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Report of Outstanding Borrowing Requests
We would like a to be able to: 1. Create a report of outstanding borrowing requests, 2. Automatically send the claim letters by email to the partners, 3. Update the status of the requests to Claimed.
54 votesAs of March release for peer-to-peer resource sharing partners, you can trigger an automatic claim letter when a configured period of time is reached. For example, when the Automatic Claim check box is selected and the Time to Claim (days) field is set to 7, if a request was sent 7 days ago and the request’s status is still Sent, a claim letter is automatically triggered and the request status is set to Claimed.
You can also configure an option to send a cancel message and continue through the rota.In case of an Email/SLNP partner, the letter is sent by email.
For ISO requests, the notice is sent in a General Message. The text in the message can be configured
for more information see Alma Release Notes:
https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Alma/Release_Notes/2020/Alma_2020_Release_Notes -
3 votes
The February 2017 Release includes this idea. For more details please see here:
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enable more than 5 Local fields in Analytics
You can have up to 100 local field 9xx but can only publish to analytic 5 at the time, please add the option to publish all fields to analytic and if there is a problem to publish them all, enable to publish at list 25 local fields.
Also give the option to decide which fields you want to publish to the customer and not through Exlibris SF case.92 votes -
Add NZ search to external search profile
Make it possible to easily (like with a single click) move from searching the repository to conducting the same search externally. Or even better make it possible to set up an external search profile that would search the Network Zone first then automatically search WorldCat by clicking on the other tab. The ability to easily search multiple locations without changing screens and repeating a search would streamline workflows and help discourage duplicate bibs in the network zone.
3 votesWhen using the Resource Management Search Resources option (previously Search External Resources), you can now include your Institution Zone and Network Zone (where applicable) in the search options. This is in addition to the Community Zone and external resources that you have configured for your system.
See Alma November Release Notes for more information
https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Alma/Release_Notes/010_2019/Alma_2019_Release_Notes -
Add the possibility to open more than one record in MD editor
On a search result list, I can click on 'edit' to open a record in MD editor. If I want to open more than one record in MD editor, I need to click 'edit' for the first record, click 'Back' on the MD editor screen, click 'edit' of the next record an so forth.
I would be nice if more than one record could be selected to open in MD editor.119 votes -
Add "create fee" function to Alma API
In our future Alma installation we want to offer our users a self service function to purchase interloan access data. Since there's no possibility to integrate this functionality in Alma, we must develop a separate application for this purpose.
However a fee for the purchasing user has to be created in Alma via the Alma API. Unfortunately there's no such API function ("create fee") available up to now.
Please implement such a function!
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Automatic removal of lost item from patron loan list once replacement fee is paid AND recorded in item history.
Currently, when an item becomes "lost" and a patron is charged the item's replacement fee, when the patron pays the replacement fee, the item remains on the patron's list of loans. So, one either must individually delete" lost loans that are paid for or run a close lost loans job. Neither action is recorded in the item's history. the item is paid for. Ideally, once an item is paid for, the item should be automatically removed from the patron's list of items and have a process type of "missing" or "lost and paid for" or something along those lines. And,…
333 votesCompleted as part of January release:
When an on loan item’s status is changed to Lost and the last lost or replacement fee is closed, the loan status can now be changed to Lost and paid and the loan is closed
Please see Alma January release notes for more details:
https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Alma/Release_Notes/009_2019/Alma_2019_Release_Notes?mon=201901BASE -
Adding "Level of Service" to Resource Sharing Borrowing/Lending Request Facet
Currently, when placing a Resource Sharing Requests (both Borrowing and Lending), clients are able to select a "Level of Service" e.g. Core, Rush, Express. The Borrowing/Supplying library will then base on this level of service to prioritize the workload. At the moment, Level of Service is not available as a facet for filtering in Alma. The impact is that library staff need to go through every requests to find out what level of service the client has requested. When the Borrowing and Lending Request list contains hundreds of requests, this task is impractical and defeat the purpose of having "level…
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Add Expiration Date to list of roles for a given user
After searching for a User and clicking on their name to display current roles, the display should include a column for Expiration date (in fact the current display of Status date -- when the role for the user was last updated -- is virtually worthless). Especially at the beginning of a new school year when formerly expired students are returning to work, it would be extremely helpful to see the expiration date from the list of roles without having to Edit and open up each role.
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Analytics: Add ability to search/filter by the Holdings record suppression tag
A Suppress from Discovery flag exists for both the Bibliographic and the Holdings record, but only the Bib flag is present in Analytics. This field should be added [and is yet another example of how poorly Analytics handles Holdings data as opposed to Bibliographic or Item data]
6 votesThe “Holding Details” folder of the “Physical Items” subject area includes the following two fields and therefore fulfills the requirements of this ideas exchange:
’Suppressed from discovery"
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controlled vocabulary list upload
Hi,
Instead of create term by term when working with controlled vocabulary, enable the option of upload an excel file or any csv file that will do that.
186 votesHi all,
As of November 2025 release, Users can efficiently create controlled vocabulary lists by uploading them directly from a file, significantly reducing manual effort and time.
Read more on the Alma Release Notes: https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Alma/Release_Notes/2025/Alma_2025_Release_Notes?mon=202511BASE#:~:text=Enable%20Upload%20of%20Controlled%20Vocabulary%20List%20from%20a%20File
Thanks for supporting this great idea!
Best, Alma Product.
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Ability to delete items by scanning-in
At present items can be withdrawn/deleted in two ways:
1. Manually, an item at a time (or multiple items only if in same holding)
2. In bulk, from a set created either directly from search results or from a spreadsheet.
There is no way to rapidly delete items-in-hand.A feature in Alma to quickly delete items-in-hand, in quick succession, with the same safeguards as when using existing deletion methods.
The attached document gives more details and a mock-up of such a feature - it would be a big bonus to those of us with a lot of weeding to do!
180 votesQuick Delete Item CloudApp gives you the option to quickly delete physical items by scanning barcodes
for more information please see:
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"Make Toggle Missing Status Available from item editor"
To mark an item as missing, you must currently use the Toggle Missing Item option from the inline action menu, which only displays when you are viewing a list of items attached to a given bib record. However, if you search for the item using a physical item search, and only one item matches your search criteria (for example, if you search by barcode), then the item record opens automatically in the physical item editor. There is no option to toggle the missing status from this screen. Operators must remember to perform a title search, instead of a physical item…
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Add 'activation note' to purchase order screen for electronic orders
When ordering print material it is possible to add a 'receiving note' on the order screen. This note is visible on the receiving screen.
The same feature would be beneficial to the electronic ordering workflow: an 'activation note' available on the order screen which carries through to the activation screen.219 votes -
Add NLM Classification to Analytics
We would like to see NLM classification as an option in Analytics. We have a substantial Health Sciences Library and Med Center, and this would be quite useful for this area of reporting.
98 votesNLM Classifications were added to Analytics.
A new sub-folder titled “NLM Classifications” is available in the Other Classifications dimension table.
For more information please see here
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View history of patron record
We'd like to be able to view the history of a patron record. This would help with troubleshooting problems with updates from our SIS and also investigating problems with circulation.
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Fulfillment unit rules
When having to edit a Fulfillment Unit rule, it'd be great if there was an Edit button instead of a Delete button for each parameter - currently, if I want to add a User Group to an existing rule, I have to delete the batch of UGs & re-add the parameter (or, if the order affects it, delete everything and re-create the whole rule).
187 votesAs of August 2018 release the fulfillment unit parameters can now be edited.
For more information see:
https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Alma/Product_Documentation/010Alma_Online_Help_(English)/030Fulfillment/080Configuring_Fulfillment/050Physical_Fulfillment#Editing_a_Fulfillment_Unit -
Change default of Automatic Print Slip from No to Yes in Alma RS
When we are processing Lending Requests, we prefer to send the Shipping Slip with every item we loan/email. The information on the slips helps the requesting library to receive the item as it has their External Identifier, their address details, information regarding their request etc.
We would like to have the Automatic Print Slip default change from No to Yes. Can it be made as a default of Yes?
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Add 'due date' to items list
When student put a book on hold it would be useful to see when the on loan books are due to be returned in the item list rather than having to go into each individual onloan item to see when it is to be returned. Often we have 20 items out at a time and it would be good to have a quick overview of the return date.
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Add subscription to and from dates to the invoice information that Alma exports
We believe it would be useful to include subscription to and from dates in the invoice information exported from Alma.
30 votesNew fields were added to invoice export to XML:
1. Subscription dates range
2.Additional information
Both fields were added under tag
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