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Add No Charge parameter to Update PO Lines Information job
Please add the No Charge field to the Update PO Lines Information job to allow a library to set the No Charge value on PO Lines in bulk. Currently, neither this job nor the Update PO Lines Information - Advanced job allow this value to be modified, though a user may modify the POL manually.
This is valuable to acquisitions staff that are cleaning up POLs for titles ordered in a subscription package, whether the POLs were migrated from a previous system or they were added to Alma incorrectly. Another POL will be used to encumber and invoice the subscription.…
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Supply more accurate cancellation reason when Requests – Handle Expiration Step automatically cancels booking requests
If a booking request releases its release time before staff have had a chance to pull the item, I believe Alma's default behavior is for the Requests – Handle Expiration job to assign Missing status and to send a FulCancelRequestLetter stating that the "Requested material could not be located". This causes patrons, who sometimes pick same day booking release dates, to think we've lost their requested items. A better cancellation reason would be BookingReleaseTimePassed/Booking request passed its release time.
3 votes -
Community Zone collection for University of Florida Press journals
Requesting a Community Zone collection for the journals published by University of Florida Press (UF Press) / University Press of Florida (UPF), as listed at https://floridapress.org/journals-home/.
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Hide Note field in Assign To dialog unless Send as Email checked
When the "Send as Email" checkbox is not checked, the assignee will never see the Note. The only place the Note is recorded is the General Assign To Letter. If the "Send as Email" checkbox is unchecked, no letter is generated.
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Add ability to clear/delete Birth Date data via the Update/Notify Users job.
A library may choose to store a user’s birth date data in their user records, but may decide later to stop storing it. In addition, in an AFN environment, one member library may choose to store this data locally and then share it with AFN partners through their Linked Account Shared Fields settings. If this setting is later changed to exclude this data from future Network user records, it has no impact on pre-existing Network user records in an AFN partner’s IZ, who continue to retain the date until said Network user records are refreshed.
Impact of Problem – Currently,…
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Funds and Ledgers: Encumbered balance: Linked orders: limiting to POL with outstanding charges
In the “Funds and Ledgers” section, the overview for each allocated fund shows, among other things, the amount of the expendede and the amount of the encumbered balance
If you follow the link “expended balance,” the orders with currently paid invoices are then listed. Very good.If you follow the link “encumbered balance,” all orders are then listed—including those with invoices already paid in the respective year.
This is apparently the behavior desired by ExLibris:
https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Alma/Product_Documentation/010Alma_Online_Help_(English)/080Analytics/Alma_Analytics_Subject_Areas/Funds_Expenditure
However, this is very confusing for us, because when working quickly, we compile the list as an Excel file and may not notice that…1 vote -
maria.nordgren@umu.se
Allow 2 e-mail addresses to be in use for patrons who needs this. We have patrons that goes from being employee to private individual. Their e-mail as an employee stops working and they reciev no information about loans and so on. This would help a lot
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Update Customer Linking Parameters in Bulk via E-Collection Quick Update Cloud App
Please add the ability to update customer linking parameters (such as the Gale location ID) in bulk via the E-Collection Quick Update Cloud App.
As Ex Libris moves away from centrally configuring linking parameters for different interfaces, it would save so much time to be able to do this in bulk via the cloud app.
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Vendors management
"The process that sends purchase requests to vendors sometimes does not work correctly.
The error is only detected when the vendor notifies you that they have not received the purchase request.
To check the error, you must go to the Job (scheduled task).
Shouldn't there be a way in Alma to report these failures more visibly?"
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Create an embeddable calendar of library open hours
I want to be able to create a calendar of library open hours which can embed on external websites.
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Hide Resource Sharing request button from all Primo records in a particular Primo View/Alma Campus
We wish to hide the Resource Sharing request button from appearing on all Primo records when viewed by a particular Primo view/Alma Campus.
We can currently set Discovery Interface Display Logic to "Hide service Resource Sharing Request" at the Institution level - which achieves what we want, but unfortunately blocks Resource Sharing requests on all of our Alma Campuses/Primo Views.
We would like to be able to configure the Discovery Interface Display Logic to "Hide service Resource Sharing Request" at the Campus Rules level, and thus achieve the above goal.
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Create a new PressReader China–specific collection
As notified by Exlibris Support, the PRESSREADER collection is no longer be updated and there is a PressReader China–specific collection that does not currently exist, so we would like to submit the idea to create a new Cina-specific collection . Thank you
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Resource sharing Rapido - matching process on 035 to allow for more granularity
When our users place a document delivery request or another library places a borrowing request for one of our items the system can look at System Control Number which includes OCLC number. This is good. If user has an OCLC it helps to ensure we are pulling the exact right item. But this includes anything in the 035 field. Currently we have the bib numbers from our previous system in the 035 which is standard practice. The system is matching on this number. This causes confusion and delays with requests. It would be helpful to be able to configure it…
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Reloading several records from the union catalog at once
I would like to update several records from the union catalog at once, for example all the records within an itemized set. So far, this is only possible for individual records in the MDE ("Reload record from central catalog"), which is rather exhausting. It would be much easier if there was a button saying "reload records" by which you can push all checked items to the MDE and simultaneously reload the records from central catalog.
In this way, we could easily and quickly update bibliographic records from the "Failed to update delete" event in Analytics. Another use case would be…
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Add "created by user" and "modified by user" Index in the Alma search
Now that the new relative date search exists in Alma, it would be very helpful to have another index "created by user" and "modified by user" to be able to search for records created or modified by a specific user within a relative date range.
For exemple, a user could be able to review all the records she/he createred the day before in a easy way.3 votes -
Make physical item templates available in receiving workflow
The new physical item templates look super useful. However, the vast majority of our new items are added as part of our receiving workflow, so they do us little good currently. Can the physical item templates be made available as part of the receiving workflow?
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Display Suppressed icon in the "Call Number Index"
I would find it very helpful to have the "eye"-symbol displayed in the index for the Call Numbers. It explains why some identical Call Numbers exist. For example one of them might be missing and be replaced by a new copy of the book under the identical call number. If the missing book finds it way back to the libray the eye can be removed and the call number changed if needed.
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Add Option to Handle Multi-Matches Automatically Based on Brief Level
Alma’s import profile functionality currently includes the option "Do not override/merge a record with lower brief version", which ensures that an incoming record is not loaded if its brief level is lower than that of the matched record in Alma.
We would like to see this functionality extended to enable handling multi-matches automatically. Currently, when an incoming record matches multiple existing records in Alma, the import process still flags this as an multi-match issue, even if all matched records in Alma have a higher brief level than the incoming record. These cases must then be reviewed and resolved manually by…
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Display “Service unavailability display message” at Collection Level in Primo
Currently, the “Service unavailability display message” is only shown at the Journal and article level in Primo. It would be highly beneficial to extend this functionality to the collection level as well. This enhancement would provide users with clearer information about service availability, improving their overall experience and reducing confusion when accessing collections.
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Different Print Templates by item type for Loan Receipt Letter
It would be great to be able to create different templates for sending out the email when a user checks out an item. Our IT department wants to send out a "Terms of Use" for when a user checks out equipment. Currently, if we were to add that to our letters, we have to place that for ALL check outs.
1 vote
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