documentation/010Alma_Online_Help_(English)/050Administration/030User_Management/060Managing_User_Roles via RSS feed.When something on the page is changed, I get a notification, which I am glad for.
However, there is no way of seeing what has changed.
(Sometime there's a note 'New for March', but not always).
Please add a changelog / version history / diff function to your documentation pages. This could be a separate page, so the main page doesn't get cluttered.
Thank you.
2 votesHello All,
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Alma Product Team
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Extend searchable range of Monitor Jobs table
The monitor jobs table is useful in tracking and troubleshooting problems. Sometimes it would be really helpful to be able to track certain jobs further back than 30 days, but when you enter a search term while using a date range of greater than 30 days, you get the error message:
Search is not supported when the date range is more than 30 days.
It would be helpful to be able to track jobs longer ago than 30 days.
7 votesHello All,
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Alma Product Team
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Accessibilty issues
I suggest ( and personally need) the possibility to adapt the layout to people with visual challenges. I have a limitation of the visus from both eyes to the left side (emianopsia) and I would work better if I could move the toolbar to the right and adapt the screen size (mantaining its proportions).
3 votesHello All,
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Alma Product Team
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Allow Users to lock preferred panel position for user details and summary panel
Currently the location of the summary panel for record views and patron details alternates between the right side of the page and the top of the page depending on window size. (See the note on #6 of Changes to the User Interface: https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Alma/Product_Documentation/010Alma_Online_Help_%28English%29/010Getting_Started/050Alma_User_Interface_%E2%80%93_General_Information/045Usability_Improvements/Layout_Improvements )
Sometimes even minimal changes to the window size causes this rotation. It would be nice if users could choose to lock the location of these panels to their preference, regardless of window size. This helps with consistency in documentation for manuals, as well as provides consistency in location if information when working on different computers.
17 votesHello All,
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Alma Product Team
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Be able to fully preview a letter that has never been sent using live sample patron data
Until a letter has actually been sent, it isn't possible to generate a full preview of what it will look like when it is sent to a patron.
It would be really helpful to be able to select a letter than has never been sent to any patrons and preview it using the loans data, etc on an actual patron's account in order to check the details, formatting, etc are correct before starting to use it.
4 votesHello All,
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Alma Product Team
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Return to old layout-option
Please return option to use old layout, it was much easier to use. For those of us who spend much of our time switching between production and configuration, the "new" layout can be quite inconvenient. The location of the gear icon is poor and the color/contrast scheme is poor. The "new" layout makes me feel like I am hunting for the function rather than navigating to it ("Am I in configuration or production?" I would much rather have the production items on the left side (as they were before and are now) and the configuration menu items across the top…
6 votesHello All,
This idea has been closed as part of a cleanup process for ideas older than two years with fewer than 20 votes.
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Alma Product Team
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Advanced Search in new interface lacks functionality
The new Alma interface's Advanced Search feature appears to lack fundamental functionality. I am not the systems person and, therefore, perhaps this can be done and I am not aware of how to do this. However, it seems one must now click on the Advanced Search every time one needs the Advanced Search (which is often). The old interface allowed one to choose Advanced Search and then it would remain on the screen so that one could use the same chosen Advanced Search option continually, adding and subtracting additional fields as needed. Also, the tiny icon for Advanced Search is…
2 votesHello All,
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Alma Product Team
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Enable to change "Set content type" when editing a set.
Enable to change "Set content type" when editing a set.
3 votesHello All,
This idea has been closed as part of a cleanup process for ideas older than two years with fewer than 20 votes.
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Alma Product Team
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Add the ability to use facets with imported itemized sets
When importing data to an itemized set it is not currently possible to use the facets in the members list.
7 votesHello All,
This idea has been closed as part of a cleanup process for ideas older than two years with fewer than 20 votes.
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Alma Product Team
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