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Allow AFN loans and returns via Offline Circulation
AFN (Automated Fulfillment Network) items can neither be loaned nor returned via Offline Circulation. The Offline client accepts the AFN barcodes, but when we attempt to load the file into Alma the resulting error message is "Item not found. Barcode: [barcode number]". Since non-AFN resource sharing loans are considered “local” records in Alma, they can circulate via Offline Circulation. Please add this functionality for AFN loans and returns as well.
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Notes in POL's should only be for notes (not history)
The notes tab in POL's for serials/journals should only be for notes that pertain to that order. When orders are set to automatic renewal, every year when it renews a note is added saying "PO Line has been renewed automatically". Over the years this note takes over and all of the pertinent notes are moved to the bottom. I am constantly having to remove those automatic renewal notes to keep the important notes at the top. The automatic renewal note should go into the history tab not the note tab.
163 votesDear all,
Thank you for sharing this idea.
I have read it carefully, and would like to make sure that I understand it:
Current situation:
There are several processes in PO line workflow which add automatic internal notes, for example:
- Renewal ("PO Line has been renewed automatically on…")
- Moving PO line out of PO (""Line was removed from Order ...")
- other.
Desired outcome:
Have a configurable option to disable these notes from being created. Each of these processes is/will be saved in the PO line history.
Please let me know if this understanding is correct.
Thanks,
Zohar Shemesh
Alma product team
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Configuration option to prevent Digitization request when item is on loan.
Issue: Digitization requests are typically needed “ASAP” by our users. When an item is on loan, we don’t want to recall it as it will typically take longer than the requester can wait.
Current configuration options:
When Configuring Loan Recall Requests and the following is set to “Yes” PHYSICALTODIGITIZATION - Patron digitization request for physical resource, the item will be recalled. When set to “No” the item will not be recalled, instead a hold is placed on the item.Need: A configuration option for digitization requests that does not recall or place a hold(prevent renewal) on items that…
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Ability to exclude Primo Journal Search from display logic rules
We would like the ability to exclude the Journal Search function from display logic rules.
Why?
In the Primo view the limit of links is set to 25, and it cannot be reduced (which deserves another Idea....). The only way to reduce it is through the user of display logic rules.
However, the rules also apply to the "Journal Search" in Primo, where users actually want to see all the available full text due to differences in coverage.27 votes -
1 vote
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Scan-in items to create an Itemized Set
For many of our workflows, we have a large batch of physical materials upon which we need to perform a bulk action (e.g. place them all on a Work Order or request a Permanent Location change, etc.) The items are on book trucks and there is no Set upon which to Run a Job unless we create a new one every time as a TXT or CSV file, which then has to be uploaded to Alma. It would save a lot of confusion, plus work and training time for staff and student workers, if it was possible to use Scan-In…
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Allow VAT % amount greater than 100% when VAT Type is not Exclusive
We receive a 'The field VAT % contains an invalid value' error when a VAT % amount is recorded as being >100% and we cannot progress the invoice any further. This error is valid when VAT Type is 'Exclusive', because it indicates that the VAT Amount > Total Amount. But it shouldn't be invalid when the VAT type is Line Exclusive or Inclusive, because it merely indicates that the VAT Amount > the amount of the other invoice lines.
We encounter the problem when paying invoices where the invoice primarily consists of a taxed amount. This is common when receiving…
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XML Expansion for "Ful Resource Request Slip Letter" with Data about Reshelving Status and about Expected Date when Item will be Reshelved
For fetching requested media at the stacks we are making use of the "Ful Resource Request Slip Letter" in printed form which we customized according to our needs.
Unfortunately, the data fields that contain
- the information that the requested item might currently not be at the stacks because it has just been returned and is therefore very likely on its way back to the stacks (Status = awaiting_reshelving)
- and the information when the requested item is expected to be reshelved ("reshelving_time")
are not provided in the XML data of the "Full Resource Request Slip Letter".
This information, when be presented…
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License field for Purchase Order Line value
We would like a total values field on the Summary tab of a License that gives us the total cost of all the PO Lines which that license covers. This would tell us quickly the expenditure value of each license in Alma and enable us to prioritise license workflows by expenditure value.
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Option to reset reloan limit at a specified time each day
We manage laptops as inventory in Alma, and as such they are governed by Terms of Use and Advanced Policies. Our policy is that a user can checkout one laptop at a time, renew it once, but then can't checkout any more in that same calendar day.
Currently the reloan limit allows blocking by "Other - you may define the time span (in the Unit of Measurement) in which the same item may not be reloaned - minutes, hours, days, weeks, or months. Note that this option includes the Parallel option and blocks both parallel loans and same item loans…
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Improve discoverability of rejected requests in the Monitor Requests page
We often have to locate cancelled patron physical and digitisation requests in the Monitor Requests page. However, these requests are difficult to locate as they can only be retrieved by Title (a non-unique field) and cannot be filtered or sorted.
Please add:
-A filter for request status which includes 'rejected'
-The ability to sort requests by date created or date updated so that recent rejected requests can be seen at the top of the page
-retain the requester id. The main search term we use to locate a rejected request is the requester name or id. However this is removed…12 votes -
Material types not sorted and not searchable at the title level
The item-level search for specific material types is not sorted alphabetically. This is the case in the English user interface.
A title-level search for this parameter would also be desirable.2 votes -
Optional Campus Restriction on Personal Delivery
PROBLEM:
If an institution has multiple libraries and campuses and provides hand delivery of items to faculty offices, when a faculty patron requests personal delivery of an item from another library the item will be routed to the closest circ desk that support campus delivery, even if that circ desk is located miles away from the faculty patron's office.PROPOSED FUNCTIONALITY:
As a fulfillment manager, I want to be able to configure Alma so that the personal delivery option can be restricted to the user's campus, so that items requested from another library will be routed to the circ desk…2 votes -
Library Independence - Campus Level
We have a large group of university libraries that operate together and share fulfillment rules, as well as a number of different colleges and other libraries that operator independently. Each college has a distinct Alma campus, while the centralised libraries are a member of a single campus. We would like the centralised staff at these libraries to be able to view loans at any of the libraries sharing their same campus. The only way to achieve this seems to be to assign a Fulfillment role at every library - which creates other problems.
I suggest a level of library independence…
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Improve General Electronic Service
In each General Electronic Service, the Service Details page has a section marked "Disable Service," with radio button options for
Never, When resource is owned by the campus, When resource is owned by the campus and available, When resource is owned by the institution, and When resource is owned by the institution and available. These controls do not work. I have been told that making them work would be an enhancement. I suggest that they be hidden or removed in order to avoid wasting the time of library staff in trying to make them work.3 votes -
Only display relevant PO Lines
In the PO-Line Task List, only PO lines should be displayed whose PO Line Owner corresponds to the active physical location (department) or aligns with the scope of the Purchasing Manager / Operator roles of the respective user. This is intended to enhance the clarity of the list and display only the necessary PO lines.
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Add all Enumeration and Chronology fields to the Inventory Information tab of an Import Profile
Currently, only Enumeration A - C and Chronology I - K are listed in the Inventory Information tab of our Import Profiles. Our consortia uses Enumeration A-D; Enumeration D specifically is used for free-text phrases that do not conveniently fit into the category of volume, number or issue; so "index", "part", "box", etc. are all written in EnumD. This is why it is frustrating that this enumeration field cannot be imported via an import profile.
It would be immensely helpful for us if all enumeration fields were listed in the import profile. There is no point in having so many…
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Display Renewal Notes in the new Unified PO Line List
Along with the other notes that now appear in the new Unified PO Line (Vender, Activation, and Receiving) that was recently released, it would be great if Renewal notes also appeared in the Badges and Icons section when they were listed. Our staff currently use it to denote when they need to not renew an order, so having it displayed from the main list would be helpful for them to quickly parse out what needs to be handled.
3 votes -
new purchase request notification
Please create a notification for when new Purchase Requests are submitted. Something instant and similar to the notification received when requests are submitted in Rialto would be nice.
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Allow access to "Roles Privileges" configuration for General System Administrator
Allow access to "Roles Privileges" configuration for General System Administrator
Ex Libris staff have the ability to remove specific privileges from Alma roles via the "Roles Privileges" configuration (User Management - Roles and Registration - Roles Privileges)
Since roles in Alma are not very fine-grained, and roles often grant access to groups of privileges that shouldn't necessarily be granted as a set, it would be very helpful for customers to have access to the "Roles Privileges" configuration.
Ideally we would have the ability to make edits ourselves, but Read-Only access would also be valuable, because it would allow us to:
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67 votes
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